Is the tea picking standard really as tender as possible?

Is the tea picking standard really as tender as possible? ?

1. What are the selection criteria for different teas?

1. exquisite choice

Tender picking generally refers to picking new shoots with single bud, one bud and one leaf and one bud and two leaves.

Features: more flowers, low yield and strong seasonality (early spring tea).

Representative teas: Super Longjing, "Biluochun", Junshan Yinzhen, Huangshan Mao Feng, Shimen Yinfeng and some famous bud teas.

2. Moderate mining

Moderate picking refers to picking one bud, two or three leaves and tender leaves when the new shoots of tea trees grow to a certain extent, which is a common picking standard for bulk red and green tea in China.

Features: It can give consideration to both tea yield and quality, and has high economic benefits.

Representative teas: eyebrow tea, kung fu black tea, etc.

3. Open pit mining

The picking standard of the exposed picking is to pick 2-4 new buds when the new buds grow to 3-5 leaves and will mature until the last leaf of the terminal bud just unfolds.

Features: Mining is carried out when the last leaf of the new roof is half unfolded.

Representative tea: a part of traditional oolong tea.

4. Mature mining

The standard is that one bud and five leaves are fully mature, and the new shoots are picked when the base of the new shoots is lignified and reddish brown.

Features: Some new shoots are 1 times longer, and some are 2 times longer. Some harvest only 1 time a year, and some harvest twice a year.

Representative tea: traditional black tea and brick tea.