Pre-rain Dragonwell

Description Brewing Guide 漢字 雨前龍井 origin Panan County, Zhejiang craft pan roasted flavor notes nutty, buttery, rich 漢字 雨前龍井 origin Panan County, Zhejiang craft pan roasted flavor notes nutty, buttery, rich An exceptional daily dragonwell, this tea is picked a few days after the Qing Ming holiday in early April, during a two week harvest period that ends on the Guyu Festival. This agricultural holiday welcomes the arrival of spring rains, and teas picked during the preceding two weeks are therefore referred to as “pre-rain” harvests. The leaf buds were gathered before fully opening, then immediately pan-roasted: first lightly tossed, then firmly pressed and folded against the hot surface of a steel roasting drum. This pan-roasting process gives the tea its unique blade-like appearance and iconic toasted flavor. To accentuate the sweetness of these early harvest leaves, we requested a longer, lower temperature roast on the tea, a process that imparts