# Lucky Dragon Green Tea > Loose-leaf Chinese green tea — smooth, lightly toasted, naturally sweet. The everyday Chinese cup, no flavouring required. - **URL:** https://sampsonecoshop.com/products/lucky-dragon-green-tea - **Type:** tea - **Brand:** THE METROPOLITAN TEA COMPANY LTD. - **Price:** 11.99 CAD - **Availability:** check store - **Tags:** greentea, replenishable, tea ## Description 🌿 Green Tea🇨🇳 Chinese Green☕ Light Caffeine🌿 Loose Leaf The everyday Chinese cup — smooth pan-fired green leaf, naturally sweet, no flavouring required. Where Japanese sencha is steamed, Chinese greens like Lucky Dragon are pan-fired in heated woks within hours of picking. The wok-fire stops oxidation and adds a soft, lightly toasted edge to the leaf — the cup tastes nuttier and rounder than its Japanese counterpart, less aggressively vegetal. Brews pale gold with a soft, slightly sweet finish — the kind of cup the Chinese drink all day rather than only at meals. Light caffeine, gentle on the stomach, and well suited to multiple infusions of the same leaf. ♨️ Pan-Fired Leaf Wok-fired within hours of picking — classic Chinese style 🌿 Whole Leaf Cut leaves — not dust or fannings ✨ Naturally Sweet No flavouring required — the leaf carries it ✨ **The Sampson Promise** We only put ingredients in our products that we would use on our own family. Every ingredient has a purpose. If it doesn’t need to be there, it isn’t. Type Green Tea Caffeine Light Origin China Format Loose Leaf Steep Time 2–3 min Servings ~25 cups (50g) ## Tasting Notes 🌿 Soft Toasted Top Aroma Slightly nutty, slightly sweet — the smell of leaves warmed in a clean iron wok. Less grassy than a Japanese green. 🌿 Round Body Body Light-bodied but with shape — pan-firing leaves the leaf with more weight than the steaming process does. The cup tastes balanced rather than thin. ✨ Returning Sweetness Aftertaste The cup ends with a slow, lingering sweetness — the same effect prized in Chinese tea ceremony. Builds across multiple infusions rather than fading. ## How to Brew 01 Measure One level teaspoon (about 2g) per 8oz cup. 02 Heat the Water 80–85°C / 175–185°F. Boiling water on Chinese green tea pulls bitterness from the leaf — bring the kettle just shy of a boil. 03 Steep 2–3 Minutes Two minutes for a lighter, more delicate cup. Three for a fuller body. Strain cleanly to keep the cup’s natural sweetness. Water 80–85°C Time 2–3 min Per Cup 1 tsp Like all good Chinese greens, this tea rewards multiple infusions: re-steep the same leaves two or three times, adding 30 seconds each round. The third pour often surprises — the leaf still has flavour to give. ## About the Tea 🌿 Chinese Green Leaf The Cut Whole-leaf grade, hand-rolled into long, slightly twisted shapes. The cut tells you it’s been picked and processed properly — broken leaves and dust would mean a cheaper grade and a more bitter cup. ♨️ The Pan-Firing The Process Within hours of picking, the fresh leaf is tossed in a heated wok. The fire stops oxidation and adds a soft, slightly toasted character — the defining difference between a Chinese green and a Japanese one. ✨ Single Ingredient The Honesty Just leaf. No flavours, no scenting, no blending. The cup is the leaf — every cup tastes like the harvest it came from. In the tin Chinese green tea. Origin & Sourcing Pan-fired Chinese green tea — the everyday-cup grade most Chinese households actually drink. Whole-leaf, hand-rolled, single-origin sourcing for the Sampson shelf. Built to brew at 80°C for two minutes, three or four times in a row. ## Images - https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0571/5319/2067/files/lucky-dragon-green-tea-7470163.jpg?v=1780653428 - https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0571/5319/2067/files/lucky-dragon-green-tea-9406808.jpg?v=1780653428