A pan-fired green tea known for a smooth body and a roasted chestnut impression.
Recipe
- Temperature 80 °C · 176 °F
- Leaf 3.5 g
- Water 250 ml
- First steep 1:40
- Each next steep +0:20
- Steeps 4
Lore
Legend has the Qianlong Emperor granting imperial rank to eighteen bushes above West Lake, still tended today. Pressed flat against the wok by hand, Longjing has been Hangzhou's pride for a thousand years.