Popularization of tea knowledge: Is tea better before tomorrow or before rain?

China has a tradition of drinking tea since ancient times, so since some people like drinking tea, some people will identify the tastes of various teas. So, tea before rain and tea tomorrow came out. There are different opinions about the tea produced in these two different periods. Indeed, different people have different tastes, so the taste of tea is different. However, after all, these two kinds of tea are the best time of the year.

Tea before the Ming Dynasty and tea before the rain are the names of spring tea in different stages of Jiangnan tea area in the Yangtze River basin in China according to the solar terms. "Tea before tomorrow" is the tea picked before Tomb-Sweeping Day, and "Tea before rain" is the tea picked before Tomb-Sweeping Day and Grain Rain. The tea before Ming Dynasty was tender and of good quality, while the tea before Yu Dynasty was of good quality. Tea leaves after Grain Rain and before long summer are generally coarse and old, with poor quality.

The quality of Qianming tea is very good because of its tender buds and rich aroma and taste substances. However, before Qingming, the temperature was generally low, the germination was limited, the growth rate was slow, the yield that could meet the picking standard was very small, and things were rare, so the tea before Qingming was more precious.

Before the rain, that is, before Grain Rain, that is, after April 5 to April 20, the harvested tea leaves are called tea before the rain. Although tea before rain is not as delicate as tea before tomorrow, tea before rain is often fresh, thick and bubble-resistant, because the temperature is higher, the buds and leaves grow relatively fast and the accumulated inclusions are rich.

In the smog, tea pickers carefully select the tea suitable for picking in alpine tea trees, and then bake, package and market the picked tea, which becomes the boxed tea that people buy. Because of the different tastes of tea, some people like tea before rain and some like tea tomorrow, but in any case, these two kinds of tea are extremely precious.