Chinese Green Tea - Dragon Well (Longjing)

Regular price $49.00

Longjing is China's most famous and premium green tea. Authentic Longjing tea (known as Dragon Well) must be grown in Zhejiang province. It was one of the tributes to royal families in China.

It is revered for its rich yet refreshing flavor and the fragrance of lush spring grass. The size of the leaves are even, and the color is in yellow and green. This tea has a bit of toasted wheat aroma. It tastes smooth and mellow with sweetness.

100g/3.5oz: approx. 80 x 240ml/8oz-cup

Low Caffeine

Picked in Spring 2018




What to look for

Smooth, perfectly flattened leaves

Aroma

Grassy, sweet and vegetative

In the cup

Green-yellow colour

Taste

Grassy, mellow, and rounded

The most authentic way.

All hand-crafted on a wok.

Health Benefits of Longjing Green Tea

With high catechins, vitamin C and amino acids, the dragon well green tea can help boost mental alertness and provide beneficial effects on blood pressure and cholesterol, thereby reducing the risk of heart disease.

Direct from the origin

Longjing is harvested in the Lion Peak Mountain in Longjing Village, Hangzhou in China’s Zhejiang Province. The right geographical environment including right amount of rainfall resources around West Lake have contributed much to the growth of Longjing tea


Longjing, literally means Dragon Well, was given its name because early teamakers say that getting water from a famous spring called Dreaming of a Tiger Spring makes Longjing taste best. Water from the well is said to be dense and after rain, the dense water tends to float and form what seems like a moving dragon.

Farmer - Mr. Hung

Mr. Hung’s family is one of the lucky families at the famous Lion Peak Mountain, who make only 300 kilograms of this goodness per year, and they are all processed by hand. Together with his family and workers, they take good care of their trees to make sure the tea plants are always fresh and healthy.

“We understand how lucky we are to be farming in this part of the Zhejiang. At the same time, we know that we have a responsibility to preserve the quality of Dragon Well tea that we produce. It’s a historically important imperial tea, so we must always make sure that Longjing stays that way.”

Farmland - Longjing Imperial Tea Garden

Longjing Imperial Tea Garden in Longjing Village boasts of the perfect topography to grow high quality tea leaves. The rich soil of the Lion Peak Mountain has a combination of white sand and quartz which helps give the Dragon Well green tea its rich minerality.

The Garden finds the perfect help from the well by the Lion Peak Mountain, which not only offers the ideal spring water to make the tea but also the sweet and clean water that flows and feeds the tea. It’s also said that the incredible shape of the mountain makes it ideal to harbor safe air currents, providing cleaner and safer air to the farm.

Premium Chinese Tea, ~40% prices at regular tea shop.

We sell directly to customers, cutting out the unnecessary costs and crazy markups that make premium Teas from East Asia extraordinarily expensive. We pass the savings on to you, so you get the same quality at a 1/3 of the typical cost.

Brewing Method

Cup Method

Tea: 2 Teaspoons / 2g Tea

Teacup: 8.8oz / 250ml

Temp: 175℉ / 80℃

Brewing time: 3 - 5 mins

Gaiwan Method

Tea: 4g

Teacup: 4oz / 120ml

Temp: 175℉ / 80℃

6 Steeps: 15s, 25s, 40s, 60s, 80s, 100s

History of Longjing (Dragon Well)

When Emperor Qianlong went on a holiday to the Lion Peak Mountain (Shi Feng Shan), he was served with a cup of Longjing tea at the Hugong Temple. He was impressed that soon, Longjing green tea was given the status of ‘Imperial Tea’ by the Kangxi Emperor.

 

Another legendary story said that Emperor Qianlong had been enamored by the movement of the tea ladies who were harvesting the tea leaves. He brought some tea leaves when he went to visit his mother, Empress Dowager Chongqing, in Beijing. When the Emperor and the Empress met, she noticed the smell of the leaves coming out from Emperor Qianlong sleeves. He had it immediately brewed and served for his mother who was ill and weak at the time.


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    AH
    06/07/2018
    Adam H.
    Canada
    A LONG TIME FAVORITE OF MINE

    A long time favorite of mine. It has a subtle sweetness that is very flattering to the general green flavor. It's very smooth. Even the feel of the leaves is silky! Btw it is very beautiful when the leaves flow in my glass-made teapot.

    AB
    06/04/2018
    Aaron B.
    Australia
    RIGHT AMOUNT OF GRASSY

    This is one of my favorite green teas and it is consistently requested by tea-drinking friends. The flavors are bold but light without being too 'grassy.' It is suitable for all level of tea drinkers.

    JC
    04/05/2018
    Judith C.
    USA
    A little expensive

    This tea is a little expensive tbh. But I did some google searching and it's actually much less expensive than other brands. I don't know why this tea is pricy but I really like the taste of it. I'd order it again (perhaps not so soon because of the price, but I will, after I finish this box)

    KQ
    04/02/2018
    Karunia Q.
    Iran
    ONE OF THE BEST GREEN TEAS

    Quite simply one of the best green teas I've ever tasted.

    AR
    03/25/2018
    Angie R.
    UK
    Good stuff.

    Good stuff. I have mostly tried blended green teas in my country, and got them from supermarket (or David's tea). And this is actually the first time I try real Chinese tea. I have not been to China before, perhaps that's the reason why I want to try. And this tea definitely doesn't let me down. I also got white tea. Loved them both.

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