The brand "Lu Zhenghao" comes from Lu Zhenghao, the first secretary of the party branch of Meijiawu, who is the soul of the inheritance of West Lake Longjing and leads the whole process of Meijiawu West Lake Longjing from scratch. The "Lu Zhenghao" brand was founded by his children, formerly known as Hangzhou Zhenghao Tea Company, and from the very beginning, all the high-end Meijiawu Longjing tea above the special level in the village was bought out. Meijiawu has about more than 2,300 acres of tea gardens, with an annual output of more than 100,000 catties, accounting for 45% of the authentic West Lake Longjing tea, of which the tea garden of planting early-maturing varieties Longjing 43 is about 1,000 acres, and more than 200 tea farmers in the village have signed a purchase and sale agreement with the "Lu Zhenghao" tea firm.
West Lake Longjing originally only had "lion", "dragon", "cloud", "tiger" four major production areas, approved by the national government to register as a trademark, then called "this mountain tea", in the fifties and sixties due to Meijiawu's agricultural production is more prominent, Premier Zhou Enlai repeatedly to Meijiawu to guide the tea work, open to foreign guests as a designated sightseeing area, Meijiawu can become one of the new core production areas of West Lake Longjing, "Lu Zhenghao" is the representative brand of Meijiawu West Lake Longjing.
"Lu Zhenghao" special grade and boutique West Lake Longjing production is not bad, overall it is quite affordable, Ming Qian special grade 50g small gold canned price 79 yuan, Ming Qian boutique 50g package is priced at 158 yuan. In terms of traditional paper packets, due to the poor tenderness of Longjing 43, the price is less than 200 yuan before the rain Longjing is not recommended to buy, this kind of tea is generally a compound pot tea, the taste is strong and mellow, and there is no need to be too particular about making ration tea. In view of the popular small pots of tea on the market, "Lu Zhenghao" launched a "Gold Award Tea" with very similar packaging, which also uses the special West Lake Longjing before the Ming Dynasty, and the price of "Lu Zhenghao" 12 small cans of 3g is 299 yuan, which is much more cost-effective than small pots of tea.