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Dragon Well Longjing Green Tea
Longjing Tea, also known as Dragon Well, is one of the most famous and prestigious tea in China. Renowned for its emerald color, beautiful flat-shaped leaves, and a distinct sweet taste that perfectly balances roasted bean and chestnut notes with fresh floral undertones, it consistently ranks at the top of the “10 most Famous Chinese Teas.”
For the 2026 Spring harvest, we have curated a selection sourced from diverse production areas—the three main production areas of Longjing Tea, ranging from the exclusive Core West Lake production area to the classic Zhejiang mountain areas.
This Year's Selections
West Lake Longjing
[Mei Jia Wu]
Rare & limited premium grade of West Lake Longjing from Mei Jia Wu
- Production Areas: Xihu (West Lake)
- Specific Village/Area: Mei Jia Wu
- Variety: Qun Ti Zhong (Heirloom)
- Tasting Profile: Nutty and floral, Strong roasted bean aroma, chestnut and subtle orchid notes, with the “Old Tree” taste. Buttery, layered, complex mouthfeel with a long finish.
West Lake Longjing
[Long Wu]
Premium grade of West Lake Longjing from Long Wu Village, one of the biggest and best production areas within the West Lake area
- Production Areas: Xihu (West Lake)
- Specific Village/Area: Long Wu
- Variety: Longjing #43
- Tasting Profile: Nutty and floral, well Balanced roasted bean, chestnut, floral notes. Fresh, layered, complex mouthfeel with a long finish.
Qian Tang Longjing
[Fuyang]
High grade of Longjing from high altitudes area in Fuyang, the first region with the longest history of cultivating Longjing #43 cultivar
- Production Areas: Qian Tang Area
- Specific Village/Area: Fuyang
- Variety:Longjing #43
- Tasting Profile:
Crisp, refreshing, nutty, roasted bean, chestnut, light floral and vegetal notes
Zhejiang Longjing
[Xin Chang]
Famous Da Fo Longjing "Big Buddha Longjing" from Xinchang, showing classic flavor of nuttiness
- Production Areas: Yue Zhou/ Zhejiang Area
- Specific Village/Area: Xin Chang
- Variety: Longjing #43
- Tasting Profile: Refreshing mouthfeel with nutty, chestnut, mung bean notes
- Harvest Season: Mid- March to Early-April (Spring 2026)
- Tea Type: Pan-Fried Green Tea (Chao Qing)
- Weight: 50g / 125g / 250g/ 500g
- Appearance: Flat, smooth, yellowish-green buds and leaves (fat and thick).
- Liquor Color: Bright, clear, light yellow-green.
- Overall Tasting Notes: A refreshing, layered mouthfeel featuring a roasted bean and chestnut aroma, floral undertones, and a lingering sweetness (Hui Gan).
Note: Please note that tasting notes may slightly vary each year due to the uniqueness of the tea harvest.
Tasting notes may varies with different options, compare and taste-test with each of them!
West Lake Longjing Authentication Stickers
To protect the heritage of this tea, the West Lake District Tea Industry Committee issues official authentication stickers.
- Orders of 250g packs (West Lake Origin only): Will arrive with the official authentication sticker attached, ensuring traceable origin from the farmer to your cup.
- Orders under 250g: Due to regulation sizing, smaller packs (50g/125g) will not have the sticker, but the tea inside is identical in quality.
- Note: Qian Tang and Zhejiang origin teas do not carry West Lake stickers as they are from outside the West Lake scenic reserve.
Three main production area of Longjing Tea
The West Lake Area (Xihu) – The Top 10%
This is the West Lake core production area – within West Lake Scenic areas. It accounts for only 10% of total production, leading to high demand and higher prices.
- The first level core production area (The Lion, Dragon, Cloud, Tiger, Plum獅, 龍, 雲, 虎, 梅): The absolute peak of Longjing. This includes Shi Feng Mountain (Lion), Longjing Village (Dragon), Yunqi (Cloud), Hupao (Tiger), and Mei Jia Wu (Plum).
- The second level core production area: Core West Lake areas like Longwu (龍塢), Zhuang Tang(轉塘), and Liu Xia(留下). These areas boast high altitudes and excellent ecosystems.
The Qian Tang Area – The Middle 30%
Located within Hangzhou but outside the West Lake scenic area (e.g., Fuyang 富陽, Lin An臨安). These teas are often grown at higher altitudes along the Fuyang River, offering excellent quality at a more accessible price point.
