The predecessor of Longguan Company was established in 1950 as the local state-owned Hangzhou Longjing Tea Farm, and the widely circulated Top Ten Stir-frying Methods of Longjing Tea are derived from the summary and innovation of the state-owned tea farm. In 1958, the state-owned tea farm was merged into the Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and became its subordinate tea test field, and in 1996, Longguan Company was established on the basis of the tea test field. Today's most widely planted and highest-yielding West Lake Longjing tree species, Longjing 43, is also cultivated by the Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
Longguan Company has built more than 5,000 acres of high-quality tea garden base and 12,000 square meters of high-standard clean workshops in the core high-quality production area of Longjing tea. It is also affiliated to the agricultural product quality and safety testing room led by Academician Chen Zongmao, and the tea pesticide residue testing of the testing room has been recognized by the European Union. At the same time, Longguan Company decomposes the traditional production operation of Longjing tea into 26 quantifiable production processes and 12 quality control procedures, and strictly controls all aspects of planting, frying and quality control, forming the dual quality of "delicious and good-looking" of Longguan West Lake Longjing.
Longguan West Lake Longjing does not directly mark the grade of tea, but names it according to the quality of Longguan incense, wooden bowl nails, golden bowl nails and other series. Among them, the dragon crown incense is the second level before the rain, and the wooden bowl nail is the first level before the rain, the taste and aroma are relatively mellow, and the overall price is higher than the market price, such as the price of 100g canned wooden bowl nail is 200 yuan. The price of Golden Bowl Nail Ming Qian Tea has increased greatly, the price of 20g Golden Bowl Nail 3000 is 120 yuan, and the price of Golden Bowl Nail 6000 is twice as high. In addition, as a traditional tea factory, Longguan also launched a more innovative osmanthus Longjing, blending a small number of osmanthus petals in the West Lake Longjing, the two aromas are fused and complement each other, and a special bamboo can packaging is also used, which is a good choice to buy and try.