Many people ask, has the price of Dongting Biluochun increased this year?
Half a month ago, Wuzhong District officials announced the listing time of Dongting Biluochun in 2021, and the most concerned price was also announced. It is expected that this year's special first-class Dongting Biluochun will be priced at up to 6800 yuan per kilogram! Compared with last year's 5800 yuan, it directly increased by 1000 yuan.
According to this rate, three years later, in Dongting Biluochun, will the head price be more than 10,000 yuan per kilogram?
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Nearly 5 years
The average price of special first-class Dongting Biluochun has increased by more than 20%
Old tea customers who drink Dongting Biluochun every year will find out with a little attention, in fact, the price of Dongting Biluochun has risen almost every year in recent years, and the increase is not low!
According to the national standard of "Origin Regional Products Dongting (Mountain) Biluo Spring Tea", Dongting Biluochun is divided into 5 grades, according to the product quality from high to low: special grade first class, special grade second class, first class, second class, third level.
The special first-class Dongting Biluochun is the highest grade and the best quality batch of tea (except for a small number of high-quality customized teas), so the price of the special first-class Dongting Biluochun is also the vane of the price of Dongting Biluochun.
Special first-class cave court Biluochun
Su Cha counted the estimated price of the official release in the past 5 years from 2017 to 2021, and found that the average annual increase in the price of the special first-class Dongting Biluochun was more than 20%, and the increase in 19 and 20 years was even as high as 28%. In contrast, this year's gains are not high.
Source: The estimated price of the official announcement in the past 5 years SuCha Net Watchmaking
The question is, why does Dongting Biluochun rise year by year? And the increase is still so high?
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Why is it rising year by year? scarce
(1) Dongting Biluochun only has a core production area
As a national geographical indication product, the origin of Dongting Biluochun is limited to the tea production area in the two administrative areas of Dongshan Town (Dongting Dongshan) and Jinting Town (Dongting Xishan) in Wuzhong District, Suzhou City.
The main jurisdiction of these two towns is actually two larger islands on the east coast of Taihu Lake, Dongshan Island is connected to the land on one side, which is considered a peninsula, and Xishan Island is completely surrounded by Taihu Lake, of course, there are some scattered small islands in the jurisdiction.
Schematic map of the origin range of Dongting Biluochun Su tea network drawing
That is to say, Suzhou has more than 8,000 square kilometers, and only these two small towns or islands along the Taihu Lake produce Dongting Biluochun. Other regions... The tea industry can not be counted, and if you want to play the edge ball, you can't play.
(2) Unique production area environment
Dongting East and West Mountains, said to be mountains, in fact, the altitude is not high, there are many gravel on the slopes, the soil mineral content is rich, the breathability is good, coupled with the Taihu Lake water vapor nourishment, such a origin environment, looking at the national famous tea production areas, are very scarce and rare.
From the tea mountain, you can see Taihu Lake in the distance, and the clouds are misty
The tea plantations in Dongting Biluochun are also different. It's not the kind of tea garden that looks green at a glance, stretched out in a neat and uniform manner.
In the tea gardens of Dongting Biluochun, low tea trees are mixed with many tall fruit trees (loquat trees, arbutus trees, orange trees, peach trees, pear trees, etc.) and are produced unevenly on the hillside. The scents of tea trees and fruit trees blend with each other, becoming the source of the unique fruit and wood fragrance of Dongting Biluochun.
Dongting Dongshan Tea Garden real scene
(3) Annual output of 100 tons, more than no!
The unique tea garden environment and mixed-breeding model also mean that the yield is scarce. At present, the tea gardens in Dongting East and West Mountains total more than 30,000 mu, and the annual output of Dongting Biluochun is basically maintained at about 100 tons, even if the climate is good, the output is less than 150 tons.
About 70,000 buds can make 1 kg of special first-class Dongting Biluo spring dry tea
This production is very, very rare in Chinese famous teas. Compared with West Lake Longjing, it will be found that there are about 20,000 acres of tea gardens in the original area of West Lake Longjing, but the annual output reaches more than 400 tons.
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Top famous teas are rising!
Fame is outside, the market has increased unabated, but the output can not be expanded, coupled with the rise in labor costs in recent years, it is difficult to think of rising.
In fact, not only Dongting Biluochun, but also the tea in China's top tea origin area, almost all of them are rising, and the increase is not low.
Taking Fuding white tea as an example, the "Fuding White Tea Series Product Market Reference Price" released in 2017, the price of white silver needle (special grade) new tea is 3600 yuan / kg, which rose to 4600 yuan / kg in 2018, and no reference price was released in 2019 and 2020, but the market increase was much higher than 20%.
This shows that the tea consumption market, the big people who know the goods are there, the market is constantly grading, the top tea is getting more and more expensive, and ordinary tea is difficult to advance.
In fact, with the overall consumption upgrade of the people, the popularization of the concept of healthy consumption, and everyone's continuous pursuit of quality life, the price of famous teas like Dongting Biluochun will only continue to rise, even according to the increase in recent years, breaking through 10,000 yuan a catty in three or five years is also an inevitable trend.
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Only buy the right ones, not the expensive ones
Of course, for most tea lovers, thousands of tea leaves are not really unaffordable, but consider whether it is necessary. Just like most of the old tea customers in Suzhou, the most drunk on a daily basis is still fried green.
Suzhou people call the biluochun picked after the valley rain "fried green". The same tree, the same method, the buds and leaves after the valley rain are large, the taste is not so tender, but there is more of a sense of richness, the price is much more affordable than the Dongting Biluo spring, and a few hundred yuan can take a pound.
Cost-effective "fried green"
Although the official reference price is high, it naturally has its rationality. When you buy tea through various channels, you can use it to compare the price points, and you will have a spectrum in mind. After all, a price is what you get, and no one buys and sells at a loss.
For tea drinkers, it is not necessary to buy the most expensive, and the one that suits them is the best.