The Yue Zhou / Zhejiang Region – The Remaining 60%
Produced in Zhejiang province outside of Hangzhou (e.g., Xin Chang 新昌, Shaoxing紹興). These serve as the classic, affordable daily-drinking Longjing.
History of Longjing tea
Longjing / Dragon Well – the name probably comes from the local Longjing village and Longjing temple of the same name, which in turn possibly got its name from an eponymous well, whose waters apparently twisted and danced like a Chinese dragon after heavy rainfall.
There is a legend that Emperor Qianlong (1735–1796), of the Qing dynasty, visited the tea plantations in the west lake area. He was very interested in the tea and tried picking the tea in the plantation. When he was picking the tea, he received the news that his mother in Beijing was ill and rush back to Beijing in a hurry, and totally forgot he had put the leaves he had picked into the sleeve of his robe. When he visit his mother back in Beijing, his mother smelt the fragrant aroma of the leaves and asked people to make the tea for her. After drinking the tea, she made a full recovery and the emperor declared longjing tea cured his mother’ ill. The emperor was so happy and granted the 18 tea trees under Shi Feng Mountain as the Imperial Tea Trees.
After that, Longjing tea became the tribute tea and the popularity of Longjing spread around the country. The 18 tea trees still remain at the Shi Feng
What's the differences between Cultivar #43 vs Qun Ti Zhong
Longjing #43 is the varietal developed by Tea Research Institute of CAAS (Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences), it is an excellent varieties cultivated from the Qun Ti Zhong. The picture on the right is Longjing #43, the tea trees are relatively neat and tea plantation is in tea rows. This Tea is special in its early germination, higher yield. It sprouts early in spring and can be picked around middle of March. The dry leaves is tender and green, it taste elegant and refreshing, with bean and floral aroma.
Qun Ti Zhong, also named as old tree varietal. The picture on the left is Qun Ti Zhong, the tea bushes look different to each other. The harvest period is relatively late, 7-10 days later than Longjing #43, starting from the end of March. The seed germination rate is low, and the differences between tea bushes are large, resulting in different sizes of fresh leaves and inconsistent in the time of sprout, which make it difficult in harvesting and post making process. The tea buds and leaves usually looks wild and rough when comparing with the tender tea leaves of varietal #43, and it tastes like a mix of floral and bean notes with layered mouthfeel.
Whether it is Longjing #43 or Qun Ti Zhong, they has its own advantage, there is no such thing as either one is better. Choosing Longjing tea depends not only on the growing area and varieties, but also on the making process and quality control.
Making Process of Longjing Tea
Picking
The picking period of Longjing tea usually start from late March and end in late April. The tea is also graded by different time period, first flush tea, pre-qing ming tea, qing ming tea and Yu Qian tea.
Withering
Longjing tea needs to be withered on a bamboo baskets after picking, which usually takes about half a day. The purpose is to reduce the grassiness, enhance the fragrance of tea, and reduce the bitterness. It also helps improve the appearance of the tea leaves, avoid the tea for clumping together, which is very essential for the next frying step.
Green-killing by Pan-frying
The traditional stir-frying of longjing tea need to be done by hand, gives longjing tea their characteristic flat shape. There are 10 usual process includes tap, belt, squeeze, shake, straighten, expand, buckle, grasp, press and grind. The whole process of stir-frying is divided into three stages: Qing Guo, Hui Chao, and Hui Guo.
Qing Guo (青鍋) , translated as green wok, which means the fresh leaves are pan-fried for around 15 minutes, the kill-green step deactivate the enzymes, and reduce about 70-80% water content of the tea.
Hui Chao (回潮) , translated as re-tidal, it is a step of putting the pan-fried tea on a bamboo basket for one hour, this step helps the leaves to be soften and re-absorb the moisture.
Hui Guo (輝鍋), translated as wok-tossing, it means to further stir-fry the tea in the wok, and reduce the water content to less than 5%, this step also helps shaping the tea leaves into flat shape. This steps take around 20 minutes.
Selecting and Grading
After the pan-fried tea is dried, broken leaves will be picked out, and the tea will be selected and divided into 3-4 grades.
Drying by “Shou Hui”
“Shou Hui”, translated as “collecting ash”, it is the final step of drying in the traditional making process. The tea is packed and put inside a big pot with some packs of lime inside (Calcium Oxide). The purpose is to keep the longjing tea dry and remove the “fire flavor” of the pan-fried longjing tea. The quality and taste will be significantly improved after this final step.
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