Tea knowledge is endless. Today I discovered that these original seed grown Dragonwell roots are in fact, a few hundred, maybe even a thousand years old. The roots can live that long even for these bush type ‘Guan Mu’ types, as long as they are pruned to the roots every decade. If left to itself without management, the roots will die in 50 or so years. The old seed grown varietals are fleshier than Longjing #43, the ‘improved’ varietal, that sprouts early but is slightly bitter and much less sophisticated in taste and has none of that orchid fragrance as the seed grown old bushes.
Tea is truly a cultural history that mere machinery and a nice hillside can not replace.
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