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WEN'S HOMETOWN 'LONG JING' | 2024 - O - FIVE RARE TEA BAR
WEN'S HOMETOWN 'LONG JING' | 2024 - O - FIVE RARE TEA BAR
WEN'S HOMETOWN 'LONG JING' | 2024 - O - FIVE RARE TEA BAR
WEN'S HOMETOWN 'LONG JING' | 2024 - O - FIVE RARE TEA BAR
WEN'S HOMETOWN 'LONG JING' | 2024 - O - FIVE RARE TEA BAR
WEN'S HOMETOWN 'LONG JING' | 2024 - O - FIVE RARE TEA BAR
WEN'S HOMETOWN 'LONG JING' | 2024 - O - FIVE RARE TEA BAR
WEN'S HOMETOWN 'LONG JING' | 2024 - O - FIVE RARE TEA BAR
WEN'S HOMETOWN 'LONG JING' | 2024 - O - FIVE RARE TEA BAR
WEN'S HOMETOWN 'LONG JING' | 2024 - O - FIVE RARE TEA BAR
WEN'S HOMETOWN 'LONG JING' | 2024 - O - FIVE RARE TEA BAR
WEN'S HOMETOWN 'LONG JING' | 2024 - O - FIVE RARE TEA BAR
Long Jing Tea fresh harvest
Long Jing Tea fresh harvest
WEN'S HOMETOWN 'LONG JING' | 2023 - O-FIVE RARE TEA BAR
WEN'S HOMETOWN 'LONG JING' | 2023 - O-FIVE RARE TEA BAR
Fresh Tea Leaf, Organic, Green Tea Harvest, Chinese Tea Classic
Fresh Tea Leaf, Organic, Green Tea Harvest, Chinese Tea Classic
WEN'S HOMETOWN 'LONG JING' | 2023 - O-FIVE RARE TEA BAR
WEN'S HOMETOWN 'LONG JING' | 2023 - O-FIVE RARE TEA BAR
WEN'S HOMETOWN 'LONG JING' | 2024 - O - FIVE RARE TEA BAR
WEN'S HOMETOWN 'LONG JING' | 2024 - O - FIVE RARE TEA BAR
WEN'S HOMETOWN 'LONG JING' | 2024 - O - FIVE RARE TEA BAR
WEN'S HOMETOWN 'LONG JING' | 2024 - O - FIVE RARE TEA BAR
WEN'S HOMETOWN 'LONG JING' | 2024 - O - FIVE RARE TEA BAR
WEN'S HOMETOWN 'LONG JING' | 2024 - O - FIVE RARE TEA BAR
Long Jing Tea fresh harvest
WEN'S HOMETOWN 'LONG JING' | 2023 - O-FIVE RARE TEA BAR
Fresh Tea Leaf, Organic, Green Tea Harvest, Chinese Tea Classic
WEN'S HOMETOWN 'LONG JING' | 2023 - O-FIVE RARE TEA BAR

WEN'S HOMETOWN 'LONG JING' | 2024

$28.00
  • 40g
  • 80g
  • 240g
  • 454g (1lb)

 

What is Long Jing and why should you drink it?

Most important of all, it gives you a most enjoyable drinking experience!  Experience:  top notes of pine nuts and cashews followed by a sweet vegetal mouthfeel.  This is an excellent green tea for those who feel that 'green tea can be too overpowering'.

Long Jing (龍井 in traditional Chinese and 龙井 in simplified characters) translates as 'Dragon Well'.  It is one of the most famous styles of green tea in China. Its traditional origin is the hills that surround the West Lake (西湖), in Hangzhou, eastern Zhejiang.  The tea is handcrafted both with an heirloom cultivar (bendi) and a more modern cultivar with higher yields (called '43').  The leaves are traditionally processed by pan-firing.

This tea is handcrafted in a very similar way but is NOT grown in the West Lake vicinity.  Hence, we use the name 'Long Jing' in quotation marks. We believe, however, that the humble (absolutely not famous) terroir that yields Mr. Wen's tea is in some ways superior.  With higher altitude (up to 1300m), significant isolation (there is no road access to Mr. Wen's village) and less stress on the tea plants, the quality of Mr. Wen's family's tea is superb.

Tea Facts: 

  • Origin:  Qiao Ban Village, Zhejiang.  This remote village road access.
  • GPS:   30.0°N 118.9°E
  • Altitude:  1300m.
  • Handpicked and handmade

This tea grows near the western border of the Province of Zhejiang, close to Huang Shan (in Anhui).  It is the hometown of our late friend Zhan Zhifang, where his family handcrafts spectacular (yet arguably quite humble) tea.  

 

 

 Harvest date:  late April 2024 (i.e. the earliest harvest available this year in the village, which is at a much higher altitude than the West Lake in Hangzhou).


Brewing Guide


WATER 80º - 150ml
TEA 4g 
STEEP STYLE 'grandpa style' allowing the leaves to settle as you sip the tea in your cup.
BREWING TIME start sipping after 120"; refill your cup with hot water once you've consumed ~70% of your drink.




ABOUT THE GROWER

Wen Xing Zhou and his wife Zhan Zi Mei live in a remote village with no road access where they harvest leaves from semi-wild bushes that are 70-80 years old. The village lies high in the mountains, and the altitudes and cool weather produce a very small but highly prized yield of tea leaves each year. Despite approaching his eightieth year, Mr Wen insists on harvesting and processing all his teas by hand. The resulting teas are truly unique and some of the best we have ever tasted. 

 

 

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