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What's the difference between Mingqian tea and Yuqian tea? Is tea better before tomorrow or before r

For those tea lovers who like tea, drinking 'Mingqian tea' is a taste. But who can make it clear that all 'Mingqian tea' is the best? What's the difference between Mingqian tea and Yuqian tea? Which quality is better?

Due to the characteristics of great climate difference between North and South China and wide tea producing areas, China's tea producing areas are divided into four areas, namely, southwest tea producing area (including Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan and Southeast Tibet), South China tea producing area (including Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Hainan, etc.), Jiangnan tea producing area (including Zhejiang, Hunan, Jiangxi and other provinces and southern Anhui, Southern Jiangsu, southern Hubei, etc.), and Jiangbei tea producing area It includes Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Shandong and other provinces, as well as northern Anhui, Northern Jiangsu and Northern Hubei. Among them, Jiangnan tea area is the main tea producing area in China, accounting for about 2 / 3 of the total output of the country.

Most of the tea areas in Southwest China and South China are located in the south of China. The temperature rises early in the early spring. Tea picking has been started every year during the traditional Chinese Spring Festival, and it has been nearly two months since the Qingming Festival. However, most of the tea producing areas in Jiangbei tea area have not been really mined during the Qingming Festival. In Jiangnan tea area, early-growing varieties usually start to sprout at 'Jingzhe' and 'vernal equinox' and can be picked before 'Qingming'. From this we can see that only the tea picked and produced in Jiangnan tea district before the Qingming Festival can be called 'Mingqian tea'.

After a long winter, the nutrients in the tea plant have been fully accumulated. Coupled with the low temperature in spring, the growth speed of tea plant is slow. Therefore, the number of sprouts is large, the buds are dense, the buds are strong, the tenderness is good, and the leaves are thick.

During the spring tea period, there are generally no diseases and pests, no need to use pesticides, and the tea has no pollution. Therefore, spring tea, especially the early spring tea, is often the best quality green tea in a year. Therefore, many high-grade famous green teas, such as Xihu Longjing, Dongting Biluochun, Huangshan Maofeng, Lushan Yunwu and so on, are all picked in the early stage of spring tea production, especially in the early Ming Dynasty, which is the best among the famous and high-quality teas.

In addition, the contents of tea in this period were rich, the content of water extract was high, and the content of chlorophyll was also high, especially the content of chlorophyll a. therefore, the green tea was green and moist in color. After brewing, such as orchids or bamboo leaves, it had a good visual effect. Moreover, the content of amino acids is higher than that of tea after rain, and the content of some volatile components with light or ripe chestnut aroma is higher, while the content of tea polyphenols with bitter taste is lower, which makes the tea taste high and mellow.

In recent years, when people buy tea, they all have a preference, that is, to buy the earliest and tender tea, or even only those made from single bud. In fact, high-quality tea is not as tender as possible. Sprouted tea made by picking young and small single buds is indeed beautiful in appearance, but it is inferior to one bud and two leaves in terms of content. Taking Longjing tea with a long history as an example, the raw material of its super grade tea is one bud one or two leaves, never picking single bud as raw material.

The abstract concept of tea before Ming Dynasty is more important than its practical value, and its aesthetic value is more important than its drinking value. The vanity of tea drinkers plays an important role in it. Because the quantity of pre Ming tea is small and precious, it is often a symbol of status and taste to drink it.

In fact, due to the influence of climate, varieties and cultivation and management conditions, the annual tea mining time is inconsistent. Generally speaking, it is always delayed gradually from south to north, and the mining time difference between North and south is 3-4 months. In addition, even in the same tea area, or even in the same tea garden, due to the differences in altitude and water and fertilizer management, the picking time may differ by 5-20 days. Therefore, when you buy tea, you can't judge the quality of tea only by the season of picking. Tea plantations with high temperature may have been picked 2-3 times before Qingming Festival, but some places with high altitude and north of tea plantations have not been mined once after Qingming Festival. It would be ridiculous to judge the quality of tea simply by picking time!

In addition, although 'Yuqian tea' is not as delicate as' Mingqian tea ', because of the high temperature at this time, the buds and leaves grow relatively fast, and the accumulated contents are also rich, so' Yuqian tea 'often tastes fresh and strong, and can endure brewing. This period of tea is not too late, it is also for the season, the essence of the season, so good tea.

'mingqian tea ', early and tender, good-looking;' Yuqian tea ', good to drink, taste. Consumption pursues different things.