Review Details

Superior Dragon Well (Long Jing)

Product Review (submitted on August 20, 2010):

Canton's Superior Dragon Well has, predictably a far more intact leaf shape than their standard grade.
This and other differences do render themselves on the final output of the tea.

This tea is much smoother than the standard grade, i find it doesn't have as much taste variation and is much less prone to bad brewing techniques.

The flavour is a beautifully balanced combination of nutty tones with light ever so slightly astringent grassy notes.
It isn't uite as fruity as say an Anji Baicha but shares many of its traits.

All in all the Long Jing by which other Long Jings are judged.


Brewing technique.

I always brew in a small glass teapot, one like on Jing tea website is perfect.
Add to that 2.5g of dragon well.
heat water to 65c YES, DONT KILL YOUR GREEN TEA!

Everyone always says 70-80 for green, this is really too hot! you don't get any of the beautiful fruity nuances, all you get is a bitter brew which has lost much of its AO content (Citation Needed!)

Steeping times
1st 3min
2nd 3min
3rd 4mins 30
4th If the tea will hold to 4 it will usually take 5-7 minutes, often i don't bother.

In conclusion Canton's Superior Long Jing is one of my fave all time green teas, just behind Anji Baicha.