Perennial Tea Room
Type: Green
Origin: China, Zhejiang Province
Product Description: China's most famous tea, also called Longjing. Imported by Silk Road Teas, 2012 picking. The leaves have the aroma of a meadow on a sunny day. Flat, smooth leaves steep to an emerald liquor with a distinctive sweetness. Locals who live in Hangshou China liken the taste to the morning dew, and a yearly festival is built around this famous tea at the spring harvest.
Temperature: 175° F
Amount: 2.5 grams
Steeping Time: 3 minutes
The dry leaf aroma is sweet and reminds me of honey on toast.
The light yellow-green infusion has a sweet, grassy-green aroma that takes on floral notes over multiple steepings. The taste is green, toasty, lightly astringent and has a long velvet finish.
I found that the flavor, aroma and color remained fairly consistent over three steepings. The toasted green flavor that I find particularly desirable is present and the aroma and taste are strong enough to wake up the senses without being too astringent. This is a tea that stands well alone, but won't lose its character when enjoyed with a meal.
This tea was purchased by me.
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