Chinese Green Tea Map

Ranked the first in top-ten Chinese teas in successive appraisals, Dragon Well has been the most famous green tea in China. The name of the tea was known around the 12th century. By its unique taste as well as its making, it became popular in the 17th century, even an emperor visited its tea garden four times out of his six vacation tours.

The harvest starts from the third day before Pure Brightness, a Chinese solar terms around the end of March. Tea cropped from next three days is the highest grade - about 36,000 tender leaves for every 500 gram of tea. The harvest will continued until the end of the spring, the later the tea harvested the lower the grade and higher the grade number. There are thirteen grades in this tea.

Hangzhou is surrounded by mountains with West Lake, a lake renowned in Chinese culture, at the foot of hills. Once the capital of China and a tourist resort today for its historical interest, the city is praised a big teahouse for its significant tea culture.