What's the name of the tea in front of Tomb-Sweeping Day?

The tea before Qingming is called Qianmingcha.

Qianming tea is a kind of tea picked before Tomb-Sweeping Day. It is a good tea with few pests, tender buds and leaves, fragrant color, mellow taste and beautiful 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".

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. 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.

The origin of tea before Ming dynasty;

In China, every15th day of the lunar calendar is a solar term, which is about "fright" on March 5th, "vernal equinox" on March 20th, "Qingming" on April 5th, "Grain Rain" on April 20th and "long summer" on May 5th. Ancient agricultural production has always been guided by solar terms.

So is tea production. Early-developed varieties often germinate at the time of "fright" and "vernal equinox", and tea can be picked before "Qingming". The quality of Qianming tea is very good because of its tender buds and rich aroma and taste substances. However, due to the low temperature, limited germination and slow growth rate before Qingming, the yield that can meet the picking standard is very small, and things are rare.