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Tasting True Dragonwell with Mrs Li

Tasting True Dragonwell with Mrs Li

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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.

This bundle includes three 25g bags of Shi Feng Dragonwell tea for 75g total (15 sessions).

Li Xiaoping is an award-winning multi-generational farmer dedicated to sharing true Shi Feng Dragonwell. Her high-elevation Shi Feng plot is one of the most coveted micro-climates for tea in China due to the cool misty weather, the rocky quartz-laden soil, the sweet mountain spring water and the ecological protected park designation. Her and her husband Shui Huamin hand pick and hand wok-finish every leaf, producing incredibly small annual batches, picking only before Qingming festival and allowing the plants the rest of the year undisturbed to grow deeper roots.

This tasting kit explores Shi Feng Dragonwell craft with Shi Feng Dragonwell #43 and the reserve 1st Picking #43 harvest, along with the new malty Dragonwell black tea, traditionally sun-oxidized to show a different side to the region.

This bundle includes three 25g bags of Shi Feng Dragonwell tea for 75g total (15 sessions).

Li Xiaoping is an award-winning multi-generational farmer dedicated to sharing true Shi Feng Dragonwell. Her high-elevation Shi Feng plot is one of the most coveted micro-climates for tea in China due to the cool misty weather, the rocky quartz-laden soil, the sweet mountain spring water and the ecological protected park designation. Her and her husband Shui Huamin hand pick and hand wok-finish every leaf, producing incredibly small annual batches, picking only before Qingming festival and allowing the plants the rest of the year undisturbed to grow deeper roots.

This tasting kit explores Shi Feng Dragonwell terroir with Shi Feng Dragonwell and #43 along with the new malty Dragonwell black tea, traditionally sun-oxidized to show a different side to the region.

This bundle includes three 25g bags and ten 5g bags of Shi Feng Dragonwell tea for 125g total (25 sessions).

Li Xiaoping is an award-winning multi-generational farmer dedicated to sharing true Shi Feng Dragonwell. Her high-elevation Shi Feng plot is one of the most coveted micro-climates for tea in China due to the cool misty weather, the rocky quartz-laden soil, the sweet mountain spring water and the ecological protected park designation. Her and her husband Shui Huamin hand pick and hand wok-finish every leaf, producing incredibly small annual batches, picking only before Qingming festival and allowing the plants the rest of the year undisturbed to grow deeper roots.

This tasting kit explores Shi Feng Dragonwell terroir with Shi Feng Dragonwell and #43 along with the new malty Dragonwell black tea, traditionally sun-oxidized to show a different side to the region. As limited exclusive, this kit also includes two special 2nd Picking 2022 spring harvests of Shi Feng Dragonwell and Longjing #43 (while supplies last).

This bundle includes five 25g bags of Shi Feng Dragonwell tea for 125g total (25 sessions).

Li Xiaoping is an award-winning multi-generational farmer dedicated to sharing true Shi Feng Dragonwell. Her high-elevation Shi Feng plot is one of the most coveted micro-climates for tea in China due to the cool misty weather, the rocky quartz-laden soil, the sweet mountain spring water and the ecological protected park designation. Her and her husband Shui Huamin hand pick and hand wok-finish every leaf, producing incredibly small annual batches, picking only before Qingming festival and allowing the plants the rest of the year undisturbed to grow deeper roots.

This tasting kit explores Shi Feng Dragonwell terroir, with the beloved classic Dragonwell Green, finished to bring out deep minerality, the bright and aromatic #43 varietal, the reserve 1st picking harvests, and the complex, herbaceous semi-wild green. 

This bundle includes four 25g bags of Shi Feng Dragonwell tea for 125g total (25 sessions).

Li Xiaoping is an award-winning multi-generational farmer dedicated to sharing true Shi Feng Dragonwell. Her high-elevation Shi Feng plot is one of the most coveted micro-climates for tea in China due to the cool misty weather, the rocky quartz-laden soil, the sweet mountain spring water and the ecological protected park designation. Her and her husband Shui Huamin hand pick and hand wok-finish every leaf, producing incredibly small annual batches, picking only before Qingming festival and allowing the plants the rest of the year undisturbed to grow deeper roots.

This tasting kit explores Shi Feng Dragonwell terroir, with the beloved classic Dragonwell Green, finished to bring out deep minerality, the bright and aromatic #43 varietal, an exclusive 2nd picking harvest, and the complex, herbaceous semi-wild green. 

This bundle includes four 25g bags of Shi Feng Dragonwell tea for 100g total (20 sessions).

Li Xiaoping is an award-winning multi-generational farmer dedicated to sharing true Shi Feng Dragonwell. Her high-elevation Shi Feng plot is one of the most coveted micro-climates for tea in China due to the cool misty weather, the rocky quartz-laden soil, the sweet mountain spring water and the ecological protected park designation. Her and her husband Shui Huamin hand pick and hand wok-finish every leaf, producing incredibly small annual batches, picking only before Qingming festival and allowing the plants the rest of the year undisturbed to grow deeper roots.

This tasting kit explores Shi Feng Dragonwell terroir with Shi Feng Dragonwell and #43, the complex, herbaceous semi-wild green, along with the new malty Dragonwell black tea, traditionally sun-oxidized to show a different side to the region.

Explore Dragonwell with Li Xiaoping's teas: 

2022 Shi Feng Longjing #43 (25g)

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.

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2023 Shi Feng Dragonwell (25g)

Li Xiaoping grows this true Dragonwell cultivar on a perfectly-shaded mountainside in the tiny and sought-after Shi Feng microclimate- a uniquely situated spot with sweet mountain springs, quartz-heavy rocky soil, and mist. Li Xiaoping is a celebrated community leader for her advocacy in sustainable farming and working to protect the Shi Feng region, and her tea is recognized across the world as one of the few true Dragonwell expressions out there, capturing deep minerality, persistent sweetness, and complex aromatics.

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