★★★☆☆
This tea was only okay for me. As with other greens, it tasted rather vegetal to me and rather light.
Pan-firing in a hot wok brings out the classic warm, roasted chestnut notes inherent in the leaf and in this case a hint caramelized sugar and crisp floral essence.
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This tea was only okay for me. As with other greens, it tasted rather vegetal to me and rather light.
I like that this has a touch of mineral nuttiness, but it’s still too “green” for me.
I have had this tea before. A friend from Thailand gave me some - it's all his mother drinks. This tea is a pleasant, but complex green. There is a light vegetal/mineral flavor to it that evolves into a slightly sweet toasty flavor. You can easily get several steepings of the leaves.
I enjoyed this one, it’s not grassy or bitter at all and is actually very smooth, but full flavored. I bet it would be great iced too. I would happily have this tea again.
180* for 3 minutes
I sampled this tea as part of the CommuniTea July 2025 box. Too vegetable for me.
Oh this is a good green tea. Refreshingly sweet with a lovely nutty aftertaste.
This is a lovely green tea! It's light, a little vegetal and not bitter. It's a nice smooth tea that can be sipped all day with multiple steeps.
a delicious, light, buttery, delightful green, worth resteeping over and over!
Smooth green tea with a forward mineral profile. Not grassy or astringent. More buttery deliciousness. Very complex and lovely. Cheers!
A bit too grassy and earthy for my tastes, unfortunately.
I prefer a 'greener' tasting green tea (grassy and vegetal) but this tea was very nutty and sweet. There was very little bitterness and the taste was smooth and mellow with no buttery notes. This made it really refreshing, yet indulgent. It definitely reminded me of the toasted rice crackers wrapped in seaweed that I used to get from World Market on special occasions in the summer time. A really delightful experience.
This was... weird! lol. I don't really know how to put it otherwise. It's oddly sweet. Kinda caramel, kinda fruity - not at all what I would have expected from a 'plain' green, honestly. I'm NOT a fan of sweet unless I'm 1000% in the mood for it, so I have to say that this is personally a 'good' for me... but I can definitely see this developing a cult following for those who add sugar to their green tea typically!
nice, i think the description that said toasted wheat/rice and seaweed nailed it. very mild, I think i shouldn't have eaten a piece of chocolate beforehand as I can't taste much here.
Earthy, mineral taste with light vegetlas. Definitely good but I prefer other greens.
Can I give this 11 stars! 1️⃣1️⃣☝🏼🥇❓️ Literally...thee most fav and high vibe green, for me, imo. I love this hot as well as an iced green... Each sip, any ol' way...either imbibing in a fancy teacup or enjoying in a frosty glass over ice...is Blissful, Transcendent & whisking you away to realms beyond!
I'm not a big green tea fan. Too grassy and vegetal for me. The sweet nuances made it a bit better, but not a cup for me.
I thought this to be an okay sip. It has mildly sweet notes.
CommuniTEA sample: 3 min @ 180 F. The caramelized notes in here are strong! It’s mostly dragonwell, it’s what you’d expect. A very light, delicate green tea with some toasty, chestnut kind of notes. I wouldn’t say it’s as strong in the chestnut direction, but it has a hint of it. It's a little bit bitter as you might expect from any green tea, with that bitterness being very soft, gentle, and reminding me of a nice vegetable broth. When I say that it's bitter, I mean that only as a good thing, and I would not say it's strong enough that I could describe it as a bitter tea. Similarly, even though there is sweetness in there, I don't think it is sweet enough that I would describe it as a sweet tea. I think it is best described as a gentle, soft, delicate green tea, that happens to have a very sweet finish. I managed to get 4 infusions out of it, with the sweetness evolving from something fruity into something much more caramelized, as per the descriptor. Also, it’s one of the cleanest cups I’ve ever seen in terms of appearance – no dust or broken leaf bits in the liquor at all, which is a beautiful, almost pinkish color!
