Lapsang Souchong

Tea type
Black Tea
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Flavors
Smoke
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Loose Leaf
Caffeine
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  • “It’s an unseasonably cold day in mid September, the football game is on, the husband is watching and I’m reading a good book. The tea is such a lovely smoky and bacon scent dry. The flavor and...” Read full tasting note
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Lapsang Souchong Black Loose Leaf Tea from the Fujian Province in China is a large, bold, full bodied whole leaf tea with a smoky flavor acquired from drying over pine wood fires.
This special smoked black tea from Fujian Province in China has a very distinctive flavor and aroma. The term “souchong” means sub variety. This is a sub variety of black tea from the Wuyi Mountains, where thick pine forests and heavy mists provide ideal environments for growing top quality tea.

Legend claims that the smoking process was discovered by accident when an army unit (during the Qing dynasty!) camped in a tea factory filled with leaves waiting to be processed. When the workers returned it was too late to follow usual procedures so they dried the leaves over open pinewood fires to hasten the process and created the sensational tea we know as Lapsang. You may have heard other legends all equally fascinating which only add to the intrigue of this tea, often described as an acquired taste!

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It’s an unseasonably cold day in mid September, the football game is on, the husband is watching and I’m reading a good book.

The tea is such a lovely smoky and bacon scent dry. The flavor and aroma follow through with their promise of something special. I am new to Lapsang Souchong so I can’t compare this to others of the same name. I can just tell you that this is so delightful and relaxing. Very evocative of campfires, fall leaves and bacon ( Bacon?). I have the feeling that this wouldn’t be nearly as good at some other times of the year but for the here and now, it’s perfect. It says it can be resteeped 2-3 times. Oh, what a nice thing to keep drinking all afternoon!

Adding more to my note about 4 hours later:

After drinking several cups of this tea I swear I could still taste and smell this tea even when I was out walking. It is so relaxing!

Flavors: Smoke

Terri HarpLady

It’s also really nice if you add a little maple syrup once in awhile :)

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