Twenty-four solar terms and tea picking

A place where tea leaves are picked

Bidding mining

If the new bud grows to one bud, two leaves or three leaves and has stopped growing after being sucked by the green leafhopper, pick the bud, one bud, one leaf or one bud and two leaves.

Applicable system: Bai Hao oolong tea.

Pick a thin and tender one.

When a new bud grows to three or four leaves in one bud, take one bud and one leaf or one bud and two leaves in the opposite bud.

Suitable system: green tea.

Selection of tenders

When the new shoots grow to one bud, four leaves or five leaves, take one bud and two leaves with 30%~50% maturity of the opposite buds.

Suitable system: black tea.

Ripe and pick young vegetables.

When the new shoots grow to six or seven leaves in one bud, pick three leaves in one bud or four leaves in one bud with a maturity of 50%~70%.

Suitable system: light fermented oolong tea.

Ripe and full of vegetables

When the new shoots grow to one bud with six leaves or seven leaves, one bud with two leaves or one bud with three leaves is adopted, and the maturity is above 70%.

Suitable system: packaged tea or fermented oolong tea.

Characteristics of Four Seasons Tea

spring tea

(full of buds and leaves) (rich and refreshing)

Due to the moderate temperature and abundant rainfall in spring, and the recuperation of tea trees in autumn and winter in the first year, the buds and leaves of spring tea are thick and full, the color is moist and green, the cords are firm and the bones are heavy. The brewed tea is mellow and refreshing, with long aroma, soft leaves and no impurities.

Autumn tea

(The tea soup is light) (The taste is mild)

The temperature is moderate in autumn, and the substances in the new shoots are relatively reduced after the tea trees grow and are picked in spring and summer. From the appearance, autumn tea is full of sinews and light bones. The brewed tea soup is light, mild in taste, slightly sweet, soft in leaf color, with many single leaves, different leaf sizes, many split leaves and obvious uneven leaf margins.

summer tea

(The rope is loose) (The smell is a little thick and old)

In hot summer, the buds and leaves of tea trees grow rapidly, which makes the content of water-soluble extracts decrease relatively. Therefore, the tea soup of summer tea is not as refreshing as that of spring tea, and the aroma is not as rich as that of spring tea. On the contrary, it increased the contents of anthocyanins, coffee shouts and bitter tea polyphenols. From the appearance, the summer tea is loose, the tea leaves are light and fluffy, the tea stems are slender, the buds are often hairy, and the smell is slightly coarse and old.

Dongcha

(aroma) (low bitterness)

The large temperature difference between day and night in winter is beneficial to the accumulation of various aroma substances in tea trees. The water color and fragrance of winter tea are lighter than that of spring tea, but the fragrance is delicate and the bitterness is low. The appearance color of tea is light green, there are many impurities in coarse tea, and the overall color is uneven, but the refined finished product can remove this problem.

One-day tea picking period

Noodle green

1 1 point to 13 point

The young leaves withered. At this time, the tea green has the lowest water content and concentrated inclusions, so the tea made is good in fragrance, taste and rhyme.

Erwuqing

13 to 15.

At this time, the water content of tea green is slightly higher than that of afternoon green, but the quality of tea made is also good.

Zaowanqing

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The roots of tea trees began to absorb soil moisture, resulting in the phenomenon of returning to the sun. Therefore, the content of green tea is diluted sooner or later, and the quality of finished tea is not as good as that of green tea in the afternoon.