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Dragonwell tea

Dragonwell or Dragon Well tea is famous China’s green tea. Dragonwell, also called as Longjing, Long-Gin, Long Jing, or Lung Ching is high quality green tea. Longjing tea is produced by hand and has broad and flat leaves and distinctive rich vegetative aroma. Longjing tea leaves are unfermented (as all other green and white teas). When steeped, Dragonwell tea produces a yellow-green color. Dragonwell contains vitamin C, amino acids, and has one of the highest concentration of catechins (antioxidant compounds) among teas, second only to white teas. Dragon Well originates from the mountains surrounding the beautiful West Lake of Hangzhou in Zhejiang province of China.

The most famous varieties of Dragonwell tea include Xi Hu Longjing, also known as West Lake Longjing. Xi Hu Longjing is China Famous Tea.

Bird’s Tongue Longjing has more intense aroma than other varieties.
Pre-Qignming Longjing is the premium early season variety only hand-picked by experienced workers and then specailly processed. Pre-Qignming is more expansive than other varieties.
Shi Feng Longjing is considered the highest quality Dragonwell tea.
Long Jing is known for promoting mental alertness.

Dragonwell is often called the national drink of China and is also a favorite tea of today's top leaders. There special plantations of the Dragonwell tea reserved for the government.
DragonWell also has a historical significance in American History as it was the tea presented to President Richard Nixon during his trip to China.

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