shi feng long jing
by masters teas
(4 reviews)
type: green
origin: china
region: zhejiang
variety: long jing
ingredients: green tea
caffeine: medium
price level: $$$$
Our 2019 Shi Feng Long Jing, which translates to Lion's Peak Dragonwell, is one of the most famous green teas in China. It hails from the equally famous and historic West Lake area in Hangshou, Zhejiang province. This Shi Feng Long Jing is a pre-Qing Ming Festival, and so its early spring harvest results in a tender, young plucking. The liquor is a pale yellow, with a soft, sweet chestnut aroma. The crisp body is delicately nutty, quite complex, with a flickering hint of sweet grass and apricot blossoms.
Recent reviews
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Jeanine B.
I don’t usually like green tea because I don’t enjoy grassy flavors, but this tea is excellent. It’s slightly sweet and very good. Not grassy at all.
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Cindi Drinks Tea
Beautiful long, flat leaves. When brewed it is the palest of chartreuse color with a vegetal, mildly astringent taste. Mildly nutty. Looking forward to successive steeps (2 and 3 minutes at 169).
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Michael M
Buttery roasted and salted pine nuts. Delicate flavors. This is a tea you need to sit and be mindful with for full enjoyment.