The news briefing on Biluochun tea in Dongting mountain, Wuzhong, Suzhou was held in Wuzhong District, Suzhou on the 10th. It was announced at the meeting that Biluochun tea this year will be mined and listed in batches on March 16. It is estimated that the price of the best Dongting mountain Biluochun tea will reach more than 20000 yuan (RMB, the same below) per kilogram (500g); The average price of super grade-1 Biluochun tea in Dongting mountain is more than 7500 yuan per kilogram, which has more than doubled in four years compared with the price of 3500 yuan in 2018.
Biluochun tea, produced in Dongting mountain beside Taihu Lake in Wuzhong District, is one of the top ten famous teas in China. It is named for its slender, silvery green and emerald, curly and spiral shape. The tea soup has a delicate fragrance, elegant, fresh and mellow.
Ye Guoping, Secretary General of Biluochun tea industry association in Dongting mountain, Wuzhong District, introduced that since March this year, the weather in Taihu Lake area has been mainly sunny, with appropriate temperature and abundant sunshine. The temperature in Biluochun tea producing area is between 16 ℃ and 20 ℃, and the precipitation is between 60 mm and 80 mm. The temperature and precipitation are conducive to the germination of tea trees and the picking of fresh leaves. Biluochun tea from Dongting mountain will be mined and listed sporadically from March 12, and will be listed in batches around the 16th. It is estimated that the output of Biluochun tea in Dongting mountain this year will increase slightly compared with last year.
Along with the increase in output, there is the price of Biluochun tea. China News Agency reporter found that the price of Biluochun tea has increased year by year since 2018. From 2018 to 2021, the average price per kilogram of special grade-1 Biluochun tea in Dongting mountain increased by 1000 yuan per year.
Zhang Jianliang, President of Biluochun tea industry association in Dongting mountain, Wuzhong District, explained that after the origin of Biluochun tea was included in the Suzhou ecological conservation and Development Experimental Area, the requirements for the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides by tea farmers were also increased accordingly. According to the monitoring data of Wuzhong District Agricultural and rural Bureau, the total use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides in the area around Taihu Lake has decreased by 20% in recent five years, while the use of organic fertilizers has increased accordingly. In addition, the use of Cecep Solar Energy Co.Ltd(000591) insect trap lamp and other ecological insect repellent methods, as well as the recruitment difficulties and rising employment costs under the influence of covid-19 pneumonia, have increased the cost of tea planting and picking.
In recent years, Suzhou has successively formulated a series of standards, such as the guide to the inheritance of the production technology of Soviet style traditional culture Dongting (mountain) Biluochun tea, which has more strict and standardized requirements on the quality and frying technology of Biluochun tea.
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