Liupao tea is a dark horse that has risen in the past decade, the price has become more and more intense, the six castles on the market are also various, how to buy their favorite tea and do not step on the pit, here to summarize some dry goods for everyone.
I. General Classification
Liupao tea according to the different processing technology, mainly divided into farmhouse tea (raw tea), factory tea (cooked tea), the difference between the two is that the latter is fermented by artificial wo heap processing, the taste is more mellow, of course, the price is also higher.
Second, the classification of cooked tea and its corresponding price
The following prices for cooked teas currently sold on the market are for reference only.
500g Premium Tea:
1 year - 3 years, 150 yuan ~ 400 yuan;
4 years - 5 years, 250 yuan ~ 600 yuan;
6 years-7 years, more than 500 yuan;
More than 7 years, more than 1500 yuan.
500g Grade 1 Tea:
1 year - 3 years, 150 yuan ~ 300 yuan;
4 years - 5 years, 180 yuan ~ 500 yuan;
6 years to 7 years, 350 yuan to 800 yuan;
More than 7 years, more than 1000 yuan.
The price of grade 2 and 3 teas is slightly lower than that of premium grade tea and grade 1 tea.
Several factors affect the price of cooked tea:
1. Year of aging
The longer the time, the better the taste and the higher the price.
2. Aroma and strains
Liupao tea has a special aroma type, such as betel nut, which is recognized as the top tea in the industry. If a certain tea is of the betel nut type, the price will be higher than that of tea in the same aged year.
There is also the "golden flower". Now the large factories have mastered the artificial flowering technology, and at the same time need the fermentation of a moderate environment and the aging of a certain year to produce "golden flowers". Usually the price of tea with "golden flower" is higher than that of tea aged without "golden flower" in the same period.
3. Packaging
Packaging high-end business gifts, the price is not cheap.
4. Inventory
Inventory is scarce, brand benchmark products, more than 10 years old tea, the price is high, generally starting at more than four figures. For example, the sales price of a 150-gram old tea is 3,000 yuan.
Tea lovers should be clear about the purpose of buying tea, whether to drink it now or to pursue taste, or to collect. If you drink it now, it is recommended to age for three years, which is the most cost-effective and has a mellow taste.
Some tea friends like to buy new tea to go back to their own aging, this depends on the personal storage conditions, not everyone does it, the lack of flora environment and temperature of the large factory aging house, the taste of personal aging is not as good as the manufacturer aging.
Third, the classification of farmhouse tea and its corresponding price
There are many classifications of farmhouse tea:
According to different seasons: it can be divided into sheqian tea, Mingqian tea, summer tea, autumn tea, winter tea, frost tea and other types;
According to the degree of old tenderness: it can be divided into tea valley (tea bud), medium tea, two white tea, old tea woman and other types;
According to the various parts of tea; it can be divided into camellia flowers, tea fruit shells, tea rice, dragon ball tea (worm tea).
Due to the use of traditional craftsmanship, there is no standardization, and the prices operated by each store are different, with the most representative sheqian tea (new tea) and old tea po (old tea) prices as a reference:
Sheqian tea: in that year, the average price was 300 yuan / catty;
Old tea woman: within 5 years, the average price is 250 yuan / catty.
Specifically, the price of farmhouse tea is mainly affected by the following factors:
1. Raw materials
The raw materials used in the farmhouse tea are all from the origin of Liupao tea, mainly concentrated in tangping, Siliu, Buyi, Lichong and Liubao villages picked tea green processing. Limited by factors such as scale and labor, the price of raw materials is higher than that of cooked tea, so the market base price is also higher than that of cooked tea;
2. Seasons
Generally speaking, Sheqian tea and Mingqian tea are picked in spring and the price is higher; while the raw materials of summer tea, autumn tea, winter tea and frosted tea are relatively old, with leaves and stems, and the price is relatively low.
3. Year
Except for new teas picked in the spring, other teas can be aged, and when they are aged for a certain year, the price increases accordingly. The price of old farmhouse tea that has been aged for more than 10 years on the market, such as old tea women, is even higher, but at the same time, the stock is very small.
4. Special function or fragrance
The tea treasure in the farmhouse tea, also known as insect tea, has been used as a medicinal effect in the local area, and the price of this tea is relatively high; like the betel nut fragrance of cooked tea, the farmer's tea also has betel nut fragrance after aging for a certain year, and also belongs to a higher price of farmhouse tea.
The new farmhouse tea has a bitter taste in the throat, but at the same time it is sweet and fragrant, which is more irritating to the human stomach, is cold, and is not suitable for everyone; there is a certain year of farmhouse tea taste tends to be cooked tea, affected by the aging environment, and can also produce different aroma types, compared to cooked tea, the taste level is more abundant, but the price is higher, and the taster has certain tasting experience requirements, in order to better distinguish the value of the tea.
Fourth, about the time of Liupao tea
Many tea lovers will see when buying Liupao tea that there will be a variety of combinations of time on the product packaging:
(1) "Aging Start Date" & "Production Date";
(2) "Date of manufacture" & "Date of packaging";
(3) "Aging Date" & "Packaging Date".
There is a common practice in the Liupao tea industry: "aging" is taken as a step in the production of Liupao tea to ensure that each batch of products leaving the factory can meet the manufacturer's own quality requirements for Liupao tea.
1. The date of aging & the date of aging are both "the date of the end of Wodui"
2. If the date of manufacture appears separately, it means "the date of packaging and listing after aging"
3. If the production date appears together with other dates, it can be analyzed according to the specific situation
4. The packaging date is "the date the packaging is marketed after aging".