What is the difference in the price of tea in different seasons? Is the tea better before or after the rain?

The quality of tea varies from year to year depending on the weather and climate. It's like wine. In particular, the condition of Rain Water has a great influence on the quality of tea. If there are more Rain Water in the harvest season, the quality of tea will decline. The taste of agricultural products harvested in rainy days is very light, and the taste of tea picked in rainy days is very light and uncomplicated afterwards. This applies not only to tea, but also to any crop. Apples, for example, generally do not pick apples on rainy days. The apples picked on rainy days are very light and flat. Some people describe it as "tastes like water". The same concept applies to strawberries, blueberries and cherries. Any fruit grown outdoors will taste dull if it is harvested on a rainy day. On rainy days or after rain, even birds don't eat these fruits. Once it rains, it will take three days to restore the taste. Every spring I spend a month in Yunnan to buy Pu'er tea, white tea and black tea. We maintain close contact with manufacturers to manage materials, processes and logistics. Usually, experienced tea merchants never collect tea for two days after a rainy day.

We also went there to make sure that our tea would not be taken away within three days after the rain. For example, if it rains today and then sunny, we don't even want to collect tea tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Obviously, the taste of the tea has become very insipid and has no aftertaste. However, some farmers or manufacturers are eager to pick tea rather than waiting for it to grow too big. So the most important thing is that we only deal with manufacturers who can carry out batches according to daily production batches. In this way, we can check the quality of each batch of tea. As soon as it rains, tea grows quickly. Rain Water is very important for tea trees to produce more tea. However, it is not advisable for us to rain during the picking season. Once it rains, the tea begins to grow rapidly. As a result, the minerals and nutrients in tea are absorbed back by the trees. Tea leaves picked on rainy days or shortly after rain tend to be larger in size and have longer stems. The distance between No. 1 leaf and No. 2 leaf became wider. This shows how fast the tea is growing. Fast-growing tea leaves produce larger cells. Eventually, the total content of polyphenols and minerals in each leaf decreases, which directly affects the taste. Just like the faint taste of the fruits I picked on rainy days, the tea harvested in three days after the rain is also very faint.