Wok Firing

⏱ 1 min read The Short Version Hand-fired Longjing tea, a vanishing craft, is being replaced by machines and counterfeits, with only a few artisans like Ge Xiaopeng preserving its traditional, nuanced flavor in Hangzhou’s misty hills. In This Article The Art of Wok-FiringA Fragile Legacy Real talk: Longjing tea’s authenticity is being eroded by mass production and counterfeit goods. As traditional hand-firing becomes scarce, the only way to taste the genuine article is to visit Hangzhou’s misty hills—where the tea is still made by farmers like Ge Xiaopeng. His family’s fourth-generation expertise, refined over decades, is now a vanishing…