{"product_id":"rare-dragon-well-loose-leaf-tea","title":"Dragon Well Limited Edition - Rare Loose Leaf Tea","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003eYou 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003eflavours\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e. 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW265119741 BCX0\" data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":false,\"134233118\":false,\"335559738\":240,\"335559739\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003eThis 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003ehonour\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e ancestors and celebrate the arrival of spring.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW265119741 BCX0\" data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":false,\"134233118\":false,\"335559738\":240,\"335559739\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003eOnly 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003eover heat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e. The result is this tea's elegant bright green leaves – slender and pressed into a flattened form that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003eretains\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e all the antioxidant-rich health benefits of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003ea premium\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e green tea.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW265119741 BCX0\" data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":false,\"134233118\":false,\"335559738\":240,\"335559739\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"Paragraph SCXW265119741 BCX0\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\"\u003eHow we chose our \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"FindHit SCXW265119741 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\"\u003elimited\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\"\u003e-edition Dragon Well Tea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW265119741 BCX0\" data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":false,\"134233118\":false,\"134245418\":true,\"134245529\":true,\"335559738\":299,\"335559739\":299}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003eIt can take years to master the skills \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003erequired\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e to correctly wither, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003epress\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e 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 \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theteamakers.co.uk\/collections\/rare-tea\" title=\"Rare \u0026amp; Limited Tea Collection | The Tea Makers of London\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRare \u0026amp; \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theteamakers.co.uk\/collections\/rare-tea\" title=\"Rare \u0026amp; Limited Tea Collection | The Tea Makers of London\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"FindHit SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003eLimited\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003eCollection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e after careful sampling by our team of tea tasters. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW265119741 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003eOur \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theteamakers.co.uk\/collections\/rare-tea\" title=\"Rare \u0026amp; Limited Collection | The Tea Makers of London\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRare \u0026amp; Limited\u003c\/a\u003e teas are \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003eall single\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e-origin, single-harvest \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003eteas from\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e independent artisan farmers and produced using traditional methods. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003eMost of all, the teas have to be authentic and the best representations of their kind – in a word, sublime, just like this one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW265119741 BCX0\" data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":false,\"134233118\":false,\"335559738\":240,\"335559739\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW265119741 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003eRead more about the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theteamakers.co.uk\/blogs\/news\/what-is-dragon-well-green-tea?srsltid=AfmBOoqxeCQRRAs7c83TEzfYYY93oxN56LOTNSieUtljLcv0Bij_EX0A\" title=\"What is Dragon Well Green Tea? Top Health Benefits of Longjing Tea\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHistory of Dragon Well Tea\u003c\/a\u003e and how \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003eit's\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e processed in our \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Tea Journal | The Tea Makers of London\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theteamakers.co.uk\/blogs\/news\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTea Journal\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW265119741 BCX0\" data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":false,\"134233118\":false,\"335559738\":240,\"335559739\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"Paragraph SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW265119741 BCX0\" data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":false,\"134233118\":false,\"335559738\":240,\"335559739\":240}'\u003eAlternatives to this loose-leaf tea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW265119741 BCX0\" data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":false,\"134233118\":false,\"335559738\":240,\"335559739\":240}'\u003eIf you're new to Dragon Well and looking to try this tea out, we recommend our smooth \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theteamakers.co.uk\/products\/organic-dragon-well-loose-leaf-tea?_pos=4\u0026amp;_psq=organic+\u0026amp;_ss=e\u0026amp;_v=1.0\" title=\"Organic Dragon Well | Chinese Green Tea\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eOrganic Dragon Well\u003c\/a\u003e or stunning \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theteamakers.co.uk\/products\/supreme-dragon-well-loose-leaf-tea?_pos=2\u0026amp;_sid=88a410003\u0026amp;_ss=r\" title=\"Supreme Dragon Well | Premium Chinese Green Tea\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSupreme Dragon Well\u003c\/a\u003e teas to get of this flavoursome green tea, as well as our collection of authentic \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theteamakers.co.uk\/collections\/chinese-tea\" title=\"Chinese Tea Collection | The Tea Makers of London\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eChinese tea\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW265119741 BCX0\" data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":false,\"134233118\":false,\"335559738\":240,\"335559739\":240}'\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003eFor a traditional tea experience and a fuller \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003eflavour\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e, we recommend drinking Dragon Well tea from a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theteamakers.co.uk\/products\/yixing-clay-teapot?_pos=1\u0026amp;_psq=yixing\u0026amp;_ss=e\u0026amp;_v=1.0\" title=\"Yixing Clay Teapot | Teaware | The Tea Makers of London\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eYixing Clay teapot\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265119741 BCX0\"\u003eYou can find everything you need to brew delicious tea in our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theteamakers.co.uk\/collections\/teaware\" title=\"Teaware Collection | The Tea Makers of London\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTeaware Collection\u003c\/a\u003e: featuring a range of traditional utensils alongside modern tools. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Tea Makers of London","offers":[{"title":"25g Taster","offer_id":55386488537468,"sku":"15215TAS","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50g Caddy","offer_id":40357025710279,"sku":"15215CAD","price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250g Pack","offer_id":55386488570236,"sku":"15215S","price":356.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0570\/0593\/2743\/files\/59-Limited-Edition-Dragon-Well-Macro-Leaves.png?v=1750264459","url":"https:\/\/www.theteamakers.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/rare-dragon-well-loose-leaf-tea","provider":"The Tea Makers of London","version":"1.0","type":"link"}