Pre‑Ming Longjing Tea Goes Mainstream: From Sugar‑Free Tea to Fresh Beer & Ice Cream – How Tea Flavors Authentically Restore "Freshness"

As spring arrives every year, Pre-Ming Longjing Tea becomes a top trend in the food and beverage industry. In 2026, this wave has expanded from sugar-free tea to fresh beer, formulated dairy, ice cream and other categories. Oriental Leaf’s Longjing new tea has been a benchmark seasonal limited edition for five consecutive years; Hema launched Pre-Ming Longjing flavored fresh beer; and Adopt a Cow developed three new products including tea milk and ice cream. Pre-Ming Longjing is no longer exclusive to seasoned tea drinkers, but has become a seasonal limited inspiration for beer, dairy, desserts and beyond.

(Image Source: Xiaohongshu @Oriental Leaf, @Adopt a Cow; Hema App)

Consumers embrace Pre-Ming Longjing for its fresh, brisk, chestnut-like, rare and seasonal character. Yet stably integrating this flavor into beer, milk or ice cream is no easy task. Bitterness from tea polyphenols, oxidation of natural pigments, and flavor decay during shelf life are major technical hurdles. Upstream tea flavor solutions from the supply chain have become critical.

TELLCAN SCIENCE has extensive expertise in tea flavor modulation:

• West Lake Longjing Flavor (TKF23033)precisely reproduces the tender chestnut aroma and fresh, lively character of Pre-Ming Longjing, ideal for sugar-free tea, tea milk and sparkling water.
• Xinyang Maojian Tea Flavor (TKF23035)emphasizes high-fire aroma and pekoe notes, creating a mellow mouthfeel with dairy bases.
• White Tea Flavor (TKF10022)offers elegant subtlety; Oolong Tea Flavor (TKF20658) delivers rich roasting notes, both pairing well with diverse bases.

Beyond green tea, TELLCAN SCIENCE offers a full tea flavor portfolio:

• Pu’er Tea Flavor (TKF10026): aged aroma, suitable for fermented beverages
• Darjeeling Black Tea Flavor (TKF20648): distinctive muscatel notes, for premium tea drinks and cocktails
• Da Hong Pao Flavor (TKF23043): rocky floral character, ideal for plant-based and bakery applications

 In practical applications, tea flavors work synergistically with compound sweeteners and color fixatives to achieve stable color and balanced taste under low-sugar and clean-label requirements.

• Compound color fixative (TKH01)delays oxidation and darkening of tea infusions.
• Compound sweeteners (TKAPM-A50, TKAPM-100)mask bitterness from tea polyphenols for a smoother mouthfeel.

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The seasonal nature of Pre-Ming Longjing means these products serve not only sales goals but also brand image and influence. Strong brand fundamentals are required to amplify value via the Longjing IP. To faithfully and stably deliver “the taste of spring” on shelf requires systematic supply-chain support in flavor, color and texture.

 From tea drinks to fresh beer, ice cream to tea milk, the mainstream expansion of Pre-Ming Longjing continues. TELLCAN SCIENCE tea flavor series are not intended to replace real tea, but to preserve authentic tea flavor through complex processing, storage and transportation, making every seasonal limited edition live up to its name. While brands seize the moment of freshness, we turn “freshness” into replicable technical language.

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