Green · Hangzhou, China
Dragon Well
Low caffeine
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
Suggested starting point.
Time this brew with Pekoe
Brew guide
Brew with moderate leaf and water below boiling to preserve the rounded nutty character.
Aroma notes
toasted chestnut · orchard grass · warm grain
Tasting notes
gentle roast · round sweetness · dry mineral finish
Harvest
March–April
Making
Planting 
Plucking 
Withering 
Firing 
Sorting
Origin
West Lake, Hangzhou · China
Lake mists temper Hangzhou's hills from March. The buds stay tender, and the wok does the rest.
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.
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