Verdant Tea

2024 Shi Feng Longjing #43

2024 Shi Feng Longjing #43

banner
Tender and Aromatic,
New Cultivar Dragonwell
Li Xiaoping planted #43 varietal on her rocky mountain plot to show off its bright, crisp profile, brought to life by her family’s craft. Notes of kettle corn, lilac, candied tangerine, basil.
Li Xiaoping planted #43 varietal on her rocky mountain plot to show off its bright, crisp profile, brought to life by her family’s craft. Arriving now + shipping ASAP!
arriving now! ♦ Shi Feng, Dragonwell
Ming Qian 2024 ♦ Shi Feng, Dragonwell
Tender and Aromatic,
New Cultivar Dragonwell
Li Xiaoping planted #43 varietal on her rocky mountain plot to show off its bright, crisp profile, brought to life by her family’s craft. Notes of kettle corn, lilac, candied tangerine, basil.
Li Xiaoping planted #43 varietal on her rocky mountain plot to show off its bright, crisp profile, brought to life by her family’s craft. Arriving now + shipping ASAP!
arriving now! ♦ Shi Feng, Dragonwell
Ming Qian 2024 ♦ Shi Feng, Dragonwell
Loading...

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 PICKINGPre-QingMing 2024
    • Longjing VillageZhejiang Province
    • ELEVATION300 meters
    • longjing #43Tea Varietal

    Dragonwell varietal #43 has been carefully bred and selected in the last fifty years as a new tea well suited to Shi Feng’s terroir. It buds earlier and in colder weather than classic Longjing Qunti varietal and yields yellower plumper buds that make for gorgeous steeping in glassware. While classic Dragonwell is all about rocky mineral texture, the new #43 is a crisp, bright focused experience centered around stronger flavor and aroma and more pronounced sweetness. Mrs. Li’s #43 varietal is true Shi Feng Dragonwell, growing on one of the highest slopes of the tiny microclimate that Emperor Qianlong declared as one of the best in the world for tea. The soil is full of quartz and white sand while the water comes from natural mountain springs, yielding a flavor that simply can’t be matched outside of Shi Feng itself.


  • true
    60
    kettle corn, meringue
    true
    70
    candied tangerine
    true
    70
    lilac, osmanthus
    true
    60
    star anise, ginger
    true
    65
    basil
    true
    crisp, mineral-laden

    Tasting Profile

    • savory - kettle corn, meringue
    • fruit - candied tangerine
    • floral - lilac, osmanthus
    • spice - star anise, ginger
    • vegetal - basil
    • texture - crisp, mineral-laden

Li Xiaoping also recommends:

  • 'Longjing #43 is way more about aroma. It is bright, tighter, and more focused. The texture is smoother on the pallet and the flavor and aroma are stronger. If you love the classic sweet Chinese green tea ideal, Longjing #43 is absolutely worth trying.'

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

Product Photo Gallery

Copyright © 2013-present Magento, Inc. All rights reserved.