“I’m still looking for a strong, good lapsang souchong to replace my favorite of this from Zen’s in Canada. Ashes of Autumn sounded promising. I’m sipping at night and it’s a good tea, brisk and...” Read full tasting note
“I had this tea in my cupboard for a couple of month and it has changed quite a bit – despite being in a well-sealed Ziploc bag. It lost the fierce smokiness in both taste and aroma that precluded...” Read full tasting note
“A very nice, smooth tea. I decided to try another of my new teas tonight (I really need to drink some down though!) I enjoyed this one. The smoke flavor wasn’t very strong to me. Possibly because...” Read full tasting note
“Tea of the morning. This tea is cozy… comforting. It’s a Lapsang Souchong, so the smoked pine note is there, but it isn’t overpowering. A sweet honey-like flavor is there through the whole sip, and...” Read full tasting note
About the Tea
Lapsang Souchong is a black tea dried over smoking pine fires. Ashes of Autumn is the most beautifully balanced lapsang we have ever come across. From the Fujian province of China, this exquisite black tea is expertly processed and dried in a large smoking shed with gentle ambient pine pine smoke billowing out of a set of cooling ducts. The base tea is perfectly smoked and has brilliant layers of complexity with notes of honey, longan fruit, and a light hint of spicy mesquite wood. The body is smooth with no bitterness or astringency and leaves a lingering sweet campfire taste. Ashes of Autumn is my favorite black tea to sip on winter morning walks!
Notes
Honey
Longan Fruit
Pine Wood
Smoldering Campfire
Mesquite Wood
How to brew the perfect cup:
Steep 1 teaspoon of leaves in 8 ounces of boiling water for 3 minutes.
2nd infusion: 5 minutes
3rd infusion: 8 minutes
Ingredients
Black Tea
Caffeine Content
High
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