How much is a jin of Anji white tea, and how do you tell high quality from low quality?

Tea is a traditional beverage that has been around for thousands of years and is loved by the public. Among them, Anji white tea is a relatively popular tea. So how much is the price of Anji white tea per jin?

1. The price of Anji white tea

Different production areas, corporate brands, and picking times make the price of Anji white tea vary. Generally on the market, the price of Anji white tea is divided into premium, special grade, first grade, and second grade: premium and special grade represent high-quality, top-grade tea, priced at 1500-3000 yuan/jin; tea of relatively good quality is first-grade tea, priced at 500-800 yuan/jin; the price of second-grade tea is about 300 yuan/jin.

2. The quality grades of Anji white tea

Premium Anji white tea is flat in appearance, smooth, straight, sharply tapering, tender green with a jade hue, uniform, with no stems, coarse pieces, or yellow flakes; Phoenix-shaped Anji white tea has straight strips with visible buds, plump and uniform buds, tender green, lively with golden edges, and no stems, coarse pieces, or yellow flakes. The tea liquor is required to be tender green and bright, with a tender, lasting aroma, fresh, mellow, sweet, and refreshing; in the tea liquor, the leaves are white with emerald veins, one bud and one initial leaf, with the bud longer than the leaf.

Special-grade Anji white tea is flat in appearance, smooth, straight, tender green with a jade hue, uniform, with no stems, coarse pieces, or yellow flakes; Phoenix-shaped Anji white tea is required to have straight strips with buds, uniform, tender green with a jade hue, and no stems, coarse pieces, or yellow flakes. Likewise, the tea liquor of special-grade Anji white tea should be tender yellow and bright, with a lasting tender aroma, and simply fresh and mellow. At the same time, the brewed leaves are required to be white with emerald veins, one bud and one leaf.

First-grade Anji white tea is still smooth, still straight, tender green and oily-glossy, still uniform, with slight stems, coarse pieces, and yellow flakes; Phoenix-shaped Anji white tea is required to have straight strips with buds, relatively uniform, tender green and glossy, with slight stems, coarse pieces, and flakes. The tea liquor is required to be slightly tender green and bright, and simply clear-fragrant and mellow. The brewed leaves are required to be white leaves with green veins, and simply one bud and two leaves.

Second-grade Anji white tea is required to be still flat, still smooth, tender green and still oily-glossy, still uniform, with slight stems, coarse pieces, and yellow flakes; Phoenix-shaped Anji white tea is required to have straight strips and still uniform, green and glossy, with slight stems, coarse pieces, and flakes. The tea liquor should also be green and bright, and simply clear-fragrant and fresh-mellow. At the same time, the brewed leaves are required to be still white with emerald veins, and simply one bud and two or three leaves.

3. How do you tell good Anji white tea from bad?

1. Look at the appearance: For Anji white tea, the tenderness is judged as top grade when there are many hairs and they are plump, and the leaf blades are plump and tender; if the buds are thin and sparse, the quality is lower; if the leaf blades are uneven in old and tender or mixed with old leaves and waxen leaves, the quality is poor. One bud and one leaf is the best; one bud and two leaves and above are lower in quality.

2. Look at the leaf posture: Anji white tea leaves that lie flat and spread out, with the leaf edges curled back, raised ripples on the leaf surface, buds and leaves connected to the stem and slightly close together, and leaf tips turned up without continuous breakage, are the best quality; leaves that are spread open, folded and pressed together, or bent are lower in quality. Buds longer than the leaves are top grade.

3. Look at the color: Anji white tea with white leaves and green veins is top grade; if the leaf surface is gray-green or dark green, or the emerald green whitening is insufficient or basically absent, it is lower; iron-board colored, grass-green-yellow, black, red, and waxy-glossy ones are the poorest quality.

4. Look at the cleanliness: Anji white tea is required not to contain trifoliate orange, old stems, old leaves, or waxen leaves; if the tea contains impurities, the quality is poor.

5. Look at the aroma: Floral or clear fragrance is one of the characteristics of Anji white tea. Whether it is dry tea or the brewed tea liquor, the stronger and more lasting the floral fragrance, the higher the quality. Thin, green-odorous, stale, or fermentation-tasting ones are lower grade.