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| Lung Ching Tea, also known as Dragonwell, is produced by hand through a 10 part process. The tea used to produce Dragon Well is grown by the side of West Lake in Zhejiang Province. Dragon Well is distinguished by its beautiful shape, emerald colour, and tending sweet floral character. In the Peoples Republic of China, mists and fog often compensate for insufficient rainfall, at the same time cloaking the gardens in secrecy. Here tea is produced according to ancient time-tested methods and workers perform all tasks by hand, just like their ancestors. The tea leaves that become Dragonwell (a.k.a. Lung Ching) are plucked before the Clear Light Festival or at the least before the spring rains have fallen. The choicest come from a part of the mountain called Lions Peak. where plucking takes place before each tender shoot has more than one leaf. Tea legend tells of a Taoist monk in 250AD who affirmed that there was a dragon living in a spring near an old temple. This monk implored the well dragon to come to the rescue of the farmers suffering from a crippling drought. The clouds came rushing in from every side and poured forth a timely rain. On account of this, the old temple adjoining the springs came to be known as Dragon's Well Monastery. |
Region: Zhejiang Province
| Grade: Lung Ching Grade 3
| Steeping Time: 1 - 2 min
| Manufacture Type: Steamed and 10 part handmade process
| Caffination: Low
| Water Temperature: 80C or 180F
| Country of Origin: China
| Class: II
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