West Lake Longjing tea according to the distinction between levels of production areas, divided into primary and secondary production areas:

1, the first level of production areas, including the traditional "Lion (Peak), Long (well), Yunqi (cloud), Tiger (run), Meijiawu (Meijiawu)," the five core production areas; "lion The "Lion" name is produced in the area of Longjing Shifeng, the "Dragon" name is produced in the area of Longjing and Wengjiashan, the "Cloud" name is produced in the area of Yunqi and Wuyunshan, and the "Tiger" name is produced in the area of Hupeng. The name "Tiger" is produced in the area of Tiger Run, and the name "Plum" is produced in the area of Meijiawu.

2. The secondary production area is the Longjing produced in Xihu District besides the primary production area.

Extended information:

The reason why the West Lake Longjing Tea is so rare and precious is that the most important thing is that it is for the Geographic environment, temperature and climate conditions of the harsh. Hangzhou West Lake Longjing tea base for the national level of protection, continuous fog like a fairy tale in the fairy general shroud, making the local climate warm and humid, the average annual temperature of 16 ℃ up and down, precipitation of about 1500 millimeters, the most suitable for the growth of tea trees.

True pre-mingqian Xihu Longjing tea must be from the Hangzhou Municipal People's Government designated 168 square kilometers within the protected area, which is "Shifeng Mountain, Longjing Village, Yunqi, Hupeng, Meijiawu," the five places of the Xihu Longjing tea is the best quality.

In addition to the mild climate and abundant rainfall, the mountains where the tea trees are planted have deep soil and very good drainage. This, coupled with the surrounding trees and abundant water from the streams, makes the soil rich in nutrients.

The standard West Lake Longjing tea is picked with great care. Picking a bud and a leaf or a bud and two leaves, which are completely dependent on the hand of the tea picker's accuracy, only the picking of the fresh leaves is beautiful, the final brewing of the tea presented in the water form will be beautifully stretched, pleasing to the eye. In addition, the selection of tea knowledge:

1, look at the color. New tea fresh and bright, glossy, tender green with brown rice yellow;

2, smell aroma, the longer the tea storage time, aromatic substances are easy to volatilize, which will lead to a reduction in the aroma, the taste of stale prominent;

3, taste taste, the new tea taste mellow and fresh, aged tea taste is light and not crisp.

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