Yesterday we talked about the secret of spring tea: every drop is the taste of spring, and white tea, as one of the six major tea categories, what is the importance of picking? Today let's talk about the picking of spring white tea.
White tea has strict requirements for the weather in which fresh leaves are picked.
Lu Yu mentioned in the third article of the "Book of Tea", "The Creation of Tea": "On its days, there is rain but not picking, sunny and clouds are not picked, and it is sunny and picked." ”
From the perspective of the conditions of handmade tea at that time, the picking time of fresh tea has a great relationship with the quality of tea.
Sunny days are cloudless, and proper temperature and humidity are the basic environmental requirements for handmade tea.
For a long time, the weather conditions have a great impact on the tea season, and every tea picking season, tea farmers have to check the weather forecast almost every day.
White tea picking is generally good on sunny days, but the "sunny clouds are not picked" in the "Book of Tea" does not conform to the actual situation of white tea picking.
Tea picking and production is better in the north windy weather, which can produce fragrant and sweet white tea.
The south wind day is inferior, and if it is not well controlled, it is easy to become a second-class white tea with green buds, red leaves, and black stems.
Rainy and foggy days are not suitable for picking, and the tea at this time is generally called "rain green".
The white tea made by rainwater green has no freshness.
White tea has strict requirements for the uniformity of fresh leaf picking.
There are many types of white tea.
For example, Baihao Silver Needle, White Peony and Shou Mei can be produced from the same tea tree.
However, the picking time may be different, and in addition, it is divided according to the proportion of different buds and leaves.
Each species has a clear classification, so there are strict requirements for the uniformity of fresh tea leaves.
UniformityIncluding the uniformity and clarity of the tea green.
Evenness refers to the degree of consistency of physical and chemical traits of fresh leaves, that is, the variety is consistent, the tenderness is consistent, and the water content is consistent.
The fresh leaves with high uniformity are convenient for the implementation of processing technology, and the tea quality is high.
Clarity refers to the content of tea and non-tea inclusions in fresh leaves.
Tea inclusions include tea seeds, old leaves, diseased and dead leaves, branches, etc.;
Non-tea inclusions include weeds, sand and gravel.
These inclusions not only affect the quality of tea, but also have certain hazards, and sometimes damage the tea-making machinery when the tea is being refined.
The uniformity of fresh leaves made of hair tea with poor uniformity is also poor, and the process is complex and the finishing rate is low during finishing, especially the workload of picking is greatly increased.
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