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Longjing tea is famous for its "green color,
fragrant aroma, sweet taste and beautiful
shape". It is a good product with flat and
smooth, straight and sharp, even and neat, green
and fresh color, long-lasting fragrance and
fresh and mellow taste.
What
makes it great:
·The
appearance characteristics of Longjing tea: it
is flat and smooth, straight and sharp, uniform
in length and size, and green and fresh in
color.
·Aroma
characteristics of Longjing tea: after boiling
water, Longjing tea has fresh and pure fragrance
of tender, bean or chestnut, and the aroma is
clear and lasting.
·Taste
characteristics of Longjing tea: the taste is
fresh, sweet and mellow, with a filling feeling
in the mouth, obvious sweet return and long tea
rhyme.
·Characteristics
of Longjing tea: the color of Longjing tea is
yellow green and bright.
the bud leaves at the bottom of Longjing tea are
tender, even and bright.
Suggestions for pairing with other teas
It can be matched with roses, lemon,
sweet tea, osmanthus, jasmine, and rock sugar.
Detailed introduction of Longjing tea
 Longjing
(Dragon Well) Tea is most famous for its unique
fragrance and flavor; flat, slender strips of
tea leaves in bright green liquid. Furthermore,
Longjing tea aids one's health in many ways
regardless of your age. It is used to deter food
poisoning, refresh the body, stop cavities,
fight viruses, control high blood pressure,
lower the blood sugar level, and to prevent
cancer. Hence, Longjing tea is regarded as the
elixir for health and is widely sold and
accepted all over the world. The name Longjing
is from a small village on the Fenghuang Hill,
in Hangzhou Zhengjiang Province. It is said that
residents in ancient times believed that a
dragon dwelled there and controlled the
rainfall. As a result, people went there from
all the surrounding areas whenever there was a
drought to pray for rainfall, from as early as
the Three Kingdoms Period (221-280).
Longjing tea is grown in the Longjing mountain
area of Hangzhou, southwest of the West Lake.
The fertile land is both rich in phosphorus and
sub-acidic sand. This region prevents the cold
current from the north and holds back the warm
current from the south, thus the growing area of
Longjing tea can be coated by cloud and mist for
long periods of time. With such favorable
growing conditions, needless to say, Longjing
tea is considered the best tea in China.
 The tea has a long history; more than 1000
years. Its earliest record may be found in the
book named chajing, the first book on tea in the
world, written by the Chinese expert of the Tang
Dynasty (618-907), Lu Yu. Longjing tea was not
given its name until the Southern Song Dynasty.
Hangzhou as the capital of the country carried
out further development in tea production.
Knowledge of the tea began to spread and became
known all over the country by the times of the
Yuan and Ming Dynasties.
Especially in the Qing Dynasty, the fame of
Longjing tea became widespread throughout the
country. One of the most remarkable emperors of
the Qing Dynasty, Qianlong, paid four visits to
the growing area of Longjing tea, not only to
enjoy sipping tea, and to write and sing poems
to praise the tea, but also to watch the process
of picking and roasting it with serious intent.
He was so interested in Longjing tea that he
named the eighteen tea trees in front of the
Hugong Temple "royal tea". From that time
forward, the tea became increasingly popular for
everyone.
By the early 20th century, Longjing tea was
witnessing its highest popularity in history.
The Chinese government has made a great effort
to promote it and introduce advanced technology
in planting, picking and roasting of the tea
since the founding of the People's Republic of
China in 1949. Subsequently, a high quality
standards system for tea grading was set up. All
these innovations contributed to the
standardization of the tea production.
According to local custom, the right time for
picking the tea leaves is very short. The period
between Qing Ming and Grain Rain (from April 5
to 21) each year is generally considered the
prime time to get the highest quality Longjing
tea. The brewing method we highly recommended is
to put a pinch of dry, roasted tea leaves into a
porcelain or transparent glass cup and pour hot
water at about 85C into the cup. Sip and enjoy!
In conclusion, Longjng tea is famous both
because of its good quality, as well as its
historical interest and the cultural connotation
it has endured. Chinese Longjing tea has not
only the value of tea when it is consumed, but
it is also the symbol of cultural values of
China.
Instructions:
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1-2 Perfect Spoonfuls of tea (about
5-10g) |
475 ml (16 oz) of 85℃/185℉ water for hot
tea or 295 ml (10 oz) for iced |
Steep for 1-2 minutes |
Sip hot or top with ice for iced tea |
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