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Bright emerald leaves, fresh, nutty notes and a beautiful buttery mouthfeel we've placed our award-winning loose leaf in convienient teabag form.
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Bright emerald leaves, fresh, nutty notes and a beautiful buttery mouthfeel we've placed our award-winning loose leaf in convienient teabag form.
Bright emerald leaves, fresh, nutty notes and a beautiful buttery mouthfeel we've placed our award-winning loose leaf in convienient teabag form.
Eye-catching emerald-green flat leaves are the hallmark of our No. 56 Dragon Well, or Longjing, tea – a Great Taste Awards winner. One of China's most prestigious speciality teas, Dragon Well is renowned for its mellow, delicate flavour with nutty undertones and for being an imperial favourite during the Qing dynasty.
Our high quality single-origin loose-leaf Dragon Well (Long Jing) green tea has an exquisite fresh umami flavour with hints of chestnut and grassy meadow. Its soft yellow hue is reflected in a buttery mouthfeel and floral sweetness that make it a good contender for all green tea lovers and the beverage can be enjoyed chilled or hot.
Those flat, feather-shaped tea leaves result from it being pan-roasted by hand, a process that helps preserve its fresh, spring-like aroma while imparting a strong scent of toasted grass.
Also preserved are high levels of the plant-derived antioxidants called catechins, plus vitamin C and amino acids, making Dragon Well green tea the perfect pick-me-up at any time of day.
Often referred to as the national drink of China, Dragon Well is also known as Longjing, or Lung Ching, tea. Today, it's often presented as a gift to visiting heads of state – a tradition that goes back to the 17th-century court of Emperor Kangxi – and ranks as one of the country's 10 most famous teas.
True Longjing tea comes from West Lake, a district on the outskirts of Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang province China, on the country's eastern seaboard. (The pinyin for West Lake is Xihu, so you may see some Longjing referred to as Xihu Longjing. ) This 168-square-kilometre West Lake area is a National Designated Protected Zone and revered as one of China's most iconic tea-growing districts.
Within West Lake are the four original Longjing tea villages, of which the best known are Xifeng (aka Shi Feng or Lion Peak) and Mejiawu. The finest Longjing is generally accepted as coming from Xifeng. This is where our Dragon Well tea is grown from the Jui Keng cultivar – harvested between March and April, with only one bud and two leaves painstakingly selected and plucked before being laid out to wither in the sun. The tea is then transferred to large woks, where it is pan-fried and shaped by hand – a skill that can take years to perfect and creates distinctive flatted leaves synonymous with this benchmark Chinese tea.
If you love this tea, see also our sustainably-grown Organic Dragon Well from West Lake, certified pesticide-free, and our antioxidant-rich Anji Bai Cha, also from Zhejiang province. Hailing from Fujian, Mao Feng is aromatic and refreshing, while our Jasmine Green Tea is another delightfully delicate and smooth brew infused with plenty of spring floral notes.
Read more about the history of Dragon Well Tea and how it's processed in our Tea Journal.
For a traditional tea experience and a fuller flavour, we recommend drinking Dragon Well tea from a Yixing Clay teapot. As with our other Chinese teas, you can also brew the tea in one of our luxury Gaiwans.
This tea offers a roasted chestnut aroma and light-yellow infusion. A complex yet subtle flavours with toasted nutty and creamy notes and buttery and sweet mouthfeel.
Pure Chinese green tea
Overall rating: 4.7222223 / 5 from 18 reviews.
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"Very happy with the service - very prompt, so I didn't have to wait in for ages. Quality of the tea is good (unlike most green tea in bags, which just lack taste). I have placed a regular order for this, so I will always be stocked up. Good!"
"Love this"
"I use the tea bags at my work place. Break times are limited so there isn't much time for preparing the leaves in my teapot. Just simply put a tea bag in my cup and then throw away. Also like to point out the quality of the leaves in the bag are the same as the loose leaves. Not the normal tea bag dust you get in other brands."
"I despaired of ever finding a good Chinese green tea in UK. Chinese friends used to joke that the best tea remained firmly at home. Yet Tea Makers Long Jing managed to smuggle this out. I miss being in China but at least I have access to good tea."
"An excellent green tea"
"The tea was purchased as a gift. The person who recieved it was delighted. The gift wrapping was beautiful and he said the presentation was excellent. The tea itself was superb and very refreshing. Ordering was very simple and the delivery was very fast. Thank you for the brilliant service and product."
"We visited the Hangzhou region a few years back and got to taste the tea there. This was our favourite, and, I believe, regarded as the best grown in China. We brought some back, but that was soon exhausted - we drink it everyday. So I was truly delighted to find it stocked by The Teamakers of London, and have been ordering it ever since. It's the first drink I have every morning as a refreshing start to the day. The scent and the flavour are just amazing, and I look forward to it so much...so different to any green tea you can buy in the supermarkets. I recommend it to anyone who likes green tea"
"I started my adventure with Dragon Well with this tea. Both versions (loose and teabags) taste delicious."
"great taste"
"Excellent taste and lovely to drink"
