Steenbergs Organic Long Jing Green Tea

Organic Long Jing (Lung Ching) is one of the most popular Chinese green teas. It has a flat leaf, yellow-green in colour. Long Jing gives a pale green brew and has an herbaceous flavour with a slight bitterness.
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Product Description
  • Long Jing is the most popular of the green teas amongst Chinese people.
  • It originally came from the hills around Hangzhou, but this style of flat tea leaves is made all over Chinese these days.
  • The green tea harvest for Long Jing starts in April and goes on a few weeks.
  • These young buds (the so-called ‘Buddha’s eyelid’) are tossed in a wok for around 20 minutes, with slow regular movements.

Tea brewing: Put 1 tsp of Long Jing per cup into the pot. Bring a kettle of freshly drawn water to the boil, leave to cool for a bit (75C) then pour this heated water over the tea leaves. Put the lid on the pot and leave to brew for 4 minutes.

Tasting notes: pale green and shiny, with a smidgeon of bitterness, some acidity and a slight sweetness. Overall, long jing is mild, freshly vegetal vibe with a mild astringency.

Ingredients
Green Tea*
* Organic. Allergens marked in bold.
Nutritional Information
NutrientPer 100gPer Serving (250.0g)
Energy1.0 kcal / 3.0 kJ2.5 kcal / 7.5 kJ
Fat0.0 g0.0 g
(of which saturates)0.0 g0.0 g
Carbohydrates0.0 g0.0 g
(of which sugars)0.0 g0.0 g
Protein0.0 g0.0 g
Salt0.0 g0.0 g
NutrientPer 100g
Energy1.0 kcal / 3.0 kJ
Fat0.0 g
(of which saturates)0.0 g
Carbohydrates0.0 g
(of which sugars)0.0 g
Protein0.0 g
Salt0.0 g
NutrientPer Serving (250.0g)
Energy2.5 kcal / 7.5 kJ
Fat0.0 g
(of which saturates)0.0 g
Carbohydrates0.0 g
(of which sugars)0.0 g
Protein0.0 g
Salt0.0 g

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