Recent Posts Tagged With 'long jing'

• Reading Long Jing Tea Leaves

  Posted on Monday June 1st, 2009 at 20:45 in dragon well, long jing, zhu ye qing, wu niu zao

  A friend of mine showed me a photo of Long Jing he found on the internet the other day. After carefully examining the photo, we both agreed that it was a faked Long Jing. The so called Long Jing was actually made from Zhu Ye Qing of Si Chuan. We pos...

• Tradition vs. Profit

  Posted on Monday May 18th, 2009 at 20:59 in pu-erh, chinese tea, long jing

  I came across a news recently that a Wu Niu Zao grower in ZheJiang produced lightly roasted Oolong from Wu Niu Zao tea tree leaves. This definitely comes with tremendous financial benefits. Traditionally, Wu Niu Zao is only harvested in early spring...

• How Long Jing Is Made

  Posted on Thursday April 23rd, 2009 at 20:16 in green tea, west lake, dragon well, long jing

  High grade Long Jing are still being processed by hand. This short video shows how Long Jing is hand made by workers. The first step is called Qing Guo. Workers process fresh tea leaves by hand in 80 to 100 celsius degree woks for 12 to 15 minute...

• 2009 Spring Tea Updates

  Posted on Wednesday March 11th, 2009 at 23:10 in dragon well, long jing, yunnan black

  It is this time of year again – Spring! And yes, new teas are coming! Here are quick updates on some of our popular teas:West Lake Long Jing – Harvest time expected to be delayed till after March 20 due to recent cold weather. Tea drinkers will h...

• Decoding West Lake Long Jing Grades

  Posted on Saturday April 19th, 2008 at 23:26 in green tea, grade, west lake, long jing

  We have received several emails from customers were confused by the grading systems different sites use for their West Lake Long Jing. In stead of answering those emails individually, we feel it is better that we address it to all of our customers vi...

• West Lake Long Jing Expected to Hit Market on April 1st

  Posted on Tuesday March 25th, 2008 at 23:39 in pre-ming tea, west lake, dragon well, long jing, ming qian

  Although some early harvest started to hit market in recent few days, large production will have to wait till April 1. As expected, quality of this year's production is the best among past few years. Shortened pre-Ming harvest period caused shortage ...

• Cold Weather Will Likely Delay Harvest of This Year's Ming Qian Long Jing

  Posted on Saturday February 23rd, 2008 at 00:40 in green tea, pre-ming tea, west lake, long jing, xi hu, ming qian

  Recent extremely cold weather in many southern parts of China raised concerns over this year's tea productions. Several news reports from Xi Hu (West Lake), the original production region of West Lake Long Jing, suggest that this year's Ming Qian Lon...