Taiwan tea is not sprayed with pesticides? A 70-year-old tea farmer tells you the truth.

Recently, some friends often talk to you about Taiwan tea. Many friends believe that tea in the mainland is seriously polluted and is rampant with pesticides, so it is difficult to tell whether it is true or false, while Taiwan tea is at a high altitude, has little pollution, and does not use pesticides, so it is safe and reassuring to drink. Is the truth really what they say?

These days, the Beijing International Tea Exhibition is in full swing, and many well-known tea enterprises are on the scene. You Daojun also went shopping. At the booth of a Taiwanese tea house, you Daojun came across an old Taiwanese tea man in his 70s. I asked the old man, "now many people in the mainland say that Taiwan tea does not use pesticides, and it is basically organic tea and Gaoshan tea. Is that what happened?"

Hearing this, the old man reacted strongly and waved his hand again and again and said, "how is that possible?" To tell you the truth, at least 98% of Taiwan's tea is contaminated with pesticides. " The old man introduced the tea on his booth to you Daojun and said, "look at me, only these three kinds of tea are completely pesticide-free, and there are no agricultural residues in more than 300 tests." I only make a few hundred jin of this kind of tea every year. "

When it comes to Taiwan tea, the old man can't stop.

According to the elderly, most teas in Taiwan are also sprayed with pesticides, but they have to be inspected by government departments before they are put on the market. As long as pesticide residues are within the prescribed limits, tea can also be marketed. After spraying, the tea garden can not pick tea until 7 days later, and after maocha is made, it needs another random sampling test to further ensure the safety of tea.

As tea trees are harmed by diseases and pests, tea farmers should spray a certain amount of pesticides allowed on tea trees in the routine management of tea gardens, in order to eliminate these diseases and insect pests and ensure the yield of tea, so it causes certain pesticide residues in tea.

But there is no need for us to change color as soon as we talk about the "agricultural residues of tea". Most of the pesticides used in tea trees are insoluble (fat-soluble) pesticides, and most of the pesticide residues are retained in the bottom of the leaves when making tea, so the content of pesticide residues in tea is low, up to ppm (parts per million) or ppb (parts per billion), while we drink no more than tens of grams of tea every day. Therefore, as long as the agricultural residues on the tea do not exceed the standard, it is safe for us.

In addition, the incident of excessive agricultural residues of tea in Taiwan is not absent, and it has happened more than once. As of May 6 this year, Taiwan's Food and Drug Administration has confirmed that 33 pieces of tea pesticide residues have exceeded the standard, and a total of 35.67 tons of illegal tea have been removed from the shelves, China News Service reported.

You Daojun did not write this article to suppress Taiwan tea-- because there is no interest-driven, ! I just want to remind you that no matter what kind of tea we drink, we should not be superstitious. There is good tea and bad tea in the mainland, as well as in Taiwan and foreign countries. When we buy tea on a daily basis, it is best to choose from the channels we trust: first, the character of the people who regard it as tea; second, we should personally experience the appearance, aroma, taste and even the source of tea. This article is created exclusively by the media. If you need to reprint it, you may not delete it, and please indicate the source. )

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