Best Green Tea Experience

[Chatsworth]

I enjoy tea, really love it. I drink black, oolongs, whites and some mint and jasmine flavored greens. But as much as I enjoy tea, plain green tea just never cut it for me. It always reminded me of either seaweed or hay.

I order some teas on-line and just received them. Mostly they were teas I was quite familiar with and knew I would like. Just for fun, however, I included a Lung Jing (Dragonwell) in the order.

I can't describe how surprised I was when I brewed this tea. I steeped for one minute in water that was 170-175.

The tea was outstanding. Every bit as enjoyable as my Silver Needles White, or Eastern Beauty Oolong.

I shared some with my wife and friends and they, too, couldn't believe how wonderful it was.

The only negative factor was the leaves, after steeping, smelled pretty rank. Fortunately none of those notes were transferred to the tea itself. Not even after 3 equally delicious infusions.

This tea will now become a regular in my daily habits with tea.

[beachape]

Ha, i find that most green tea smells pretty rank after brewed. I find that some of those bad tastes will only come out if you re-steep too many times (like 4 or 5 times).

[Oni]

This is because the smell is very concentrated. When I brew gyokuro, the tea tastes wonderful, the cup after emptied is a bliss, but the tea when it is hot and wet is too concentrated, sometimes with sencha after I remove the lid of the kyusu, it smells like ammonia if I put my nose too close, but with oolongs I didn`t notice any bad smell, even if it is concentrated.
May I ask what kind of Long Jing have you bought, and from where?

[Chatsworth]

The particular Long Jing was from TeaSpring.com and it was the least expensive one of the four types they carried. Just called Long Jing.
I based my choice on the reviews I read on their site, many people claimed it was just as good as some of the higher priced varieties.
It sure is good.

[Chip]

Growing up in Hangzhou (China) where the West Lake dragon well tea is from, I have been appreciating this tea for over 20+ years. Being in Boston for 8 years, Spring time always makes me miss the green tea I grew up with. I recently bought some dragon well tea online from [delicatea dot com]. It tastes exactly the same as the one I grew up. I have been looking for it for a long time and finally found it in the US.

[brad4419]

The particular Long Jing was from TeaSpring.com and it was the least expensive one of the four types they carried. Just called Long Jing.
I based my choice on the reviews I read on their site, many people claimed it was just as good as some of the higher priced varieties.
It sure is good.

teasprings least expensive long jing is my favorite long jing so far. I really like nutty teas and it seems it had just the right amount of nutty and floral mixed together.

Smelling chinese greens is almost as good as drinking them mmmm.