Long Jing or Dragon Well Green Tea
Without a doubt Spring first flush is the best, but we suggest to stay away from the early spring pickings as they are very expensive. A little down the Spring Long Jing tends to be less expensive and equally good in quality and taste. Having said that, stay away from any pickings of summer. The summer pickings tend to be bitter and really they all go into tea bags. The price of Long Jing depends on the region and the picking time of the year. Long Jing can quench your thirst with a remarkable chest-nutty, sweetness and ending with lemon zesty-ness.
Try to buy it from a good supplier and don’t always go by labels and first flush as you will end up paying top dollar. The Xieu Long Jing is the most expensive (may be like $200 per 100 gm). The tea from third and fourth flush is pretty good to have. In the end your taste is paramount.
Long Jing /Dragon Well green tea is the world’s best known green tea from China. This tea is made in large quantities different qualities and grown in varied regions and elevations in China. Long Jing green tea is Pan fried by machine and fired by hand second time or just fired by hand both times.
Long Jing tea is generally nutty, sweet, zesty and delicious to sip, all at the same time.
Preparation
The more yellow the long Jing tea leaves more nuttier or roasted beans flavor whereas, the greener the tea leaves, the fresher the taste.
1.Quantity of tea leaves – 3-4gms
2. Quantity of water 100ml
3.Water temperature 90-100 degrees celsius
4.Steeping time 70-75 seconds (or extend it to even 120 seconds if you are steeping the leaves in a larger quantity of water).
5.You can brew and steep up to 6 or 7 infusions of a good long Jing tea. It will keep giving you lingering sweetness for a long time. After that you can turn the leaves into a salad or mix with rice, season with lemon and soya sauce and enjoy a treat.
Source: Teavivre.com Choosing the best Dragon Well Tea.
Long Jing No. 41, 42 and 43 are considered as the better green teas.
Long Jing tea is generally nutty, sweet, zesty and delicious to sip, all at the same time. It doesn’t matter what your tea-ware is (a Gawain, tumbler or cup) you can enjoy Long Jing if prepared well in terms of temperature of water, quantity of tea leaves and the length of time of steeping the leaves. Warming your tea-ware is an important factor, as well.
The more yellow the long Jing tea leaves more nuttier or roasted beans flavor whereas, the greener the tea leaves the fresher the taste.
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