Adagio Teas sent me a small sample of this tea (July 30th from the “Week of July 27th” samples) . It was a nice clean cup of green tea, but I wish I’d had more to brew it with. There didn’t seem to be too much to it, flavor-wise. Between wanting to have had more to give me a better mouth-feel, it just seemed like a plain good cup of green. It must be an important style of green tea, but it wasn’t possible for me to give it a fair sampling. I can neither recommend it, nor ‘not’. Hope to try it again under better circumstances.
Flavors: Clean, Clear, Grass, Green, Vegetal
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It is indeed one of the most famous styles of Chinese green tea. It’s more commonly called Dragon Well or Long Jing.
Are you able to compare it with Adagio’s standard Dragonwell? If not, I suggest you do so! I’ve been starting off most mornings with a cuppa Adagio Dragonwell from the bag I bought at their store in Naperville, and am fond of it! Their ZLC may be a more supreme version of the tea, which might mean the flavor—though sophisticated— is very subtle. I ran into a similar situation with Tealyra, which sells a Premium Long Jing (that I like) and a much more expensive West Lake Supreme Long Jing (which is just too weak for my palate). I polished off my old bag of Tealyra’s Premium dragonwell last month and am halfway through my Adagio stock already. Finally, I also found a basic dragonwell at a the Walnut Street Tea Shop downstate that was tasty and affordable, but OOS last time I paid them a visit (pout). For now, just be glad you didn’t splurge on a pricey tea you can’t taste!
Thank you, both! I’m very much a newbie where these kinds of teas are concerned. In all honesty, it’s rather intimidating…so much to learn! For now I’m grateful for the samples I’ve gotten. I’m just trying to review them as I try ’em, so I remember how they tasted and felt in the mouth.
It is indeed one of the most famous styles of Chinese green tea. It’s more commonly called Dragon Well or Long Jing.
Are you able to compare it with Adagio’s standard Dragonwell? If not, I suggest you do so! I’ve been starting off most mornings with a cuppa Adagio Dragonwell from the bag I bought at their store in Naperville, and am fond of it! Their ZLC may be a more supreme version of the tea, which might mean the flavor—though sophisticated— is very subtle. I ran into a similar situation with Tealyra, which sells a Premium Long Jing (that I like) and a much more expensive West Lake Supreme Long Jing (which is just too weak for my palate). I polished off my old bag of Tealyra’s Premium dragonwell last month and am halfway through my Adagio stock already. Finally, I also found a basic dragonwell at a the Walnut Street Tea Shop downstate that was tasty and affordable, but OOS last time I paid them a visit (pout). For now, just be glad you didn’t splurge on a pricey tea you can’t taste!
Thank you, both! I’m very much a newbie where these kinds of teas are concerned. In all honesty, it’s rather intimidating…so much to learn! For now I’m grateful for the samples I’ve gotten. I’m just trying to review them as I try ’em, so I remember how they tasted and felt in the mouth.