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80°CTemperature
5g 100ml
Wash: 5s • 1st: 15s • Add: +5sGongfu Timing
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NuttySweetVegetal
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This Imperial Grade green tea, sourced from the Liang family in Laoshan, offers a delightful nutty sweetness. Processed with traditional flat wok frying similar to Zhejiang's Dragon Well, it yields a smooth and refreshing cup from its tippy first flush spring leaves.
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About This Tea
What does Long Jing #43 Laoshan Green Tea from Shandong taste like?
This Imperial Grade green tea, sourced from the Liang family in Laoshan, offers a delightful nutty sweetness. Processed with traditional flat wok frying similar to Zhejiang's Dragon Well, it yields a . It leans nutty, sweet and vegetal.
How should I brew Long Jing #43 Laoshan Green Tea from Shandong?
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.
Where does Long Jing #43 Laoshan Green Tea from Shandong come from?
Grown in Shandong, China from the Longjing 43 cultivar. This batch is from the Spring 2025 harvest.
How much does Long Jing #43 Laoshan Green Tea from Shandong cost?
Starts at $5.50 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.14/g. A 25g package gets you around 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $0.84 per session. Compare green prices across vendors on Teadar.
$5.50$0.14/g