Hailing from the foothills immediately surrounding the beautiful and serene West Lake comes the famous Long Jing green tea. This tiny region has been famous for their green tea cultivation for centuries and the characteristic small tea trees grown there embody the most classic green tea leaf example. Beyond the beautiful leaves and their accompanying lake, it is the processing technique for Long Jing that is so well known and standardized in the tea world. The double process dry hand-frying produces a fresh green taste with a slight nutty astringency and a most mellow and purifying aroma.

The Lion Mountain region just walking/biking distance from the West Lake of Hangzhou is likely the most well-known of all West Lake Long Jing areas. The Pre-Qingming festival teas, usually occurring at the beginning of April, are the most highly prized of the season. Tasting the first pickings and the most sought after green teas in China offers an unimaginably refreshing cultural experience. This particular picking is of a grade we usually reserve for completely reorienting a guest's perception of green tea. It's depth and orchid fragrance is simply brilliant and revitalizing!

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