Longjing is a famous Chinese green tea, produced in the West Lake area of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, with a history of more than 1,200 years.

The original name of Longjing was Longhong, a round spring pool that did not dry up in a drought. Ancient people thought that this spring was connected to the sea and there was a dragon in it, so it was called Longjing, and legend has it that Ge Hong used to make elixir here in the Jin Dynasty.

Lok Fai Wu, about 500 meters from the Dragon Well, there is the Dragon Well Temple, commonly known as the old Dragon Well, was founded in the Five Dynasties after the Han Dynasty Qianyou two years (949 years), initially known as the newspaper to see the Scripture Institute. In the Northern Song Dynasty, it was renamed Shou Sheng Yuan. In the Southern Song Dynasty, the name was changed to Guangfuyuan and Yan'en Diffractive Celebration Temple. Ming Zhengtong three years (1438) before moving to the well, now the temple has been abolished, secluded as a tea room.

West Lake Longjing is produced in the mountains around Shifeng, Wengjiashan, Hupeng, Meijiawu, Yunqi and Lingyin in West Lake, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province.

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West Lake Longjing quality characteristics

West Lake Longjing tea, the shape of the flat and quite beautiful, green color, the inner quality of the fragrance and mellow, soaked in the cup, buds and leaves green. It is known for its "green color, lush fragrance, sweet taste and beautiful shape".

Spring tea in the special West Lake Longjing, Zhejiang Longjing shape flat and smooth, seedling sharp, buds longer than the leaves, color and lustre of young green, the body surface without velvet; soup color green (yellow) bright; fragrance or tender chestnut fragrance, but some tea with high fire incense; taste fresh or mellow; leaf bottom tender green, still intact.

The rest of the levels of Longjing tea with the decline of the level, the shape of the color from young green → green green → dark green, the tea body from small to large, the tea strip from smooth to rough; aroma from the tender and crisp to the thick coarse, the fourth level of tea began to have a coarse taste; leaf bottom from the tender buds to the clamped leaves, the color of the tender yellow → green → yellowish-brown.?

Summer and Autumn Longjing tea, color dark green or dark green, tea body is larger, body surface without hair, soup color yellow bright, have a clear aroma but coarser, taste strong slightly astringent, leaf bottom yellow bright, overall quality is worse than the same level of spring tea.

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