First Pick: Dragonwell Presale

This is a Presale product that will be sent out on April 5th. This presale means, you, the producer, and us are all getting a guaranteed price on the earliest picks of the teas we know are consistently good. All presale teas were discounted 10% off until April 1st. Tea: Dragonwell (Mingqian Longjing- 明前龙井)Type: Longjing #43 Hangzhou Green TeaHarvest: Late March 2026 (Date TBD)Region: Qiantang, Hangzhou, Zhejiang,Producers: Nine Trees (九树)Tasting Notes: lilacs, sweet cream, chestnut, edamame, buttered toast No other green tea in China has as much renown as Dragon Well Green Tea from Hangzhou's West Lake Reservation. This renown is well-earned, as Dragon Well Green Tea has always held to a high standard of growing conditions and production methods, preserving and raising the standard for green tea across the country. Dragon well green tea is quite the unique green tea. It provides notes of buttered toast, chestnut, and a delicious grassy sweetness that is unlike any other green. Good Dragon Well is slow to bitter, but still strong in the mouth, rich with umami and a noticeable huigan (or returning sweetness 回甘 huígān). The Mingqian Dragon Well has a great deal of fresh toast in the taste and a strong green bamboo aroma when first hit with hot water. We sell this variant every year - it is neither the most premium, tenderly floral Dragonwell we usually sell seperately from the most core picking areas, nor is it the standard chestnut flavored treat you can enjoy with later picks. This is a Dragonwell that is a balanced representative of early season green tea from Hangzhou.