What are the differences between autumn tea and spring tea? Learn to tell them apart easily

People who are very discerning about tea consider the season and time when choosing tea. Generally speaking, tea is divided into three seasons: spring tea, summer tea and autumn tea. So what exactly are the differences between teas from different seasons when it comes to tasting?

There is a saying that “pre-Qingming tea is as precious as gold.” Spring tea has good quality, the buds are fresher, and the tea liquor tastes better.

Spring tea is relatively fresh and brisk, and the theophylline content in the leaves is higher, so drinking spring tea gives a better refreshing effect. It stimulates the nervous system more when drunk, but for people sensitive to caffeine, drinking too much spring tea at night will affect sleep. Autumn tea, by contrast, is relatively milder.

The aroma of spring tea is fresh, lively and spirited, because the environment in which it grows has relatively mild temperatures and has not gone through the test of the scorching summer.

After autumn tea endures the high temperatures of summer, much of its aroma has volatilised, and what you smell is more of a green note and herbal fragrance, so its aroma is richer and fuller. The difference in aroma between the two is hard to detect by smell, but once brewed, the difference is magnified and extremely easy to judge.