Long Jing (also called Dragon Well) is possibly the most famous green tea and often called the national drink of China. Long Jing tea grows in the hills around west lake in Zhejiang province where the tea is produced mostly by hand and picked during Qing Ming Festival (5th of April) in spring time.
Long Jing is famous for its "green color, sweet-smelting, mellow taste, beautiful appearance", and being popular around the world. Fine Long Jing is very precious and costly. One kilogram of Long Jing tea produced from the famous 18 imperial Long Jing tea trees, which were appointed by Emperor Qian Long, is selling up to 1,440,000 RMB (213,000 USD / 168,200 Euro).
2010 Long Jing is not as good as previous years. Because of the extremely cold weather this year in Hangzhou's West Lake area, farmers could not harvest tea leaves during the best time before Qing Ming festival because the tea plant did not grow enough leaves. Most of the 2010 Long Jing leaves were picked after May and many were frozen and of too low quality to use. The 2010 quality of Long Jing tea, compare with to previous years is around 30~50% lower than normal. While Mouya is always trying to select the best tea for our customers, this year we did not pick top quality Long Jing because it would be too expenisve and the quality is not as good as other years. Our Long Jing this year is a better medium class tea with classic characteristics that will enable you to really enjoy the typical Long Jing flavor. It will definitely not disappoint and even enthousiast Long Jing fans will be hard pressed to find similar quality tea at such an affordable price.
Map
- Province: Zhejiang
- County: Zhejiang
- Village: Meijiawu
- Farmer: Cailing Shao
- Harvest time: May 2010
Brewing Instructions
- Recommended amount per person: 3~5 g
- Dry leave weight (g) : Water amount (ml) 1:50
- Water temperature: 85°C
- Refills: 2~3 times
- Infuse time: 3~5 times
Health
- Anti-aging
- Anti-radiation
- Reduces blood pressure
- Reduces risk of cancer
More Information
Green tea has a very long history in China. Now there are many varieties of green teas growing in over 20 provinces in China while the most well known are from Zhejiang, Anhui and Jiangxi provinces. Green tea is heated to 180°C temperature and is not fermented, which allows the tea to keep most ingredients compared to other tea variations. High quality green tea should have a green color (both leaf and soup) and have a long lasting bittersweet and nutty fragrance with freshly sweet flavor.
Process Steps: Withering → Heating / Frying → Drying
