Green Tea 2009 Real Time Notification Alert

by Julian
(Horsham)

Want to know when the 2009 green tea is ready for sale?

While HQ's family has previously expected this year Dragon Well tea to start sprouting on 10 March, things have taken longer.

As at today - 10 March - the only West Lake Dragon Well tea on sale is the Longjing 43 variety, a new cultivar widely cultivated in Meijiawu and Longjing villages.

This new cultivar has one special quality - it sprouts on average 3-7 days earlier than the traditional Dragon Well plants. This helps the farmers to sell at a higher price.

Here at Amazing Green Tea, however, we tend to avoid this Longjing as it has been found to be of lower quality. We rather stick with the traditional varieties grown in Lion Peak Mountain in HQ's tea gardens.

So, barring no accident again - the season should begin in earnest later next week - perhaps at around 15 March.

For the month of March, we expect to start launching Tribute Dragon Well tea (now includes the B grade), an authentic Biluochun green tea and of course, the Silver Needle white tea that did quite well last year.

More green teas will follow in April, follow by oolong teas and red teas in May and June.

Timing is uncertain, so if you want real time notification, please leave a comment at the end of this article. Leaving your email behind will do the job.

I look forward to sharing with you an exciting 2009 season!

Thank you!