Premium Dragon Well - Long Jing - Green Tea - Famous Chinese Loose Leaf Tea - First Grade - 4-Ounce

This loose green tea is delightfully fresh and flavorful. When brewed, the leaves expand and make a great cup of tea. There’s no/to little powdery residue. I reorder as soon as my stash gets low so I never run out. That it’s organic is an extra bonus.

I love this stuff along side the Gyokuro Japanese green tea. To me, it has more of the 'classic green tea' flavor that I really enjoy, and you get quite a lot of this product for what you pay (as opposed to the Gyokuro). The standards apply, of keeping the water not too hot, not too much tea to steep, and then 2-3 minutes per... but this stuff is a little less sensitive if you forget about it for a few minutes or even put very hot water on it. It's a 'must have' if you're looking to step up your green tea experience.

This Dragon Well brews a light bodied, pale yellow liquor. The trademark "asparagus" fragrance is present, as is the vegetal flavor. It has a slightly sweet and citric finish; lovely. The leaves are flat and there is very little dust. The leaves vary in size and color. For example, some leaves appear to be over-fired, with tinges of yellow. Most leaves are a dull, flat green, typical of average quality teas. There are also a number of beautifully bright green and fresh-looking leaves. Most of the leaves are whole, or nearly so. Some have bits of stem attached. I believe the unevenness of the leaves is a result of mass production, but really, that whole hand-picked, formed, and processed bit is now a myth, isn't it? For that quality, you'd be paying many times this price. This is a good Dragon Well for the price, and good for two or three brews. It's also good iced. Sippy, sippy!

I've used the tea for the past 17 years. It's made from only the new leaves at the beginning of the growing season. The leave are totally eatable. almost no flavor but can be consumed same as veggies in a soup.

This isn't premium dragon well, not even second grade. Look at the photo attached, which is what I've received to what's in the picture advertised, not even close. In the advertised image, the tea leaves are uniformly sized young full leaves, with pale green, what premium dragon well supposed to look, which is why I made my purchase. The product I've received hard to find any leave that isn't broken in pieces, and mostly dark older leaves, mixed with some twigs. It's not what I've intended to purchase

I’ve liked Dragon Well from other companies, but this was my first purchase from Tealyra. Really like it. I brew just over two minutes and it is very tasty. I use a timer because over steeping can cause tea to be bitter. Can usually get 3-4 steepings. I usually drink it straight, but on occasion I will mix in a teaspoon of raw honey. Nice size leaves, no stems. I’ll try some other Tealyra varieties in the future.

When I opened the bag, the faint smell of the tea was definitely not of Dragon Well’s. I wanted to return. But still wanted to give it a try. It was not very rich, so using 2 tsp for 300ml would be too little. You would want the tea color as shown in pictures. By the way, always use a glass cup to drink green tea. Color tells you when the steep time is done. Thirdly, it had no organic logo on the bag at all. But, the taste of the tea although not very much like Dragon Well or premium tea, it was edible. Not like those I bought from Asian supermarkets, those are totally waste of money, looking dirty and wilted, tasting like mud and nothing. I come from the city just beside the Dragon Well tea origin. Dragon well is my favorite tea and almost the only tea I like to drink everyday. I still keep this tea and may buy again. I would give it a 3/5 in green tea but it is not that much like Dragon Well and not organic.

My grocery store usually sells self-serve, bulk tea leaves, but with covid 19 they had to stop all sales where customers handled containers. In a panic I looked online and found Tealyra sold what I wanted. Granted I had to buy a bit more than I needed, but the price was right. It came amazingly fast, and the quality is excellent.