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When is the tea before the rain?
Agricultural production in ancient China has always been guided by solar terms, and so has tea production. The famous tea before rain among tea lovers is the tea related to solar terms in Grain Rain. "Before Rain" is the abbreviation of Grain Rain Festival, which refers to the tea made from the first-class tender buds after Tomb-Sweeping Day, before Grain Rain Festival and from April 5 to April 20.
In the dry season from June 5438 to the end of May of the following year, there will be a spring rain in early April, and the tea seeds picked before this are called "tea before rain". Due to climatic factors, the temperature is low and the rainfall is low. The characteristics of "tea before rain" are thin and short leaves, rich aroma, slightly bitter taste, strong and heavy.
In spring, the temperature is suitable, the rainfall is abundant, the leaves of tea buds are plump, the color is green, the leaves are soft, rich in vitamins and amino acids, and the tea leaves are fresh and fragrant. Tea before rain has a bud and a tender leaf or a bud and two tender leaves. Tea leaves with buds and tender leaves are soaked in water like guns of the ancients spreading flags, called flag guns; A bud with two tender leaves looks like a sparrow tongue, which is called a sparrow tongue.
Grain Rain's pre-harvested tea, green tea soaked in it, is fresh as branches, full of eyes dyed with spring colors, and the soaked soup is orange-yellow, with rich and rich tea fragrance and a long aftertaste. After taking a sip, I suddenly felt that the fragrance was overflowing, and the impetuousness and fame and fortune in the world were dispersed. Therefore, people who love tea and know tea often treasure the tea picked before Grain Rain.
Although pre-rain tea is not as delicate as pre-Ming tea (tea picked before Qingming Festival), pre-rain tea is often fresh and durable because of its high temperature, relatively rapid growth of bud leaves and rich accumulated inclusions. In the Ming Dynasty, Xu Cishu said that "Qingming is too early, long summer is too late, Grain Rain is around, and the time is moderate", which is indeed the most suitable time for picking spring tea for ordinary green tea in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. It is said that in terms of time, tea before tomorrow is the best in tea, and tea before rain is the top grade in tea.
Conclusion: It is said that drinking tea before rain is very beneficial to human health. The book Shennong Materia Medica says: Drinking tea before rain is "beneficial for a long time?" "A wise man is fit for age", which can cure diseases if he is sick and prevent diseases if he is not sick. It is a natural health care product.
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