Do you know the West Lake Longjing in China?

West Lake Longjing is a famous green tea in China, which is produced in the West Lake District of Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China. Its leaves are delicate, green in color, aroma and taste, and it has a high reputation and reputation, and is known as one of the top ten famous teas in China.

The history of West Lake Longjing dates back to the Tang Dynasty, but modern Longjing tea began in the Ming Dynasty. Longjing tea has four major raw material characteristics: one is the fresh and tender Longjing village tea buds, the other is made of a bud and a leaf picked before the Ming Dynasty, the third is hand-roasted, and the fourth is the geographical conditions of West Lake Longjing.


The production of Longjing tea is divided into three seasons, Mingqian, Qingming and Guyu, of which Mingqian tea is the most famous, picking time is around Qingming every year. According to legend, the Longjing tea picked before the Ming Dynasty was "snatched" from the landscape fields outside Hangzhou, so it is also called "snatched tea".

 

West Lake Longjing has rich cultural and historical connotations. It is not only a kind of tea, but also the embodiment of traditional Chinese culture. 

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