Dragon Well Limited Edition - Rare Loose Leaf Tea

You can virtually taste spring in our luxury Longjing Dragon Well green tea. Light and delicate, with a breezy aroma that has strong undertones of toasted grass, this specialty Chinese tea opens in the mouth to reveal subtle yet complex flavours. It has fresh umami characters with roasted chestnuts and a delightful buttery sweetness with floral notes and hints of grassy meadows that make it perfect as a post-meal or afternoon infusion. 

This Dragon Well was grown and harvested by the Zong family, third-generation tea makers who use traditional skills and handmade methods in the tea that they produce.  Sourced from the Fu Yang District, Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang and one of the country's most iconic tea-growing regions, the tea leaves are harvested in spring, right before the Qingming tomb-sweeping festival, traditionally held in early April to honour ancestors and celebrate the arrival of spring.  

Only the most tender new buds are selected for this distinctive tea – a fact reflected in our Dragon Well's soft yellow-green hue that almost seems to glow in the cup. Once carefully harvested, these buds are laid out in the sun to dry before being dried and shaped by hand in large woks placed over heat. The result is this tea's elegant bright green leaves – slender and pressed into a flattened form that retains all the antioxidant-rich health benefits of a premium green tea. 

How we chose our limited-edition Dragon Well Tea 

It can take years to master the skills required to correctly wither, press and dry the leaves for a premium Dragon Well tea like this one. Also referred to as simply 'Longjing', or Lung Ching, Dragon Well is one of China's 10 most famous teas, and this one is extraordinary – picked for our Rare & Limited Collection after careful sampling by our team of tea tasters. 

Our Rare & Limited teas are all single-origin, single-harvest teas from independent artisan farmers and produced using traditional methods. Most of all, the teas have to be authentic and the best representations of their kind – in a word, sublime, just like this one. 

Read more about the History of Dragon Well Tea and how it's processed in our Tea Journal. 

Alternatives to this loose-leaf tea

If you're new to Dragon Well and looking to try this tea out, we recommend our smooth Organic Dragon Well or stunning Supreme Dragon Well teas to get of this flavoursome green tea, as well as our collection of authentic Chinese tea. 

For a traditional tea experience and a fuller flavour, we recommend drinking Dragon Well tea from a Yixing Clay teapot.

You can find everything you need to brew delicious tea in our Teaware Collection: featuring a range of traditional utensils alongside modern tools.