Teas Red Blossom Tea | Our Finest Dragonwell, 2023

This Is Our Finest Dragonwell. Each Leaf Was Hand-Gathered Daily In Small Quantities Beginning On March 13Th From The First Leaf Buds Of The Year. Cultivated 4000 Feet (1200M) Above Sea Level At A Remote Tea Garden In Zhejiang Province’S Pan’An County, Our Finest Dragonwell Is The Purest Expression Of Green Tea That We Offer.

Harvested Prior To China’S Historical She Ri Festival Around March 20Th, Our Finest Dragonwell Is Technically Considered A Sheqian Or Xueqian (“Pre-Snow”) Tea. Xueqian Harvests Like This Are The Rarest Of All Green Teas, Superior Even To Highly-Revered (And More Widely Known) Mingqian Crops.

The Family That Crafted This Tea Has Been Working The Land For Three Generations, Using Only Organic Farming Methods. Pan-Roasting Is Done In Ultra-Small Batches, With Each Batch Requiring Nearly Forty-Five Minutes To Complete. Once Roasted, The Tea Is Meticulously Re-Sorted So That Only The Smallest Leaf Buds Remain. Young Leaf Buds Like This Brew A Smoother, Rounder Tea With More Aromatics Than Mature Leaves. Ultimately, It Takes Nearly Five Pounds Of Fresh Tea Buds To Produce A Single Pound Of Finished Tea; Each Pound Contains Nearly 30,000 Individually Hand Picked Buds. This Extreme Effort Pays Off In Taste: Our Finest Dragonwell Is Viscous And Supremely Buttery, With A Gorgeously Crisp, Sweet, And Refined Finish.

Due To Drought Conditions And Cold Spells At The Time Of Harvest, Availability Of The 2023 Crop Is Extremely Limited; Total Allocation Is Only Half Of Last Year’S Supply.