Traditionally, Chinese high-value tea made from the very first tea sprouts in Spring that should be picked before the Qingming Festival, which falls on April 5 this year. Recently, the Spring harvest season for tea has come across Guangdong.
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Meizhou's Hakka green tea is reputed for its sophisticated craftsmanship with a history of more than a thousand years. Featuring fragrant, sweet and smooth flavors, the Hakka green tea has the effect of eliminating phlegm and resolving blood stasis after years of storage.
Hakka green tea production incorporates four procedures, namely, picking, kneading, drying and frying. After these four steps, the green tea is ready to serve. If fried again and again after being stored for at least half a month, the Hakka green tea will give off a unique rice fragrance with a tender flavor.
Located in the high-altitude mountainous areas, Meizhou's tea plantations are pervaded by clouds and fogs all year round. A tea worker said that with sufficient rainfalls and higher germination rates, the production of his tea plantation this year is expected to increase by 20% to 30% compared to last year.
Over the past few years, Meizhou has seen broader tea planting areas and increasing yields year by year. As of 2021, the planting area of tea trees in the city has been up to 218.2 square kilometers, accounting for a quarter of the total amount of Guangdong Province, with an annual output of 25,600 tons.
