The Color, Aroma, Taste and Shape of Dragon Well Tea

Top grade Dragon Well tea is jade green or a little light yellow, which looks fresh and tender green; the tea soup is virid, clear and bright; its aroma is as rich as that of orchids, refreshing and lasting; it tastes savory and mellow; the tea leaves are flat and smooth, resembling nails, sharp and straight, of uniform sizes, with the fuzz not so visible like the petals of orchids.
   In the past, Dragon Well tea was classified into 1 to 8 grades. Superfine Dragon Well tea at comprised of 60,000 tea shoots that are smooth, flat and even. When they are wrapped, if you stab some holes on the packs, the tea shoots will fall out one by one. The minute the tea shoots with one bud and one leave are infused in water, the tea soup is very clear, without small tea leaves. All the above features are irreplaceable by other kinds of tea.
   It is advisable to infuse Dragon Well tea with boiled water at 80 degrees. If there is a lid together with the cup, you should uncover it in one minute, or else, the tea soup will give out stuffy taste. Top grade Dragon Well tea leaves resemble flags and guns, both of which set each other off and float or sink to the bottom of the cups, resembling nascent lilies, and beautiful bamboos.
Dragon Well tea owns special fragrance, in jargon which can be named chestnut flavor. For authentic Dragon Well tea, it is cool, sweet but not harsh. It may taste tasteless. So, Dragon Well tea suits for slow enjoy, or else, you can not experience its aromatic features.
  Lu Ciyun, a poet who lived in Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Emperor, said that the taste of Dragon Well tea was not so tasteless like plain boiled water, but tasted a special tasteless taste, which we can call the preference to tea. Excellent as the tea is, it has no odor like other common teas, but it has its won aroma. The Dragon Well tea is expensive, but it is with great momentum; Longjing tea is tender, and not infusion resistant, as a young model who is with little experience and self-willed. Dragon Well tea’s aroma can be very easily dissipated, and could not be stored for a long time, which is just like youth.