€13,20
The upper class of the well-known & popular “Dragon Wells of the West Lake” (which has a total of 13 different quality classes). Authentic Lung Ching is supposed to be processed only by hand, which requires a lot of skill and time, and thus increases the price of tea.
However, the quality of such tea corresponds to the price. Dragon wells of higher varieties give a crystal clear drink of a tender emerald color with an aroma as dense as orchids and a fresh saturated taste with fruit tones.
Lung Ching or also Long Jing 龙井 is a world-famous & very well known tea, typical for its unmistakable appearance. During processing in one of the first steps of production (Sha Qing), the tea leaves are flattened / shaped by hand on wok pans heated from below by wood. Thanks to this specific procedure, tea with typically flat leaves is created. The Dragon Well comes from the village of Long Jing (hence the name) in Zhejiang Province of the West Lake (Xi Hu).
Momordica charantia (ku gua) - creeping or creeping, pumpkin-like plant with herbaceous shoots up to 5 m long. Its tendrils are branched, leaves typically palmately five to seven-lobed, flowers unisexual, five-fold, yellow in color, with distinct veins. The fruits are 5-25 cm long, spindle-shaped, with a wrinkled surface, ripening yellow. The plant has been introduced to virtually all tropical areas.
Dried jasmine flower (moli-hua), Jasminum Sambac. It comes from China, from where it spread further to Arabia and Persia and from there to Europe. It is an evergreen climbing plant or shrub, which grows to a height of 0.5-3 m. According to Chinese medicine, it improves eyesight and promotes smooth menstruation.
