But the specific time is based on the collection time of each tea. Usually, spring tea collected at the end of February will be listed in mid-March at the latest, but this kind of tea is extremely rare, so the price is relatively high after listing. Tea collected around March is mostly in late March and early April. In addition, there are three kinds of spring tea: tea before tomorrow, tea before rain and tea after rain, among which tea before tomorrow is the earliest.
The picking of spring tea is not as early as possible, and it needs to be related to the specific growth of tea trees, the technology of tea makers, the varieties of tea trees and other factors. Generally, the earlier the tea tree is picked, the worse the quality of the finished tea, because at this time, the new buds are not fully developed and the accumulated nutrients are not enough, which makes the aroma and taste of tea relatively weak and extremely intolerant of stewing.
Division of tea season
Spring tea germinates in late March and is harvested in four seasons. Grain Rain is spring tea from mid-late April to early May, and its output accounts for 40-45% of the total annual output. The division of spring tea, summer tea and autumn tea is mainly based on the change of seasons and the intermittent growth of new shoots of tea trees.
Under the climatic conditions in China, except for a few areas in South China, the growth and harvesting of tea trees in most tea-producing areas are seasonal: the tea-picking period in Jiangbei tea-growing area is from early May to late September, the tea-picking period in Jiangnan tea-growing area is from late March to mid-June, and the tea-picking period in Southwest tea-growing area is from early February to1late October.