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LongJing or Dragon Well Tea is considered the National Tea of China, and for good reason. It is famous not only for its delicate flavor, but for the legends surrounding it. It is also has the most complicated and time consuming processing of any Chinese tea. Due to these reasons it has also become one of the most expensive teas in China. Last year in Hangzhou a man paid over $14,000 for just 200 grams of Dragon Well Tea. This is an extreme example, but it show how much Dragon Well Tea is respected in China.
Dragon well Tea received its name from a small village located on Phoenix Mountain in Hangzhou. It has been documented that since the Three Kingdoms Period (221-280) residents of this village believed that a dragon lived in the village well and controlled the rainfall. Because of this people would travel to this well to pray for rain. It has also been said that Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) made a point of visiting the village to have a cup of the local tea. During one of his visits to the village, Emperor Qianlong was picking tea. While he was picking the tender tea shoots he received work that his mother the Empress Dowager was seriously ill, and he was requested to immediately return to Beijing. Upon receiving this information Emperor Qianlong put the new tea shoots in his sleeve, and immediately sped back to the capitol. Upon his return, the Empress Dowager recovered considerably. While talking to her son, she smelled a beautiful aroma coming from his sleeve. She asked what it was and Emperor Qianlong removed the now dry tea leaves and had them brewed for his mother. Upon drinking the tea her health was completely restored. Overjoyed by the Empress Dowagers recovery he designated 18 of the village's teas as producers of "Imperial Tea". This ensured Dragon Well Tea's reputation, and the tea trees which are still alive have turned the village into a major tourist destination for tea lovers.
The original Dragon Well tea came from Lion Peak Mountain in West Lake (XiHu). Due to its popularity it is now cultivated throughout China. Today any tea that is produced using the same technique is called Longjing.
Dragon Well tea is made of tender tea shoots, not leaves like many other teas. They are very small, no larger than 2 cm. One Kilogram of tea can have over 80,000 shoots. The best Dragon Well Tea is picked very early in the spring. There is only a 6 week window to harvest them. The first two weeks of harvest are considered high grade, while the remaining four weeks are considered low grade. The rest of the year the plants are allowed to relax and absorb sunshine. That is one of the many reasons why Dragon Well tea is so precious. They can only be produced for 6 weeks a year. The best Dragon Well tea is picked by hand in a process that resembles a traditional Chinese dance. A good tea picker can harvest only 2 kilograms of fresh leaves in a 10 hour day.
Once the tea shoots are harvested, they must be roasted the same day. After picking the tea is "Withered". The tea is spread thinly to dry for 8 to ten hours. Doing this removes moisture and reduces any grassy,or bitter flavor. Once the tea is sufficiently dried, it is "Roasted". Roasting is done using bare hands to allow the roaster to feel his work. It is an extremely hot job and takes a novice many years to harden their hands so they do not feel the heat. Watching an experienced roaster dry the tea is like watching a Martial arts master. It takes a novice over 5 years to master the 10 hand movements required to dry the tea. A master roaster can only fry 1 kilogram of high grade Longjing tea each day. After roasting the freshly processed Dragon Well tea is ready to drink.
West Lake Dragon Well Tea is extremely rare. Zhejiang Province produces 15,000 tons of tea each year, and only 6% comes from West Lake. This is another reason for the high price of Dragon Well Tea. Due to its high price there are many people selling fake Dragon Well Tea. When shopping for Dragon Well tea it is important to make sure you are purchasing authentic Dragon Well tea. There are a few way to be certain your tea is authentic. The most important is taste. Because Dragon Well Tea is pan fried it has a delicious chestnut aroma which should be high, and lasting. The brewed tea is floral with an exceptionally long sweet aftertaste. Lesser teas often taste weak, grassy, or bitter.
High quality Dragon Well Tea will never have these features. Another way to tell the quality of Dragon Well Tea is to know the date it was picked. This can be tricky because many shops will not know the picking date of the tea they sell. If it is possible a visitor should purchase tea direct from the growers. That way you can be sure of the date in which it was picked. The earlier the picking date, the higher quality the tea. The third way to tell if you are buying true West Lake Dragon Well tea is to ask to see a certificate of authenticity. Any grower will have one at their facility. If possible it is always best to purchase tea at an actual tea plantation.
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From The Analysis Of Market Demand, Exports Of Chinese Ceramics
German Antique Porcelain and coffee with Zouqiao. In porcelain, the coffee than wine with good sales in Germany the majority of consumers prefer elegant color; pairs of porcelain art in general prefer crisp, elegant, artistic high, like the shape of small animals; in love all kinds of fine porcelain vase long flat belly bottle; part of the intellectual class, interested in primitive art porcelain, antique porcelain and therefore have better sales.
