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drank 2019 1st picking Shi Feng Longjing #43 by Verdant Tea
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Sippped down the last of this sample today. This is a good tea that more or less has a standard Long Jing flavor. I steeped this grandpa style, 1.5g of leaf to 10oz of 180 F water. It brews up clean and smooth without any bitterness. Notes of pine, spinach, light grass, toasted almond, and chestnut.

Compared to Mrs. Li’s 1st Picking Shi Feng dragonwell, this one was nuttier and had more mineral notes. While I liked this year’s harvest better than previous ones, I still prefer the greener taste of classic dragonwell over the newer #43 varietal.

Flavors: Almond, Chestnut, Mineral, Nutty, Spinach

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 2 g 14 OZ / 414 ML
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ashmanra
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I just drank this!

ashmanra
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Oops! Didn’t look closely enough. I am having the Black Dragonwell.

gmathis
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I’ve never heard of a Black Dragonwell! But since dragonwell’s my favorite variety of green, it’s got to be good, yes?

ashmanra
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It is good! Very unusual, and I enjoyed it.

LuckyMe
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I had the black dragonwell last year. It was a good, chocolate-y tea but quite different from its green counterpart

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ashmanra
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I just drank this!

ashmanra
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Oops! Didn’t look closely enough. I am having the Black Dragonwell.

gmathis
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I’ve never heard of a Black Dragonwell! But since dragonwell’s my favorite variety of green, it’s got to be good, yes?

ashmanra
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It is good! Very unusual, and I enjoyed it.

LuckyMe
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I had the black dragonwell last year. It was a good, chocolate-y tea but quite different from its green counterpart

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My Rating Criteria:

95 to 100: Top shelf stuff. Loved this tea and highly recommend it

90 to 94: Excellent. Enjoyed this tea and would likely repurchase

80 to 89: Good but not great. I liked it though it may be lacking in some aspects. I’ll finish it but probably won’t buy again

70 to 79: Average at best. Not terrible but wouldn’t willingly drink again

60 to 69: Sub-par. Low quality tea, barely palatable

59 and below: Bleh

Fell into tea many years ago and for a long time my experience was limited to Japanese greens and flavored Teavana teas. My tea epiphany happened when I discovered jade oolongs. That was my gateway drug to the world of high quality tea and teaware.

For the most part, I drink straight tea but do appreciate a good flavored tea on occasion. I love fresh green and floral flavors and as such, green tea and Taiwanese oolongs will always have a place in my cupboard. After avoiding black tea forever, Chinese blacks have started to grow on me. I’m less enthusiastic about puerh though. I also enjoy white tea and tisanes but reach for them less frequently.

Other non-tea interests include: cooking, reading, nature, philosophy, MMA, traveling when I can, and of course putzing around on the interwebs.

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