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Zhejiang · Shaoxing · Tea origin guide

Explore Shaoxing’s Kuaiji black tea and understand how Zhejiang’s black-tea and Longjing green-tea origins differ.
Sunrise and green tea gardens in Zhejiang

Landscape and place

Shaoxing and the Kuaiji mountains form the focus of this Zhejiang origin page. Tea gardens and local making traditions sit within a province known for many different teas. Shaoxing’s black-tea story should not be confused with the protected West Lake Longjing area around Hangzhou.

The regional black-tea story

Kuaijihong applies Junmei black-tea making to local raw material. Its regional description highlights floral, fruity and honeyed notes with a soft texture. These are style references: the selected tea’s leaf standard and actual making still matter when you compare cups.

Tea-making basket and terraced tea fields

Other ways to explore this origin

Longjing is green tea. Its named production areas include West Lake, Qiantang and Yuezhou; only tea from the West Lake area is West Lake Longjing. Explore the separate guide to understand this distinction, and check the origin on each product rather than treating all Zhejiang tea as West Lake tea.

Longjing leaves, pale infusion and opened leaves

Taste and explore

Taste across ten origins · Sampler C

Compare regional black teas in one collection and note differences in fragrance, body and finish.

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Understand West Lake Longjing

Longjing is green tea. Its named production areas include West Lake, Qiantang and Yuezhou; only tea from the West Lake area is West Lake Longjing. Explore the separate guide to understand this distinction, and check the origin on each product rather than treating all Zhejiang tea as West Lake tea.

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