Longjing tea is a specialty of Zhejiang Province. Longjing tea is famous for its green color, beautiful shape, rich aroma and mellow taste. Its unique "light and distant" and "fragrant and clear" peerless spirit and Extraordinary quality, unique among many teas, ranked first among China's top ten famous teas.
Longjing tea picking has three major characteristics: early, tender and diligent. Tea farmers often say, "Tea is a time-worn grass. Picked three days early, it is a treasure, and picked three days late, it becomes grass." Longjing tea is also famous for its tenderness in picking. The tenderness and uniformity of the fresh leaves form the basis of the quality of Longjing tea.
There are ten traditional Longjing frying techniques: throwing, shaking, building, fanning, stretching, throwing, grabbing, pushing, buckling and pressing. Different quality tea leaves have different frying techniques. Special-grade Longjing tea is flat, smooth and straight, with a bright green color, fresh and clear aroma, fresh and mellow taste, and delicate and flowery leaves at the bottom.
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Origin environment
Zhejiang has a subtropical monsoon climate with significant monsoons, distinct four seasons, moderate annual temperatures, more sunlight, abundant rainfall, and moist air. , seasonal changes in rain and heat are synchronized, climate resource configurations are diverse, and meteorological disasters are numerous.
The annual average temperature is 15-18℃. January and July are the months with the lowest and highest temperatures in the whole year respectively. May and June are the periods of concentrated rainfall. The extreme maximum temperature is 44.1℃ and the extreme minimum temperature is -17.4℃; the average annual rainfall in Zhejiang Province is 980-2000 mm.
The terrain slopes in a stepped manner from southwest to northeast. The southwest is dominated by mountains, the central part is dominated by hills, and the northeast is low and flat alluvial plain.