Laoshan Long Jing
Tasting notes: Complex, layered, floral, nutty, vegetal, oily umami broth. Rich and deep yet mellow in the mouth – this tea has it all.
Pickings are small leaf, tippy (but without silver hairs) and tightly rolled, but not compressed like a Tie Guan Yin. The varietal grown is Long Jing #43 and as such the tea from Laoshan shares its character.
Price range: $14.80 through $109.00
Laoshan village is near Qingdao in the province of Shandong at an altitude of just 300 meters. Laoshan village is also near a sacred mountain, and not far from the ocean, and tea has been grown in the Laoshan area for many generations. We are offering this high grade of Laoshan Green tea made from the tippiest first flush of spring tea leaves.
This Laoshan tea is grown by the Liang family, a small family operation growing Laoshan tea and doing all the processing of the tea themselves as well. The tea is grown under cover of greenhouses which are fully covered in the winter to protect from frost, and also in the earliest part of spring, just as the leaves are starting to sprout. In the middle and later part of the first flush growth stage, the coverings are removed and the tea bushes grow in full view of the sun until plucking in the first week of April.