Theoretically speaking, the question you asked is indeed true. Without investigation, we cannot say which tea is authentic West Lake Longjing and which is not.
So, generally speaking, the relevant reports appearing in the media will only be a common sense judgment, and the basis for the judgment is:
1) According to the current production status of West Lake Longjing , the group varieties are not on the market at all, and some are only some Longjing 43. And this year is a low-temperature year, so the yield will be very low.
2) According to what tea farmers know, so far most of the tea will be digested locally, and even less will flow into foreign markets.
3) Based on the profitability of merchants and consumers’ inability to distinguish, it is an indisputable fact that a large number of counterfeits are on the market. This is not a patent of West Lake Longjing. All teas are the same. .
Based on this, it is not surprising that some people report that a relatively high proportion of counterfeit West Lake Longjing is on the market. To give you some data for reference, the West Lake Longjing producing area has about 18,000 acres of tea mountains. Excluding the group planting of about 8,000 acres, tea has not yet been produced. The remaining 10,000 acres of Longjing 43, this Regarding tea, according to the current temperature conditions in Hangzhou, I calculated that one acre of tea land would be enough to produce 2 kilograms of dry tea per day, which would be 20,000 kilograms of dry tea per day. It is conceivable that such a small amount is divided across the country...