Medium Roast Spring Long Jing

This Longjing offers a fresh, toasty aroma with pronounced nutty nuances, reminiscent of toasted soybeans. The taste is distinctly sweet with a creamy, round mouthfeel, leaving a pleasant vegetable-li. It leans nutty, sweet and toasty.

Water around 70–80 °C (158–176 °F). In a mug, steep 2–3 min. For gongfu, use 3–5 g per 100 ml, 15–30 s steeps. You'll get to see how the flavor changes across multiple rounds. The biggest mistake with green tea is using boiling water. Keep it well below that and you won't get bitterness.

Grown in Zhejiang, China from the Longjing 43 cultivar. This batch is from the Spring harvest. The leaves got a medium roast after picking.

Starts at $17.39 from Teemaa, or about $0.81/g. A 20g package gets you around 3 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $4.86 per session. Explore more green teas on Teadar.