2025 First Flush West Lake Long Jing (Dragon Well)| Long Wu | Green Tea


€17,80
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明前西湖龙井, 龙坞: striking nutty flavor, savory, sweet, umami, long and winding aftertaste, slightly bitter but turns sweet quickly

Tea farm location: Long Jing Village, Hangzhou.

Cultivar: Quntizhong

Picking date: 30th Mar 2025

Read about the tea farm and the tea master.

For this year's batch, the familiar roasted sesame paste aroma and coffee flavor are very present. It is definitely a more 'yellow' roasted long jing, a traditional quality that's sought after. We picked again the Quntizhong cultivar given it's later budding time and supreme quality/price ratio.

Master Chen runs his family owned tea farm in Long Wu, Xi Hu district, just miles away from the infamous Mei Jia Wu. This is the third year of our collaboration. Two springs ago we paid a visit to the tea farm and came back with the same goodie: Harvested within the short time window before Qing Ming Festival and the rainy spring season (4th April). This is the real deal: one of the most premium West Lake Dragon Well (Xi Hu Long Jing) Green tea you could find. 


 

Dragon Well is a variety of pan-roasted green tea from Longjing Village in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. The tea leaves are flat in shape and once they jump into the water, you can see them dancing freely in a glass cup. Freshness is king when it comes to green tea, and this applies especially to Dragon Well. Sometimes you open a good bag of roasted coffee beans and get indulged in its tempting aroma: think of Dragon Well as the green tea version of that brown coffee aroma.

It is a very delicate tea and produced mostly by hand. Renowned for its uniqueness and rareness, it tops the list of “10 Most Famous Chinese Teas”. Its high caffeine content makes it a pleasant and refreshing choice for all occasions.

Because of the limited time period that the quantity for this first flush is scarce, especially the ones that are from the core production areas in the famous Long Jing Village in Hangzhou. Cha Moods work directly with the tea family in the Long Jing Village, ensuring this rare beauty is brought with minimal time and complexity to your home.

opvallende nootachtige smaak
zachte, frisse en zoete umami smaak
lange zachte zoete nasmaak

aanbevolen theeservies: elk glas theeservies
methode: 3g thee in 250ml/85°C (kan 2-3 keer gezet worden)
trektijd: 3min

Na de oogst worden de bladeren ongeveer een halve dag gedroogd om hun rauwe grassige smaak te verminderen en om de hoeveelheid vocht te verminderen voordat de boeren ze verzamelen om ze voorzichtig in de pan te bakken.

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