Luxtea Chinese Famous Tea – Grade AA (High Grade） (Xi Hu Long Jing (West Lake Dragon Well))

Given to a co-worker as a gift. She is Chinese and we shared our opinions on tea. This was "highly favored."

I ordered this tea last year and the tea was fresh and smelled good. I ordered again this year. And the tea was not the same as last year. The tea tasted not fresh and does not smell as good as before. Not recommended.

the AA grade tea has lots of stems instead of leaves. when i compared it with grade B i ordered from the other seller, this AA grade tea has same amount (or even a bit more) stems. this is an over-priced (AA grade) with a lower quality tea (grade B ).

The tea comes in a very nice box with a fairly large size bag of loose green tea. Opening the bag you get a very grassy earthy smell. The tea once brewed has a much more nuanced flavor and is a good representation of green tea. For myself, the tea was a bit too earthy/grassy but for some that might be the exact taste you are going for.

dry, flaky, not alot of flavor.

The packaging of this tea was pretty and would be nice for gifting. That’s probably where the good points end. The flavor was okay but nothing exceptional. It seemed the leaves were pretty dry and crumbly. Seems priced kind of high for what you receive.

I picked the pricy one and forwarded to secretary to buy, very disappointed. The leaf are long, not young at all, even with stems! It is the worst longjing I had in my whole life. This is not high quality longjing, it is cheap green tea. The seller is ruining the great West Lake Dragon Well brand! What a shame!