How to Buy Good Longjing Tea
Evaluating Longjing tea involves examining dry leaves for appearance, then assessing the brew's color, aroma, taste, and the infused leaves, along with determining its origin. Key criteria include the shape, color, and fuzziness of the dry leaves to distinguish between West Lake Longjing and Zhejian...
Tea News · Nov 03, 2025
Longjing Tea Should Be Brewed with 80℃ Water
According to the tea knowledge exhibition at the 11th West Lake International Tea Festival, there are many details to consider when brewing tea. High-quality green teas like Longjing should be brewed with 80-85℃ water, while black tea and scented tea require 90-95℃ water. Oolong tea and Pu'er tea ne...
Tea News · Oct 23, 2025
How to Brew a Cup of Fragrant Longjing Tea
Longjing tea is a type of green tea known for its excellent quality. It offers various health benefits such as refreshing the mind, beautifying the skin, aiding weight loss, lowering blood pressure and lipids, and promoting salivation. Regularly drinking Longjing tea provides significant health and...
Tea News · Oct 13, 2025
Want to Drink Good Longjing Tea? A Little Knowledge is Essential
Longjing tea is renowned for its four unique characteristics: vibrant color, rich aroma, sweet taste, and beautiful shape. To select high-quality Longjing, focus on its appearance—premium varieties are flat, straight, and sharp with a uniform size and tender green hue. When brewed, the tea should ha...
Tea News · Oct 10, 2025
What about chewing tea leaves?
While drinking tea is common, consuming the leaves directly is also practiced in some cultures. Chewing and eating tea leaves allows for the intake of both water-soluble nutrients, like catechins and vitamin C, and fat-soluble ones, such as vitamin E, carotenoids, and dietary fiber, which remain in...
Tea News · Sep 04, 2025
Is Wild-Grown Tea Necessarily Bad?
Many people believe that the best tea gardens are neatly pruned, weed-free, and aesthetically pleasing. However, truly excellent tea often comes from wild or semi-wild environments, free from pesticides and chemical fertilizers. Such teas may have imperfections like insect holes but boast superior q...
Tea News · Aug 19, 2025
Why Does Tea Taste Bitter and Astringent?
China, as the origin country of tea, produces millions of varieties annually, such as Pu'er tea, Longjing tea, Oolong tea, Dianhong tea, Biluochun, and Huangshan Maofeng. Each type offers unique flavors and health benefits, catering to diverse preferences. However, most teas initially taste bitter a...
Tea News · Aug 18, 2025
What to Do with High Blood Lipids, High Blood Pressure, and Obesity? Eight Fat-Burning and Weight-Loss Herbal Teas for You
Due to the fast-paced lifestyle, changes in dietary habits, and reduced physical activity, the incidence of diseases such as high blood pressure, high blood lipids, and obesity has been increasing, posing serious challenges for modern people, especially urban white-collar workers. After meals, they...
Tea News · Aug 14, 2025
First Flush Tea vs. Early Spring Tea
Before the end of the Jingzhe solar term, spring tea has already appeared in the West Lake Longjing tea area. The terms 'first flush tea' and 'early spring tea' are frequently mentioned by tea farmers and roasters. 'First flush tea' refers to the first harvest of tea leaves each year, while 'early s...
Tea News · Aug 04, 2025
"The Queen of Green Tea", How Should I Brew You?
How to select West Lake Longjing in daily life? How to taste the 'charm' of West Lake Longjing? Today, we share how to brew a perfect cup of West Lake Longjing in everyday life. Water is the 'mother of tea,' and brewing good tea requires good water. Hupao, Longjing, and Yuquan are known as the 'Thre...
Tea News · Aug 02, 2025