The great increase in the volume of trade boosted demand for ships and for speed, and at a time when tea drinking of itself was no longer a mark of high social status, "new season tea" became the latest symbol of good taste for the connoisseur.
貿易量大增對船隻與速度的需求也相對增加；曾幾何時，喝茶已經表達不了多金身分，於是喝「當季新茶」成了有識之士最新的品味指標。