Dec 18th, '09, 10:27
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by Pouvla » Dec 18th, '09, 10:27
Hey, I just got a new long jin as a gift, weirdly enough it looks more like a black tea (had to brew it to actually proove to myself that it was a long jin), its cut up and roasted.
Has any encountered this kinda long jin before? I have the name of the region (or just the name the vendor chose, who knows..) on the bag at home if any should be intersted in that detail
The taste also seemed abit stronger, maybe thats because of the roasting or the cutting of the leaves?
Dec 18th, '09, 10:37
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by gingkoseto » Dec 18th, '09, 10:37
Is the color of tea and tea water that makes you think it's like a black tea? I wonder if that's the "long jing black tea" (long jing emperor's robe). I've never had this tea and heard it's a long jing black tea made by one large (expensive) company and has raised controversial feedbacks.
Probably you can show us some photo?
Dec 18th, '09, 11:53
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by Chip » Dec 18th, '09, 11:53
It is not uncommon for lower grades of Long Jing and fakes to be "fried" more. This is to compensate for lower quality and later flushes ... an attempt to impart some flavor perhaps?
But there are black LJs too. I believe TeaSpring offers one.
Dec 18th, '09, 18:10
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by Pouvla » Dec 18th, '09, 18:10
It should be noted that the vendor it was purchased from is a local store here in little Denmark..
on the bag it says "Bi Lo Chun Dragonwell"
looking up bi lo chun (im not that great with the chinese names for the teas yet except tgy) on google I found it was Spring Green Snail tea -
The tea I got though is definatly not Spring Green Snail but is infact a long jin as far as I can tell when I brew it, the leaves are green in color (still chopped up obviously) liquid has the right green color and the taste is like a long jin, not a excellent one but its good for everyday drinking..
Its just the dry leaves that look alot more like black tea, will try see if I can get my digi cam working tomorrow (need new batteries). They do look more like black tea than the Long Jing Huang Pao, as its chopped up whereas the Huang Pao just looks like dark long jin
