West Lake Longjing Tea
Follow a cup of tea back to the hills. Longjing connects Hangzhou’s tea landscape with the skilled hands that shape its leaves.
Hand-firing helps give Longjing its distinctive flat form. Looking beyond the teacup reveals the relationship between the growing landscape, the processing of the leaves and the way the finished tea is brewed.
A closer encounter
- Explore the tea-growing hills and learn what happens between fresh leaf and finished tea.
- Make time for a tasting and a closer look at the craft of tea processing. Harvest-related activities depend on the season.
Tell us what interests you. We’ll shape the experience around your journey and confirm the arrangements in your personal proposal.
Include this in my journey ↗Explore Hangzhou ↗A tradition in context.
West Lake Longjing belongs to Hangzhou’s tea-growing hills. Compare a finished leaf with the fresh material and ask how skilled pan-firing creates its flat shape.
Make time to understand.
Combine Hangzhou’s tea hills with a tasting, comparing leaf shape, aroma and brewing. Tea picking and processing depend on the season; outside harvest time, a guided tasting still offers a meaningful introduction.
Pair the place with a living tradition
These are cultural pairings and possible travel extensions. Recognition of a tradition is separate from inscription of a World Heritage site.
West Lake Cultural Landscape ↗A journey to build around
Use a sample journey as a starting point and ask us to add this encounter. The activity is confirmed in your proposal, rather than automatically included in the sample itinerary.
Hangzhou Lake & Temple in 1 Day ↗Hangzhou & Longjing Tea in 2 Days ↗Recognition & cultural sources
Traditional tea processing techniques and associated social practices in China · UNESCO Representative List, 2022; West Lake Longjing. This identifies the cultural tradition, not a certification of our visitor activity.