Germany has very strict restrictions on the amount of lead leaching like underglaze color. Merchants on the proposed design more oriental flavor, such as a good porcelain carving figures, sales would be good.
High levels of lead and cadmium French porcelain unmarketable. French imports from China, ceramic (except porcelain furnishings) must apply for a permit. In France, the horse a symbol of happiness, Peacock says there is bad bird. In addition, the French do not like the yellow and green flowers, the elephant nose down not considered unlucky. In France, consumers like China's exports vase table lamp, to 6 inches to 18 inches the best selling products. The French market for counterfeit European-style figures, animals, flower and bird designs more optimistic about the porcelain, ceramic animal shaped small size than large size of merchantability, high level of lead cadmium porcelain unmarketable.
Spain's preference for oriental flower face. Spain porcelain there is no strict lead content restrictions. The businessman reflect my tea, coffee and a matching method is more suitable for the use of Spanish customs, but at the lack of surface features. They requested to reflect the characteristics of oriental products, such as the East pavilions, such as dragon and phoenix patterns. Spain imported porcelain levied according to weight, light weight, the tax on the light.
British art pottery strong demand. Ceramics, most of the UK by 18, 21 occupied by tea, a very small part of the teapot, cup and saucer types. Consumers porcelain white, sleek, full of oriental ethnic products appreciate. British imports ceramic leaded restrictions.
In addition to imports of British art of porcelain, but also import large quantities of art pottery, I enterprises such as development of new products in this area would be promising.
Italian love Yixing clay pots. In which the features of figures, flowers relatively good sales, landscape design second, bottle gourd vases and the Quartet are more popular. Italian people like duck pattern, do not like the black and chrysanthemum pattern. Art porcelain statue of a woman curled little finger can not stand alone, said such a move indecent. Yixing clay pot a bit better sales, but the vine, do not put the metal and plastic. Italy, the lead content of products is very strict inspection.
Australian pop iron porcelain and stone ware. I have a smaller proportion of Australian exports of ceramic, but great potential, especially in certain sales of ceramic art. Australia reflection of my ceramics are: quality, not up, cup and saucer flowers the color uneven surface can not be allocated; packaging is not enough known, cardboard boxes too heavy, the damage rate is high; some products unsafe amounts of lead; delivery is not enough a timely manner, and often miss the season.
Australian market in recent years popular iron porcelain and hard porcelain, ceramic goods in total imports accounted for around 50%, is still developing. These two kinds of porcelain with me Henan, Shanxi, Shandong and other places similar to brown glazed pottery, you can export to trial.
Singapore's strict control of sales narrow. I am in Singapore, the sale of porcelain family-oriented, while the restaurants and other catering industry due to restrictions on Singapore's Health Act, multi-use plastic utensils. Singapore's ceramic should not exceed the amount of lead leaching 7PPM. In addition, crack broken pottery are disabled, once discovered, in addition to prohibiting the use, there will also be fined a possibility.
Japan favored the old porcelain new packaging. Japanese people like to use porcelain summer, winter, like to use pottery, pottery due to winter a warm feeling. Japan, the average family, restaurants, hotels, meals prefer to use ceramic tea sets, flower pots, bottles, cans and so on are all one color glaze, such as gray glaze, are red, kiln and so on. Product specifications small, teapot 4 inches -5 inches required; generally straight to, not like the Ti Liang's; spout like down.
Japanese like to Distressed pottery works of art. Japanese companies suggested that I should export more of its old porcelain, coupled with advanced packaging, can also be sold at high prices shatterproof. Japan, like crane, turtle pattern, there is the meaning of longevity. Tea package, to avoid the "four," this figure, the Japanese do not think that unlucky.
Canada requires quality and cheap products. Sales to the Canadian market in porcelain art porcelain majority, sculpture class to figure mainly based containers like vases. Chinese products to open the Canadian market, it is necessary to improve quality, and second, to lower export prices. Canada requested color elegant porcelain design to the simplicity of background lined bright green, MEI, gold, peacock blue and other design patterns as well, the Canadian dollar price of 30-40 each, beautifully packaged, suitable for gifts.
U.S. demands crisp elegant product designs. The United States is the largest international ceramic market, at present our products in the U.S. market share is not high, but the development has great potential to improve the quality of products as long as I step up publicity, sales of promising post-WTO. A person with a major U.S. marketing of the five, four of 20 with eight personal use of the 45, 92 large set of tea; coffee is also better pin; screen required light is simple and elegant lines clean and clear.
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