The harvest season for Maojian tea is in spring and fall. However, the best quality tea comes from leaves that are harvested in mid-April. The Chinese call it “Yu Qian Tea”, which means the tea is picked earlier in the spring before the Solar term ‘Grain Rain’ (Guyu). Because the leaves are rare and fresh, the price is two or three times higher than tea produced after this season. In general, the approximate ratio of fresh leaves to produced tea is 50,000 buds: 500 grams.

• mid-April harvested
• 50 grams