I suggest you don’t buy it. We all have West Lake, Longjing, Tieguanyin and Laoshan tea in our homes. Laoshan tea is not very famous.
Laoshan tea includes Laoshan green tea, Polygonatum odorifera tea, and Dianthus tea. If citizens or tourists want to buy real Laoshan Datian new tea during the Golden Week, it is best to buy it from Laoshan tea producing areas such as Wanggezhuang, Laoshan, instead of buying it at small stalls.
Laoshan Mingqian Tea: High-end Gifts
"Laoshan Mingqian Tea" refers to Laoshan spring tea picked and roasted 1 to 30 days before Qingming, when the tea trees first bloom. The buds are rare and the leaf buds are tender. Not only is it time-consuming to pick, but the frying temperature and techniques are also the most difficult to master. Therefore, "Laoshan Mingqian tea" is usually handmade Laoshan tea, which increases the cost to a certain extent, and the price naturally rises. Usually, the price of "Laoshan Mingqian Tea" will be four to five times that of similar teas. After the tea trees have recuperated in the autumn and winter of the previous year, the first tea they produce is nutritious, tastes good, and its handmade appearance is also very beautiful. Therefore, many people believe that "Mingqian tea" is the green tea with the best quality and highest health value in a year.
However, the high price of "Laoshan Mingqian Tea" makes it difficult for ordinary people to accept it. The "first pot" of Qingdao Laoshan Mingqian Tea this year sold for 5,000 yuan per catty. The director of Qingdao Laoshan Wanggezhuang Xiaofang tea farm said that most of the tea farm's "Mingqian tea" has been ordered by regular customers from Qingdao, Jinan and other places, and the same is basically true for nearby tea farms. The spring tea that customers buy at a high price is basically not consumed by themselves, but becomes a gift for others.
Laoshan Yuqian Tea: A smart choice for tea drinkers
"Laoshan Yuqian Tea" refers to the Laoshan tea produced between Qingming and Guyu. Most of them have two leaves and one bud, and the leaf body can be Above 2 centimeters, the brewed tea has a thick green color, a slightly bitter taste, and a sweet and long aftertaste, while the price is only about one-half of that of "Laoshan Mingqian Tea".
If the price is cheap, will the quality be greatly compromised? According to some tea farmers, in addition to the quality of tea, the value of tea is also affected by many factors such as yield and frying cost. Compared with "Laoshan Mingqian tea", "Laoshan Yuqian tea" is much cheaper, but its concentration is high and the juice is good. It can be brewed two or three times longer than "Laoshan Mingqian tea", and the taste is not bad, so Many old tea drinkers who are good at tea tasting and savvy often choose to buy "Laoshan Yuqian Tea".
Although the price is not expensive, the price of thousands of yuan still prohibits many working-class people. "Laoshan Rain Tea" seems to be a luxury product in the eyes of ordinary people.
Laoshan Rain Tea: A favorite among working-class people
There are many people who want to taste Laoshan Spring Tea but don’t want to spend too much money. What kind of Laoshan new tea is the most cost-effective for ordinary people to buy? In this regard, the director of Qingdao Xiaofang Tea Farm said that "Laoshan Rain Tea" is the most economical and affordable choice for ordinary working-class people to buy new tea.
It is understood that "Laoshan After the Rain Tea" is Laoshan Spring Tea that was launched after Guyu. Since a large amount of Laoshan Spring Tea came on the market after Guyu, the price of "Laoshan After Rain Tea" has become quite affordable, with the price per kilogram being basically the same. They are all within 500 yuan. If you buy a good variety, the taste, color, aroma, etc. of the tea will be good. Take Xiaofang Tea Factory's drum Laoshan green tea fragrance type as an example. As a variety of Laoshan rain tea, it has good color and taste. It can generally be brewed to 6 degrees or more. It is economical and affordable, and is a good choice for the working class.