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What is Qianming tea? Brief introduction of Qianming tea.

1, Qianming tea is a kind of tea picked before Tomb-Sweeping Day, which is less disturbed by pests, tender in bud, fragrant, mellow in taste and beautiful in appearance. At the same time, because the temperature before Qingming is generally low, the number of germination is limited, the growth rate is slow, and the yield that can meet the picking standard is very small, so there is also a saying that "tea before Qingming is as expensive as gold".

2. Tea before the Ming Dynasty and tea before the rain are the names of spring tea at different stages in Jiangnan tea area of 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. Tea before Ming Dynasty is tender and tea before Yu Dynasty is of good quality, while tea after long summer in Grain Rain is generally coarse and old, with poor quality.