Just from the photos you provided: although the shape is flat but not straight, the color is sandy green and the finish is average. The specific standards are here, you can refer to them for comparison:

The special grade has one bud and one leaf, flat and smooth

The first grade has one bud and one leaf, including one bud and two leaves. Spread, relatively flat and smooth

The second grade has one bud with two leaves spread out and is relatively flat

The third grade has one bud with two leaves spread out, with a small amount of two pairs of leaves, still flat

The fourth grade has one bud with two or three leaves and paired leaves, which are still flat, wider and less smooth

The fifth grade has one bud with three leaves and paired paired leaves, which is flat and rough

Identification method

West Lake Longjing is produced in Xihu District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang. The tea leaves are flat, delicate, neatly striped, uniform in width, greenish-yellow, smooth to the touch, with one bud and one or two leaves. ; The buds are longer than the leaves, generally less than 3 cm long. The buds and leaves are evenly formed into flowers, without pedicles or fragments, and are small and exquisite. Longjing tea has a refreshing aroma, while counterfeit Longjing tea mostly has a grassy flavor, has many stems and is not smooth to the touch.

Special-grade West Lake Longjing and Zhejiang Longjing among the spring teas are flat and smooth in appearance, with sharp tips, buds longer than leaves, light green color, and no hair on the body surface; bright green (yellow) soup color; fresh or tender chestnut aroma , but some teas have a high fire aroma; the taste is refreshing or mellow; the bottom of the leaves is tender green and still intact.

As the grades of other Longjing teas decrease, the appearance and color change from light green to green to dark green, the tea body changes from small to large, and the tea sticks change from smooth to rough; the aroma changes from tender to thick, and the four characteristics are: The first-grade tea begins to look rough; the bottom of the leaves changes from buds to pinched leaves, and the color changes from bright yellow to green to yellow-brown. Xia Qiu Longjing tea has a dark green or dark green color, a larger tea body, no hair on the surface, a bright yellow color, a fragrant but rough taste, a strong and slightly astringent taste, and a bright yellow leaf base. The overall quality is worse than spring tea of ??the same level. many.

Machine-made Longjing tea is now fully fried using a multi-function machine, or it is fried using a combination of machine and manual assistance. The shape of machine-made Longjing tea is mostly flat and stick-like, incomplete and dark green in color. Under the same conditions, the overall quality is worse than that of hand-fried tea.

In summary, I agree with Gu Mufengyang’s opinion that 1,500 yuan per pound is not worth it, and is worth 450-500 yuan at most.