Why is Longjing so precious before the Ming Dynasty, and it is hard to find one thousand yuan each?

I heard a long time ago that it would be a pity not to have a cup of tea before tomorrow. In order not to leave regrets, Miss Xie went deep into the major tea areas, broke two pairs of shoes, visited more than a dozen tea gardens back and forth, and finally found this cup of Longjing tea worthy of spring in Fuyang, Hangzhou.

Why is tea before tomorrow so precious? A whole winter's savings bloom at this moment. Longjing was picked in early spring, so it was called "before the Ming Dynasty" because it was usually picked before Tomb-Sweeping Day. Tea before the Ming Dynasty was tender and fragrant, but it was especially precious because it germinated after the vernal equinox. However, it was only picked for more than ten days before Tomb-Sweeping Day, and the yield was very rare. After a long winter, the nutrients of tea trees have been fully accumulated. Coupled with the low temperature in spring and the slow growth of tea trees, the number of buds is limited, the buds are strong, the tenderness is good and the leaves are thick.

Therefore, compared with tea picked at other times, green tea in early spring is often the best quality in a year. The tea picked before Qingming is the best of these famous teas. Qianming tea was picked at the earliest time, with high amino acid content and relatively low tea polyphenols content, which made the tea taste mellow, full, smooth, sweet and refreshing.

After drinking, the tea has a clear fragrance and a long aftertaste under the fine products. Secondly, because it absorbs the nutrition of the whole autumn and winter, it is used to supply this kind of tea buds, which makes the spring tea buds fat, green in color, soft in leaves, rich in vitamins, especially amino acids, and makes the spring tea taste fresh and fragrant. However, before Qingming, the germination of tea trees was limited, the growth rate was slow, and the yield that could meet the picking standard was very small, so the tea before Qingming was more precious. West Lake Kung Fu black tea is made of fresh leaves of West Lake Longjing, and its production process is more exquisite and complicated.