Shi Feng Long Jing

[auhckw]

Just had this 'Shi Feng Long Jing'... and I have to write the joy I had.


*Picture not mine

At the shop, before tasting Long Jing, I was tasting few puerh which was very good. The aftertaste in my mouth and throat was with the puerh.

But after tasted Long Jing... I have a new definition of what is call good tea. It basically overwrites the puerh I had earlier. If Gyokuro is good, Long Jing to my definition is one step above. It has some 'similarity' taste of Gyokuro, but stronger flavor and sweetness. Not to mention stronger and longer aftertaste.

First 5 brewing has strong flavor and tasted sweet in mouth and throat. Then we continue to brew for another 5+ times, the flavor goes down per infusion, but the sweetness remains.

I was then told not to waste the Long Jing leaves. It can be used to make soup, or mixed with other drinks. So, I was then given to try Coffee with the used Long Jing. There is some slight improvement in the taste of the coffee but not much.

Actually, by then anything I drink is actually with the Long Jing sweet aftertaste. I tasted the earlier puerh again, it was diff. The puerh tasted sweeter. I tried plain water, it was also sweet.

The good sweet aftertaste lasted about 3 hours+ The joy...

Now for the ouch part...
50g = 380.00 MYR = 121.939 USD
Per serving at about 3g@150ml = 25.00 MYR = 8.02233 USD

[Tea4Todd]

Ouch! Why so expensive?!?

[auhckw]

Premium grade tea
Premium taste
Premium location of the shop

Therefore, Premium price

[Tea4Todd]

Hmm, yeah, I've been noticing a lot of teas in ultra-premium and rare grade are quite expensive. Even for a mere ounce, then I have to pay shipping tax as well

[gingkoseto]

I am a bit shocked too
I thought Malaysia would have much better tea prices than America or Europe due to its large Chinese communities and location in Asia.

[auhckw]

I think there are many grades of Long Jing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longjing_tea

Shi Feng Longjing: A type of Xi Hu Longjing. This tea is considered the highest quality in China. Fresh tasting, its fragrance is sharp and long lasting. Its leaves are yellowish green in colour. Some unscrupulous tea makers over pan-fry their tea to imitate its colour.

[auhckw]

Was digging youtube for Longjing... found some interesting videos

How to distinguish a good Longjing tea
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTBAz5I6NFw

Brewing Longjing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETU6jq-i66Y

[Tead Off]

I am a bit shocked too
I thought Malaysia would have much better tea prices than America or Europe due to its large Chinese communities and location in Asia.

Checkout the Dragonwell thread and Tim's post on price structure of Shi Feng LJ. Then double it for the markup Hojo gives.

[Kunkali]

What are your favorite vendors for good, authentic, but affordable long jing? I have been checking out jing tea and tea spring and both look promising.

[debunix]

I had delightful Shi Feng Long Jing from jingteashop.com, and while it was notably different than the Dragonwell I had for comparison at the time, from Wing Hop Fung, I was not so impressed by the difference as to order more at twice the price. But when I do order again from Jing, I will treat myself to a little more of it.

For daily drinking, I've settled on one from WHF (premium organic dragon well) that is about $40/100g, but I also get similar pleasure out of other high quality but lesser named green teas with much friendlier prices.

[Tea4Todd]

What are your favorite vendors for good, authentic, but affordable long jing? I have been checking out jing tea and tea spring and both look promising.

I really like Jing Tea, I will be purchasing from them soon. I also really like Tea Gallery, but they are a little bit expensive.

[Kunkali]

Debunix, I notice you mention Wing hop fung a lot in your posts. What do you like about their teas and how do you like them as a vendor. I don't think I've seen anyone but you mention that place. I'm asking because I'm new to tea and am getting a feel for tea vendors and who to buy what from.

[debunix]

Wing Hop Fung is my closest local tea shop. They are in LA's Chinatown, just a 15 minute drive for me, so I go there often. They do have an online presence, but the selection of teas and teawares is much more limited & more expensive than in brick & mortar shops. There is a sister company, Birdpick, that is also online, but they again have a more limited selection and higher prices than the shop.

So I can go into the shop and buy my plain $2.99-$3.99 gaiwans by the half dozen, and clay 'yixing' pots for $8.99 (the price tag says yixing but the price suggests not the same quality as people here consider true yixing), but you can't order those online, because they only sell a few fancy ones there.

In contrast to all of the teawares, I am cautious when I buy teas there, because the teas are stored in large glass jars--not great for delicate green oolongs that lose flavor soon after opening--and because I don't get enough information to really know what I'm getting when I look at the mysterious beengs of puerh. I've bought a couple of puerhs (one good, one boring), Dragon Well, a few oolongs (occasionally greener, some Wuyi and TGY), and various green and white teas. The ones I go back for over and over are the Dragon Well, Tai Ping Hou Kui, Supreme Big Red Robe, Silver Dragon, Anji Precious Rare White Tea, and my red tin Sea Dyke Ti Kuan Yin.

[Kunkali]

thanks for the reply i had checked out their website and noted they were selling teas that are usually pretty expensive on other sites for really cheap and i was wondering about that. When you talked about the glass jars and all im not sure about ordering online from them.

[debunix]

They do sell variable grades of most teas, wonderful down to quite cheap, and their descriptions of them are so similar that you can't really tell what the quality will be based on the descriptions.

Will hunt around for the list I found of their grade terms.