Macro shot of a pile of green tea leaves
Close up of Loose Leaf Green Tea Leaves arranged in a circle
Dragon Well Limited Edition Rare Loose Leaf Tea infusion in a glass cup

No. 59

Dragon Well Limited Edition - Rare Loose Leaf Tea

Sale price£35.00

Breathe new life into your day with our limited-edition Dragon Well green tea, a light and delicate microbatch brew of spring-like and subtly complex character.

Format
size:25g Taster
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Delivery Info

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UK Delivery 

 

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Cost

Carrier

Transit time

Standard

£3.50, Free - over £40

Royal Mail

2-5 days, Tracked

DPD Tracked

£6.50 Free - over £100

DPD

1-3 days, Tracked

Next-Working-Day

£9.95

DPD

Orders placed before 2pm, Dispatched Monday - Friday, Next Working Day, Tracked

Saturday

£15.00

DPD

Orders placed before 2pm, Saturday delivery, Tracked

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European deliveries

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Standard

From £5.50

Royal Mail

3-7 days, up to 21*, Not Tracked (Offered for orders less than £50 only)

Economy

From £5.50

Royal Mail

3-7 days, up to 21*, Not Tracked (Offered for orders less than £50 only)

Tracked

From £15.95

UPS

3-5 days, up to 8*, Tracked

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Rest of the World


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Carrier

Transit time

Standard

From £4.00

Royal Mail

8-15 days, up to 30*, Not Tracked (Offered for orders less than £50 only)

USA tracked

From £15.00

UPS

2-3 days, up to 7*, Tracked

ROW Tracked

From £18.95

UPS

1-5 days, up to 5*, Tracked


*Most delivery will be made within the usual time-frame, but some areas and services may experience delays.

*Please note estimated transit time is based on business days and does not include weekends or holidays. 

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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 were harvested during the last three weeks of March 2025, 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.

Region

Zhejiang, China

In Eastern China, Zhejiang Province is defined by the picturesque West Lake in Hangzhou, surrounded by mountains that enrich the lake with runoff, creating a fertile environment for tea cultivation. This region enjoys a humid subtropical climate with strong seasonality, influencing the famous Long Jing or Dragon Well tea production. Summers here are short but intensely hot, with temperatures ranging from 22°C to 34°C, creating conditions that are ideal for tea bushes to flourish.

The consistent cloud cover and high humidity, ranging up to 99%, contribute to the unique quality of the tea, enhancing its flavour profile. As autumn approaches, the climate cools, reducing precipitation until winter, which sees the least rainfall and temperatures between 5°C and 8°C. Spring revives the warmth, bringing more rain, fostering lush growth around the lake, celebrated for its blooming lotuses in June. The shores boast a diverse array of plant species, including protected ones like wild soybean and short-spike bamboo, making Zhejiangabotanical haven and a UNESCO World Heritage Site noted for its garden design and rich tea heritage.

2-3g

80°C

200ml

2 - 3mins