So I picked this one up as a recommendation since I liked everything about dragonwell except it was just a little too grassy. This one does has so many of the same wonderful toasty notes as well as a sort of nutty flavor in the background. It has the same amazing buttery texture and about halfway through my cup as it cooled just a bit I started picking up a faint sweetness in the finish. I really do enjoy this one. The one downside is it may have to be one of those that I watch for sales for as it was a bit more than dragonwell. This is an amazing green tea and I am off to see how many steeps I can TEAse out of these leaves.
Green tea without the grassy or seaweed flavor. Good, but kind of plain tasting. Not bitter tasting.
There’s times in my life, since I had this tea, when I think about the people who gather this stuff, put it all together for me to buy, and I think, damn fools! Why wouldn’t you just hoard this knowledge? Keep it to yourselves! You did this, you procured this marvelous thing! Keep it, keep it for yourself and enjoy it! Then I remember that gratitude for having them share this with me is hopefully the kind of incentive they need to want to continue so I can enjoy it. I am truly grateful. Thanks for bringing this beautiful thing into my life.
I've had several great Masters teas from Adagio, but this isn't one of them. This tea had a very interesting roasty and smoky sort of aroma while brewing, but it ended up just tasting like a cup of hot water with only the vaguest hint of tea flavor.
This is my new favorite green tea. The taste is perfect for people who normally don't enjoy the grassy taste of some green teas. This is subtle , but still carries a great flavor. Could drink this all day.
Unfortunately, I just cannot recommend Zhejiang Lung Ching. I tried it hot and plain and I did my best to use a low temp and not oversteep it, as I know greens can be finicky. Despite this, it smelled AWFUL and the taste was along the same lines as the smell. I had to dump it out, unfortunately. I did receive some advice to try steeping it even less, so that may be a solution, but as of right now I'd have to say I do not like this tea at all and cannot recommend it.
First time with this tea. Really impressed. Usually drink Dragonwell for my green tea. This was worth the extra $
I’ve tried several long jing/dragonwell teas from Adagio and MastersTeas.com, and by far I love this one the best. However, it doesn’t stand out from the other dragonwell teas unless I brew it gongfu style—when I brewed it regularly (1 g tea in 100mL water for 2 minutes, 82ºF), it was only slightly better than other dragonwell teas I have tried. When brewed gongfu style, it has a roasted aroma and a salty caramel sweetness, in addition to the traditional chestnut flavor of dragonwell teas. I haven’t tasted that kind of roasty sweet flavor in other dragonwell teas that I brewed gongfu style. For me, this is a standout tea, although because of the cost, when I brew it gongfu style, I only use 3g of tea in a 100mL gaiwan and steep it a total of 5 times.
This is a very refreshing green tea with very little grassiness. It holds up well for multiple steeps. More layered in flavor profiles than regular Dragonwell. It is quite pricey but is a special treat on those days when you have time to devote to your cuppa.
This is a fabulous tea. I tend to love the pan-fried varieties and this one is no exception to that rule. The cup is a light yellowish green. It's almost clear, that's how light it brews up. The sip is like a blend of toasted wheat/rice and seaweed in all the best ways. I get a sense of honeysuckle floral on the back end of the sip. This cup is both light and lovely and has roasty/toasty heft at the same time. This is a complex cup that is worth the extra bank to try. I definitely recommend having this one on a calm day where you can indulge in multiple steeps. Happy Sipping!
While the leaves didn't have as much of a flat uniform light green look that you can sometimes get with good dragonwell, the taste was great. I was easily able to get 5-7 good steepings (of increasing duration), though the second and third steepings were the best, like with any good dragonwell. Easily worth the price.
This is obviously a high-quality tea -- it is a bit too vegetal for my taste, as most Chinese greens are, but the flavor is rich and complex and it is clear why it is so highly regarded among tea drinkers. I recommend at least purchasing a sample and giving it a try. It is a worthwhile experience.
Doing the standard three minutes only gave me a very pale liquer, and I added first an extra minute and then one more. A very pale amber with a strong mineral and grassy taste.
