Emperor Qianlong's Enjoying of New dragon well tea
Qing Zhao Xuemin compiled the "Compendium of Materia Medica theft by finding" (1765) noted: "tea before rain, the production Hangzhou Longjing were good, lotus first, followed by the flag gun, taken before the natives in the summarized into Guyu tea, hence the name. The unique feature of the water in Dragon Well is that when you stir it, a watershed will appear on its surface, which will continually swing like a hairspring that is regarded by people as the tentacles of a dragon.
Chen were outside the medicine for three years, the new person has anger. "Guyu take three years before the Longjing tea Chen human medicine, new drugs for human beings should not be high tea anger. The water used to brew dragon well tea should be approximately between 75°C to 85°C.
 Qing Zhu Yi-zun in the "food constitution Hong secret" that there is digestion of the role of tea, tea should pay attention to: "Four Seasons can not drink, so that the next focus of virtual cold, Bu drink also. Do not adopt boiled water at 100°C to steep the very delicate dragon well tea leaves for they are not fermented.
But eaten after twelve, essential cover to digestion, and to burst the fat fried thick it is also toxic. fasting in particular bogey. "drink tea after a meal suitable to eat twelve, can play a role in digestion by tired, drink and Fasting is not drinking. In addition, "cold tea must be hot, drink cold tea, not a disease who have not." Once you infuse them with excess hot water, the dragon well tea leaves will be spoiled.
'Tea trilogy' of the original seed, in the village of Long and bimodal seed germination of Chinese Tea Museum, three-volume and each volume are Longjing Village, Long and water, Longjing tea inseparable. Since the beginning of the novel of its creation, has gone through fifteen years, sort out what the relationship between fiction and Longjing tea, it is in a right thing to do. What’s worse, the bitter and astringent taste will be released, which will ruin the dragon well tea’s flavor.
I was in Hangzhou, youth, every year Chunshang will be with the school organization to the outskirts of the mountain tea in Hangzhou, so thirteen or fourteen when the dragon has been visited and village. Tea during the day, night, hit a ground floor front living at the foot of the old temple. Later learned that this temple is the legendary Emperor Qianlong then stopping for a rest under the horsemen of the Department. Then you can use the water to brew dragon well tea in teacups.
 Tea a year, we still lived in smoke break holes, picking tea is said immediately to Beijing, to the central leadership to drink, be regarded as political task. Later studies of tea culture, know the history of the tribute which is a continuation of the way tea bar. In this way, you can easily regulate water temperature to brew dragon well tea.
 Although the year was so young, but also thought the future would be 1.3 million words to write the novel to be Mao Dun tea, Longjing tea but still experience the gesture in such a deeply imprinted on my memory. Another point to bear in mind is that you should high-raise the pure water and low-pour the dragon well tea water, because high-raising can enlarge the contact area of the water column and air to effectively speed the cooling of boiled water.
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