Sublimitea® Green Tea: Dragon Superfine

Description

XiHu (West Lake) Dragon Green Tea, or Long Jing as it is know in China, is commonly regarded as one of China’s top ten teas and is often served to visiting heads of state. This Superfine Dragon well green tea is higher quality than other dragon well green that we carry. The leaves are more greener, and the taste is more smoother and flavorful. This tea only have three baby leaves,even some of our other dragon well green teas are baby leaves, this superfine green tea is high mountain tea, so the taste of this tea will be better than the low mountain tea. It also contains more nutrients.  It has no hint of bitterness instead it has a delightfully subtle classic green tea taste and aromatic scent.(The benefits of the green tea please see the bottom) 

Grown in Xihu(西湖), Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Harvest Time: March 10 – April 28

Flattened tea leaves, with one bud and one or two leaves

Pale green yellow when brewed

A subtle, rich, orchid like taste and aroma, with no hint of bitterness

Low caffeine (less than 10% of a cup of coffee)

Brew Instruction:

Brewing tool: cups, bottles, tea wears, tea bags

Water temperature: 160° – 170° F

Amount of tea: 1-1.5 teaspoon

Amount of water: 6-10 oz.

Steeping Time:
Put the hot water into the cup with the tea, stirring the tea will make the tea flavor come out faster, stir about 40 seconds to 1 minute for the first cup, strain it out. Later if you want more tea, put more water back in the cup, steep for another 30 – 50 seconds, then strain it. This amount of tea leaves will make 3 – 4 cups of tea.

Drinking tips:

• Do not steep green too long. Green tea is non-fermented and has a lot of tea polyphenols, alkaloids and other nutrients, if you drink it too strong the nutrients have a too strong reaction it will irritate the stomach or dilute the stomach acid causing digestion problems or stomach aches. For more experienced green tea drinkers a strong brew will be fine.
• If brew green tea with hot water, drink the tea while still hot. We suggest drinking all the green tea you brewed within 60-90minutes. If the green tea sits too long it will oxidize lose the nutrients. If you want drink cold tea, use cold water to brew. It will take about 20minutes to 90minutes to steep. Once the tea turns green and brown color, it is ready to drink.
• We suggest drinking the green tea 30minutes-60minutes after meal. Drinking too soon after the meal, the tea will reactor with the nutrients of the food, especially the iron and protein. So if you have anemia, do not drink green tea, black tea, oolong tea, and pu-erh tea.