Competition-Grade Longjing

• Zhejiang Province, China

• Pan-fired

• Flat leaf style

• Soft, rich, toasty flavor

• Nutty, full aroma

• Straw liquor tending amber

Once-a-year the premier Longjings go head-to-head to determine which tea farmers’ productions are considered exemplary enough to be called ‘Competition Grade’. Only those Longjings that are superb and deliciously classic in style are able to be called ‘Competition Grade’. Similar to the annual scrutiny of artisanal Balsamics in Modena, Italy these fine teas are judged by their growers, in a competition during which no one knows which is which and whose is whose!

So these are simply the finest Dragonwell teas to come on the market every spring.

From the tea-growing area surrounding the famous spring in Zhejiang Province, and picked during the spring, this Tribute Tea is one of the 10 most beloved teas in China.

Longjing has a toasty, yeasty flavor with a hint of chestnuts in the after-taste.
Pan-fired in wood-charcoal-stoked woks, the artisans who create this tea are the masters of their craft.

Steep 2-3 infusions at 2 minutes each.
Water temperature should be 170˚ - 180˚ F