Anyone able to identify this?
Posted Mar 2, 2020, 1:02 AM UTC
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A friend of mine received this as a gift from a Chinese supplier her work deals with. Any information about it would be appreciated!
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Got a picture of the leaf?
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Gaoshan Longjing or high mountain dragonwell. It’s going to be a bright and vegetal green tea. I would recommend 5g tea leaves in 160ml of water at ≈180F for 40seconds. Somebody else may have other recommended steeping instructions though! I hope this helps and happy drinking!
Thank you so much!
"Gaoshan" Longjing? Is that relatively speaking?
I have the impression that tea made at Longjing village is grown at about 800m elevation, so maybe it's relative?
I mean you’re right, the name doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. That’s just what the packaging says.
In this case maybe "Gaoshan" is standing in for "suitable as gift" :)
Ooooooooh I didn’t know it could translate as that! Thank you :)
Lol, I looked at the front and tried to remember everything I forgot from the 45 minute kanji video I saw a few months ago and thought “something about a mountain and tea” haha.