Related News
First crop of Longjing tea coming next week
By Angela Xu |
March 14, 2011, Monday
|
Online Edition
Online Edition
THIS year's first crop of Longjing tea, one of the best known green teas, will be available on the market after March 20 if weather permits.
Experts with the Shanghai Tea Association said tea plants in the hilly area near the West Lake are still "asleep" but buds about the size of a grain can be seen in tea plants on the sunny slopes of terraced tea plantations. If weather is good, tea picking will start on March 20.
The association said the fresh new tea now sold in the market is Wuniuzao, a variety also produced in Zhejiang Province. Some dealers claim it was Longjing tea but it is not.
A tea seller surnamed Liu at the Zhongshan Road N. Tea Market said all the Longjing tea sold in the market is from last year's stock. Some venders stored Longjing in refrigerators and tea leaves look the same as new tea but don't taste the same.
Some dealers even sell Zhuyeqing, a green tea from Yibin, Sichuan Province as Longjing. Though the two teas look similar but Longjing has a richer flavor.
Longjing is much more expensive than Zhuyeqing, costing at least 4,000 yuan (US$608) per kilogram while Zhuyeqing is priced at about 800 yuan per kilogram.
Experts with the Shanghai Tea Association said tea plants in the hilly area near the West Lake are still "asleep" but buds about the size of a grain can be seen in tea plants on the sunny slopes of terraced tea plantations. If weather is good, tea picking will start on March 20.
The association said the fresh new tea now sold in the market is Wuniuzao, a variety also produced in Zhejiang Province. Some dealers claim it was Longjing tea but it is not.
A tea seller surnamed Liu at the Zhongshan Road N. Tea Market said all the Longjing tea sold in the market is from last year's stock. Some venders stored Longjing in refrigerators and tea leaves look the same as new tea but don't taste the same.
Some dealers even sell Zhuyeqing, a green tea from Yibin, Sichuan Province as Longjing. Though the two teas look similar but Longjing has a richer flavor.
Longjing is much more expensive than Zhuyeqing, costing at least 4,000 yuan (US$608) per kilogram while Zhuyeqing is priced at about 800 yuan per kilogram.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
