The West Lake Longjing tea was named the imperial tea by Qianlong. West Lake Longjing, a green tea, is one of the top ten famous teas in China. It is produced in the mountains surrounding Longjing Village in West Lake, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, hence its name. When Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty visited West Lake in Hangzhou, he praised the West Lake Longjing Tea and named the eighteen tea trees in front of Hu Gong Temple at the foot of Shifeng Mountain as "Imperial Tea".

Special-grade West Lake Longjing tea is flat, smooth and straight, with a bright green color, fresh and clear aroma, fresh and mellow taste, and tender and flowery leaves at the bottom. The Longjing tea picked before the Qingming Festival is referred to as Mingqian Longjing, and is also known as Nv'erhong. "Outside the courtyard, lotuses smile with flowers, and Mingqian Longjing's Nervhong is red." West Lake Longjing tea, like West Lake, is the perfect crystallization of man, nature, and culture. An important carrier of West Lake regional culture.

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West Lake Longjing tea has a flat and tall appearance, green color, and a refreshing and mellow internal quality. When soaked in a cup, the buds and leaves are green. It is known for its four unique features: "green color, fragrant aroma, sweet taste and beautiful shape". Among the spring teas, the special West Lake Longjing and Zhejiang Longjing are flat and smooth in appearance, with sharp tips, buds longer than leaves, light green color, no hairs on the body surface, and bright green (yellow) color.

Fine or tender chestnut aroma, but some teas have a high-burning aroma; the taste is refreshing or mellow; the bottom of the leaves is green and still intact. As the grade of the other grades of Longjing tea decreases, the appearance and color change from light green to green to dark green, the tea body increases from small to large, and the tea sticks change from smooth to rough; the aroma changes from tender to thick, and the fourth-grade tea begins to have a coarse taste; The bottom of the leaves changes from buds to pinched leaves, and the color changes from bright yellow to green to yellow-brown.

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