Last year, the first batch of the West Lake in Hangzhou in early March Longjing hastily put on the counters.  By continuous heavy snow this year and the impact of freezing weather, some tea farmers estimated West Lake District, the exploitation of time might be postponed by the end of March to early April.
 
Hangzhou Long, general manager of the tea should be ancestors of the Limited, 2005 West Lake Longjing first formal mining is March 26; the previous year, on March 13 launched on the market the first batch of West Lake Longjing last year, the first batch of West Lake Longjing The OTC time  Has been moved up to March 7.  Should progenitor of that cold weather is not conducive to early Spring Tea listed, there are conducive to raising the quality of tea.  "On the one hand, the slowdown in tea growing, the first time the exploitation of tea closer to the vicinity of cemeteries; on the other hand also conducive to the prevention of pests."
 
As for the exploitation of the West Lake Longjing exact time, the city of Hangzhou West Lake Longjing tea leaves District Industry Association said that the Secretary-General to build farmland, mainly depends on the end of February to mid-March weather conditions.  "Temperature at 10 ℃ -15 ℃, tea can be grown shoots shell; to shell shoots up, at least in the more than 20 ℃."
 
"If the exploitation of this year delay can be reduced with early varieties spread between groups." Said a tea farmers.  According to his conservative forecast, this year's tea prices and the same in previous years.