I'll admit I've had to brew this tea a few different times trying to pin down what it tasted like and how long to brew it. It's enjoyable but fussy.
Tastes like sweet cream with butterscotch. So smooth and no acid reflux.
I was disappointed. I love Lung Ching dragonwell but found this fairly flavorless. I've played with longer steep times but it hasn't improved. I wonder if it was older inventory that lost its notes. I love other teas I've gotten at Adagio but wouldn't order this one again.
OMG. This has the rich deep flavor of chocolate, seriously; it may be those aforementioned Chestnut/sugar notes but WOW it tastes like actual chocolate! This was a very pleasant surprise, I can now see why this is a Master's level tea. Truly fit for royalty, this one is worth the price. I'll keep this one on my wishlist for the future.
This tea brings forward the nutty essence of Dragonwell tea while leaving grassy vegetal tastes nuanced and in the background. The nuttiness is very notable but hard to describe, perhaps roasted hazelnut with a caramelized honey finish? It is subtle and sweet, but to me, not floral. There is a lingering aftertaste which reminds me of Chinese New Year festivals and street fairs. I was pleasantly surprised by this tea, because the leaves were light colored and short with a grassy smell. It brewed so lightly that I was shocked at the significant taste. Regular Adagio Dragonwell is much stronger and more classic in comparison: nuttier, darker, grassier, perhaps less pleasant, and not great on a re-brew. This tea does rebrew interestingly, giving a beverage tasting like brown sugar on steeps 2-3. Compared to the da fong long jing on the Master s site (also a spring 2019 harvest from Zhejiang, similar price) I found those leaves more chestnut/walnut predominant and these leaves less grassy and more hazelnutty with a hint of molasses, not exactly caramel. That being said, the two are similar. This is a fun tasting experience, but a very nuanced tea and not the classic vegetal Dragonwell I often crave. Very good brewed in yixing instead of porcelain if you can dedicate a pot to Lung Ching. For the price, it is nice to try and enjoy, but probably not to buy again and again.
It's really a 4 star tea but due to its price point vs the flavor I got out of it I knocked another star.
Didn't have the depth and multiple notes that so many other teas at this price point offer. It was a decent tea experience and it's always nice to work with whole leaf quality tea, but this one didn't wow me the way so many others have.
One of my new favorite green teas. This tea has a beautiful, sweet aroma with some nutty and floral notes in the taste. Very mellow, which I love in a green tea.
Lightly-flavored, better than green tea, not quite as good as Houjicha. May need to steep longer as this brewed very pale.
Very, very light with very little flavor. It is refreshing, but not as strong as I like.
Perhaps one of my favorite teas for any time of day.
I would recommend this tea if you’re willing to pay up! It was very different than the green tea I normally drink.
It's nice enough, but I actually like 'standard' Dragonwell better. This one has a lighter taste, sweeter on the back of the tongue, and it doesn't have the rich nuttiness that my usual Dragonwell does. I don't regret getting it, but I don't think I will again.
A delightful, delicate cup of tea. Perfect for multiple infusions in a gaiwan.
Very interesting tea! I brew it Gong Fu style. Using smaller tea pot!
This tea tastes amazing. It is a bit expensive but worth every penny.
My personal preference rates this tea as okay. It is light in flavor. I tend to like more bold teas.
I like almost everything but I found this to be a very unpleasant tea, with few tastes to note other than a somewhat bitter aftertaste. Cannot imagine why it is considered a Masters tea. Cannot recommend. If I could, I would return it.
This tea was pretty good but i need to tweek the steeping and amount a little bit. I think that will taste great then. A green grass flavor.
Very mellow and smooth chinese green, with a hint of sweetness. A pleasant and refreshing cup, but expensive compared to standard Dragonwell, which is less refined, but nearly as tasty.
Having finally been able to prepare this tea properly, it's quite good, with just a hint an almost herbal sweetness. Though it's a bit strong on the tannins, but this being the first steep, that might be the reason. I've heard that with some teas the second steep is the best, likely why the first steep isn't consumed in some traditions.