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2024 Osmanthus Scented Dragonwell

2024 Osmanthus Scented Dragonwell

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Shi Feng's
First Scented Tea
Li Xiaoping takes her world-famous Shi Feng Dragonwell and blends it with hand-picked golden osmanthus blossoms. The aroma bolsters the textural beauty of Dragonwell Green with notes of honey, cashew and basil.
Spring 2024 ♦ Shi Feng, Dragonwell
Shi Feng's
First Scented Tea
Li Xiaoping takes her world-famous Shi Feng Dragonwell and blends it with hand-picked golden osmanthus blossoms. The aroma bolsters the textural beauty of Dragonwell Green with notes of honey, cashew and basil.
Spring 2024 ♦ Shi Feng, Dragonwell
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PRE-ORDER new 2022 HARVEST

This year's fresh 2022 harvest is arriving now from Li Xiaoping in Dragonwell and available to reserve with a pre-order.

This tea will ship the week of April 25th. Orders containing this pre-order tea will be shipping right away now that all 2022 Dragonwell teas have arrived.

Crafted by Mrs. Li

Li Xiaoping is an award-winning, respected community leader growing true Dragonwell in the tiny coveted Shi Feng (Lion’s Peak) micro-region with over fifty years experience.
 
Her tea is fed by volcanic mountain springs, shaded by bamboo and evergreens, and grown using organic techniques, hand-picked and hand finished on a wok.
 
    • DATE OF PICKINGSpring 2024
    • Longjing VillageZhejiang Province
    • ELEVATION300 meters
    • longjing quntiTea Varietal

    For the third year, award-winning Li Xiaoping has set aside her beautifully-crisp textural masterpiece that is Shi Feng Dragonwell and scented it with fresh osmanthus blossoms. Her incredible plot sits on a quartz-laden rocky hillside in the tiny Shi Feng microclimate, where sweet mountain spring water, designated national treasure protection from development, and misty mornings yield sweet clean nuanced green tea that sets the standard for all green tea in China. With such famous and in demand tea, it is remarkable that Li Xiaoping is still incentivized to do such bold experiments like this osmanthus scenting, but we're so happy she did! The results are spectacular and perfectly balanced. The osmanthus notes are light, accentuating the natural sweet juicy qualities of the Dragonwell.

  • true
    60
    honey, osmanthus
    true
    65
    juicy plum
    true
    70
    coriander
    true
    75
    toasted cashew
    true
    60
    basil
    true
    crisp, aromatic

    Tasting Profile

    • floral - honey, osmanthus
    • fruit - juicy plum
    • spice - coriander
    • savory - toasted cashew
    • vegetal - basil
    • texture - crisp, aromatic


Li Xiaoping also recommends:


  • "Typically, the prized pre-Qingming picking doesn’t happen until mid to late March, so this year's harvests mark an incredible year, with unique weather that Li Xiaoping says made for sweet, rich, aromatic tea."

photos courtesy of Li Xiaoping, March 2022

  • 4
    6-8
    175
    30 seconds
    15
    4
    6
    175
    8 seconds
    5
    4
    12
    room temp
    8 hours

    Steeping Instructions

    Western

    4 g.6-8
    oz.
    use 175° watersteep 30 secondsresteep many times
    add 15 sec. each infusion

    Gongfu

    4 g.6 ozuse 175° watersteep 8 seconds
    add 5 sec. per steeping
    enjoy many steepings

    Iced/Cold

    4 g.12
    oz.
    use room temp. waterrefrigerate overnight
    8 hours
    add ice & enjoy

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