A fine grade of China Black tea with a distinctive smoky flavour which results from a unique drying process. Tea drinkers either love or hate the taste of this unusual tea.
A smoky China tea dried over smoking pine needles.
A Chinese tea that is dried over smoking pine needles.
A fine grade of China black tea with a smokey or tarry flavour. Purposely introduced by firing over pine needles.
A Chinese black tea which is fired (dried) over a smoky (pine wood) fire to impart its characteristic smoky flavor.
Lapsang souchong is a black tea originally from the Zheng Shan part of Mount Wuyi in the Fujian province of China. Real Lapsang Souchong is rare as Wuyi is a small area and there is great demand for it, hence one can expect that real Lapsang Souchong will taste different than what one may find elsewhere. Lapsang souchong is a tea which has been withered over pine or cedar fires, pan-fried, rolled and oxidized before being fully dried in bamboo baskets over burning pine. The result is a flavor usually described as "smoky". Sometimes the flavor is described as "oaky", a reference to fine wines (which are stored in oak barrels and develop a detectable flavor) but, in fact, oak is not used in the process. Tea drinkers describe lapsang's flavor as "assertive" and "bold".
Lapsang souchong is a black tea originally from the Zheng Shan part of Mount Wuyi in the Fujian province of China. Real Lapsang Souchong is rare as Wuyi is a small area and there is great demand for it, hence one can expect that real Lapsang Souchong will taste different from what one may find elsewhere. There is a great difference between real Lapsang Souchong and what is commonly sold as 'Lapsang Souchong.'
