Six Questions About 'Pre-Qingming Tea'
'Pre-Qingming Tea' refers to tea leaves picked and processed before the Qingming Festival in the Jiangnan tea region of China's Yangtze River basin. It is primarily green tea, with some black tea. Due to low pre-Qingming temperatures, tea trees grow slowly, resulting in low yield but high quality. T...
Tea News · Feb 03, 2026
That Small Pinch of Fragrant Pre-Qingming Tea
Pre-Qingming tea refers to spring tea harvested before the Qingming Festival in southern China. Budding around the 'Awakening of Insects' and 'Spring Equinox' solar terms, it is picked before 'Qingming'. The leaves are tender, rich in aromatic and flavorful compounds, resulting in exceptional qualit...
Tea News · Jan 13, 2026
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