#网上100多一斤明前茶叶靠谱吗? #
Although there are still a few days before the Qingming Festival, new teas from most tea areas in the mainland have begun to hit the market. Generally speaking, the tea leaves picked and processed before the Qingming Festival can be called pre-Ming tea. As the saying goes, tea before the Ming Dynasty is as expensive as gold. In fact, it is. The price of the authentic West Lake Longjing in the Ming Dynasty is four or five thousand pounds, and the authentic Jiangsu Biluochun is even more expensive.
However, in the tea market, there are three hundred and five hundred and one pounds of new tea in the Ming Dynasty everywhere, many of which are under the banner of Longjing and Biluochun in the West Lake before the Ming Dynasty. On the online e-commerce platform, there are even many new teas sold at a price of less than 100 yuan a catty, so are these new teas reliable? How to distinguish between new tea and old tea? Next, let's talk about this topic.
First, the relationship between the price and quality of tea
The price of tea is usually related to its quality, but it is not absolute. In the market, the price of tea is affected by a variety of factors, such as the variety of tea, the place of origin, the picking season, the production process, the packaging, etc. Generally speaking, high-quality tea leaves are usually more expensive because they require more labor, time and energy investment in picking, production, etc.
For example, the price of Longjing tea in West Lake before the Ming Dynasty, which is the core production area, will not be less than 2,000. However, the price of Longjing tea produced in many other producing areas of Zhejiang on the market is much lower, only three or five hundred and one catties.
However, sometimes the price of tea does not fully reflect its quality. Some merchants may take advantage of the market heat and consumers' perception of high-priced tea to mark ordinary tea at a higher price in order to obtain higher profits. Therefore, when buying tea, consumers need to combine other factors to evaluate the quality of tea in addition to paying attention to the price, so as to avoid being misled by false and high-priced tea.
Second, the price of tea before the Ming Dynasty
Ming Qian tea is a special grade division method in Chinese tea, and its picking time is before the Qingming Festival every year, so it is named "Ming Qian". Due to the early picking time of tea leaves before the Ming Dynasty, the young buds of tea trees contain richer nutrients, and the tea leaves taste more tender and have a stronger aroma. As a result, Ming Qian tea is generally considered to be a high-quality tea and is also relatively expensive.
Although there are pre-Ming teas in various places, the pre-Ming teas generally recognized in the industry mainly refer to the green tea in the Jiangnan production areas, such as West Lake Longjing in Zhejiang, Dongting Biluochun in Jiangsu, and Huangshan Maofeng in Anhui. Most of these teas were mined in the Ming Dynasty, and they are typical green teas in the Ming Dynasty, with high grade, good quality, and high price.
Generally speaking, as long as it is an authentic product from the core origin, the price will not be lower than 500. In many cases, it may be more than 1,000 yuan. However, some of the surrounding flat tea plantations were mined early, and the price of tea had dropped around the Qingming Festival, perhaps only two or three hundred.
Therefore, it is possible for consumers to buy two or three hundred Mingqian tea in the market. However, it is almost impossible for Ming Qian tea to be less than 100 yuan a catty. Even in Sichuan, Guizhou and other premature tea areas, the current price is around 100 yuan, but we generally do not call these early spring teas Ming Qian tea.
Therefore, when consumers shop online, they need to keep their eyes open and pay attention not to be fooled, after all, there are no good goods when they are cheap, and good goods are not cheap. So, how to distinguish between new tea and old tea, and prevent unscrupulous traders from using shoddy tea and old tea as new?
3. How to distinguish between new tea and old tea? 5 tricks teach you to carefully identify
1. Color
Fresh tea dry tea usually has a bright color and good shine, while aged tea appears to be dull and dull. After brewing, the tea soup of the new tea is clear and thorough, while the tea soup of the old tea shows a dull yellow and cloudy color.
2. Aroma
The aroma of new tea is usually fresh and natural, with a strong floral or fruity aroma that comes to the nose. The aroma of aged tea is relatively low, and it may even have lost its original aroma, or it may present an old taste with a heavier stale taste.
3. Taste
The taste of new tea is usually fresh, refreshing in taste, and has a sweet and persistent aftertaste. On the other hand, the taste of aged tea is heavier, and the taste is not as refreshing as that of new tea, and may even present a bitter taste with a bland aftertaste.
4. Leaf base
By observing the bottom of the leaf of the tea, the quality of the tea can also be preliminarily judged. The bottom of the leaves of new tea is usually fresh and powerful, the leaves are intact, not easy to break, and have a certain toughness. On the other hand, the underside of the leaves of the old tea will appear soft and weak, losing the luster of the new tea, and may even be disorganized.
5. Water content
The water content of new tea is relatively low, so with a gentle pinch in your hand, the tea leaves will immediately form a powder, and the cords will also make a crisp sound. Due to the high water content of aged tea, the tea leaves will appear wet and soft, and it is not easy to become powder by hand, and the tea stalks are not easy to break.
The above five tips are some of the basic ways to distinguish new tea from old tea, but it is important to emphasize that these methods are not absolutely accurate. Sometimes, some merchants will resort to some tricks to disguise the old tea to make it look more like new tea. Therefore, when consumers buy tea, in addition to relying on these methods, they also need to choose formal channels to buy, and try to avoid buying tea that is not of good quality.