Longjing is green tea, there is no difference between raw and ripe.

Longjing tea has always been color green, beautiful shape, fragrance, taste mellow world, its unique "light and far" "fragrance and clear" of the world's grace and extraordinary quality, unique in many teas, ranked among China's top ten famous tea first.

Longjing tea picking has three major characteristics: an early, two tender, three hard. Tea farmers often say, "tea is an hour grass, early picking three days is a treasure, late picking three days into grass." Longjing tea is also known for picking tender, fresh leaves tender uniformity constitute the basis of Longjing tea quality. Diligence refers to the picking of large and leave small batches of picking, picking in about 30 batches throughout the year.

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Historical origin

Before the Sui and Tang dynasties, Hangzhou tea culture was in the emerging stage. Three Kingdoms and two Jin Dynasty, the economic and cultural development on both sides of the Qiantang River, Lingyin Temple was built, Buddhism and Taoism and other religious activities are gradually prevalent, the West Lake mountains and scenic spots are gradually developed, tea with the establishment of temples and Taoist monasteries and was planted and spread.

Northern Song Dynasty, Longjing tea area has been the initial formation of scale, when Lingyin lower Tianzhu Xianglin hole "Xianglin tea", on the Tianzhu Baiyunfeng production of "Baiyun tea" and Ge Ling Baoyunshan production of "Baoyun tea "has been classified as tribute.

Longjing tea in the Yuan Dynasty, the beginning of the reputation, love of tea Yu Ji wrote a "tour of Longjing" tea poem, the poem "wandering on the Longjing, the clouds from the clear painting. Cooking and frying gold buds, three swallowing can not bear to gargle" of the best lines are widely sung.

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