My Chinese neighbor here @ WTC advises that a the green tea of choice is from her region Hangzhou. A local brand "Long Jing" from the county of the same name (means : "Dragon Well") is one of the finest in the country. It comes in various grades : "special" (at the top) and then 1st thru 5th. Special may cost up to $200.00 for 1 oz. - freshness is highly prized. Even picked off a live plant and dried (very lightly) by frying (w/o oil) in a wok. At work she puts loose leaves (aprox 1 tea bag amount or small palm-full) in a mug and runs hot water over them and then re adds hot water up to three times (should cover one afternoons time). My first drink was today and this process works fine (on cup two now). She also suggests these brands : Biluo Chun and Xinyang Maojian and this teapot .
It beats to hell my Arizona GT habit which boasts the flwg ingredients : premium brewed green tea using filtered water, high fructose corn syrup (YUK), sugar(YUK), honey, citric acid, natural flavord, ginseng extract, ascorbic acid.
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It beats to hell my Arizona GT habit which boasts the flwg ingredients : premium brewed green tea using filtered water, high fructose corn syrup (YUK), sugar(YUK), honey, citric acid, natural flavord, ginseng extract, ascorbic acid.
- bill 3-08-2001 10:15 pm