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1ST GRADE LUNG CHING
SIGNATURE BLENDS
TASTING NOTES
AROMA
Green with slightly sweet, nutty notes.
PALATE
Vegetative, mellow.
3064CATÉGORIE SUPÉRIEURE DU PUITS DU DRAGON
Lung Ching - otherwise known as Dragonwell - is one of the most famous teas celebrated in prose, and this mellow blend is best infused in a tall glass teapot in order to watch the dancing leaves.
Legend has it that hundreds of years ago, farmers of Hangzhou region were suffering from a long, desperate drought. Praying for rain, they discovered a great dragon near a spring on the hillside. The farmers implored the dragon to come to their rescue, and soon after, clouds formed over their fields and the rains emerged. The temple adjoining the legendary spring is known as "Dragon's Well Monastery" and thus, the derivation of the name for Lung Ching – Dragonwell.
This specific harvest is 1st grade and of the utmost quality. In the ancient Chinese grading system, the top three grades are the most tender, unopened buds, and these young leaves are meticulously picked with skilled fingers. The leaves are then carefully watched as they are pan-fired in large woks to yield their distinctive green appearance.
This limited-edition blend is currently out of stock.1ST GRADE LUNG CHING
YIELD 50 cups
PRICE $33.95
MASTER BLENDER TASTING NOTES
Lung Ching (Dragonwell) is harvested in the 1st season. Production is west of Westlake in Zheijiang Province - waxed poetic by Lu Yu from Cha Jing and Su Dongpo, a poet from the Tang Dynasty. In addition, the area is also home to many other esteemed poets. Emperor Qian Long of the Qing Dynasty was so impressed with this strain of tea trees that he ordered eighteen of the trees to be grown outside the Wugong Temple on Lion Peak – all of them designated as imperial tea, reserved exclusively for the emperor.
