Dragon Well Green Tea

Dragon Well is a green tea that is considered one of China’s famous teas.  This famous tea is also known as Long-Gin or Lung-Ching.  Dragon Well leaves are pan fried instead of steamed to stop the fermentation process. Dragon Well is one of the famous tribute teas and is still carefully picked and processed completely by hand.

Dragon Well is the most popular green tea from China. This tea comes from the Hangzhou region in Zhejiang province and has flat, long and vibrant green leaves.

Dragon Well, a stone-fenced karst spring on Bamboo Ridge southeast of West Lake, gave its name to the tea. Believing its perennial running water opens to the ocean where sea-dragon lives, the locals used to come to pray for rain in dry years. Dragon Well tea is made of tender tea shoots, not leaves like many other teas. They are very small, no larger than 2 cm.

Dragon Well is one of the most delicate of teas, and its flavor can rapidly be lost through improper storage. Dragon Well may be reinfused by gradually increasing steeping time and water temperature. Refrigeration in a tightly sealed container is recommended, and modern methods of nitrogen packaging can also be used with benefit.