Long Jing Chayuen (SALE!!!)

One of the quintessential Chinese green teas, Long Jing is known for it’s jade color, vegetal aroma, singular flattened leaf shape, and mellow flavor. While the “famous” Long Jing comes from the National Protected Zone in the West Lake Region of Hangzhou in Zhejiang province, much Long Jing is now produced outside the traditional West Lake region. Some of it might be from one of the Long Jing cultivars growing outside the traditional area, some of it will use the modern commercial Long Jing #43 cultivar developed to flush earlier so as to more easily make the pre-Qing Ming premium value window, and some of it will be non-Long Jing cultivars produced in the Long Jing “style”. If produced with care in an appropriate terroir, they can all be delicious. This Long Jing uses a traditional varietal and is grown in Chayuen Village in Gansu. Chayuen is a remote village with a terroir appropriate for the growing of specialty tea. The village contains about 150 households and 150 people and was d