“Just noticed I didn’t have this listed in my cupboard nor have we reviewed it. It technically belongs to youngest, as Superanna buys Lapsang all over the place in her travels just to bring home for...” Read full tasting note
“Another sample (gift) from Steepster ashmanra, my wife and I waited until we had time to try it as a couple. It’s smokiness is boldly evident in the leaves – dry or steeped. I was warned Lapsang...” Read full tasting note
A speciality of China’s Fujian Province, smoky Lapsang Souchong is dried over fires of resin-sweet pinewood, a technique discovered by accident back in the 16th century. After a travelling army decided to spend the night in the tea warehouses, there was only one thing to save the tea from the stench: smoking it over local pinewood. European traders soon developed a taste for the astonishingly aromatic tea christened Lapsang Souchong – and the rest is history.
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