Dear Charles,

If you refer to some tea with a brand name Longjing, then maybe you
could find some in the Birmingham Sing Fat Chinese store, but
personally, I won't recommend that, for it doesn't has the "Original
Place Certificate", which could means a pinchbeck. Besides, some of
the dealer might not able to tell the difference between the Longjing
in Hangzhou city and the Yugou (also named Duyun Maofeng), or if they
could, very often they won't tell you which is which.

As you already start your journey for Chinese tea, and found yourself
a right starting point, I would suggest to bypass the dealers in UK or
US, just contact the original dealer in China. For Longjing, you can
find Meijiawu Longjing at: http://www.zgtea.com/ this is a Chinese
language only website, but I think it won't be difficult to fond some
Chinese friends to translate and order.

DLG

P.S.
If you want to try Dahongpao, you could find it he
http://www.wuyishantea.com/

(charles rae) wrote in message . com>...
> Are there any British suppliers of loose leaf Long jing? By "Long
> jing" I don't mean Da fuo long jing, which Whittards sell as Long
> Tseng, but the deliciously richly layered tea, such as that sold in
> teabag form by Song Teck.
> I have tasted Grade 6 long jing in the Chinese teahouse in Glasgow,
> and it was exquisite, but I can only find American suppliers for it.
> Any advice would be appreciated.