Meijiawu Lung Ching

Lung Ching is to Chinese green teas what French Champagne is to sparkling wines: the standard against which all others are measured. With almost no tips, it has the classic Chinese green tea qualities of steamed bok choy and roasted nuts.

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	Meijiawu Lung Ching - loose tea sample SKU: 49008-162	$4.00
	Meijiawu Lung Ching - loose 2 oz tin SKU: 44551	$39.00
	Meijiawu Lung Ching - loose 1 lb bag SKU: 41092	$229.00

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Lung Ching is to Chinese green teas what French Champange is to sparkling wines: the standard against which all others are measured. With also most no tips, it has the classic Chinese green tea qualities of steamed bok choy and roasted nuts.

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Briskness	Body	Aroma
1	2	3

About Meijiawu Lung Ching

Dry Leaves	The flat, narrow leaf is stiff and smooth with a spear-like shape about an inch long. Though it looks like a single flat needle, the unit actually comprises two leaves and a bud joined at the stem.
Liquor	Pale yellow.
Aroma	Steamed bok choy and toasted walnuts, with top notes of sweet spring grass.
Caffeine Level	Caffeinated
Body	Medium light. The tea is loaded with amino acids that give sweetness and body.
Flavors	The delicious meatiness of roasted eggplant with similar steamed bok choy and toasted walnut flavors.
Brewing Time	2 to 3 minutes
Brewing Temperature	175° F

Our Review

Lung Ching means "Dragon Well", which refers to an old well halfway up a hill outside of Hangzhou in Zhejiang province, where the tea was originally grown. This tea comes from a village the other side of the hill, called. For the last few years, Mr. Zhao has made our Lung Ching. His house and tea factory is up the hill, with hills of tea plants just outside. We like to get our Lung Ching from tea just after the start of the season. The first teas are very, very expensive and often the tea does not match the price. This year we choose a tea that had great body and lovely sweetness, indicative of great levels of amino acids.

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Customer Reviews

Christopher 9/13/12

Practically Perfect

Average Review:

Long jing is my favourite green tea, and I like to try it as it is supplied by different merchants. This Mei Jia Wu of Harney & Sons' is truly excellent. The leaves are beautiful in themselves, uniform in shape and colour, small and well picked. I am not good at describing fragrances or flavours - but the leaves give a rich, slightly nutty fragrance when first moistened, and the infusion is pleasantly complex and lingering. Very smooth. Really, to my mind, an excellent long jing.

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