大美明前茶The beauty of China's spring teas明前茶离我们并不远。四月初，利用清明短假，我去了苏州洞庭西山的茶农家小住。茶农夫妇俩都年过花甲。其中丈夫有40多年的炒茶经验了。女主人蒋大姐去采茶，回家以后拣出明前茶标准的一芽一叶，然后男主人用一口大铁锅炒茶。
Earlier this month, before Tomb Sweeping Day, I stayed briefly at a tea farmer’s house in an ancient village on Dongting Mountain in Suzhou that is the original production area for biluochun. My host and hostess were tea farmers with more than 40 years of tea-making experience. I watched the hostess screen the tea while the host roasted it in a large iron wok.
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