Finally, sitting down to taste today’s harvest of Longjing Dragonwell, here at Longjing Village, Hangzhou
Arrived into Hangzhou, after flying into Hong Kong first. It’s called hit the ground running- traveling straight through now for about 21 hours. You know you’re in China when you can’t see the sky at all, but the bus says zero emissions nonetheless. Autocracy plus zero industrial controls- welcome to China!
Fortunately, tea farms are rarely close to any cities …
Off to Phoenix Mountain in a week or so, and hoping that the rain gods have mercy on the harvest this year, I am hoping to be able to procure another batch of that sublime Phoenix Ya Sai oolong, which literally means Duck Poop in the local dialect. The fact that the family who owns the tree complained that neighbors have been stealing clippings to plant in their own gardens for decades, if not…
Pre-Ming Dragonwell will be harvested between March 23-25 for us this season! And I am off again April 3 for more tea adventures, see you at this daily blog!
The most exciting season for tea is fast approaching. This year, the spring harvest will start as early…
Happy Chinese New Year, Year of the Monkey Chinese Lunar New Year is the single most important holiday…