Ma Su Old Bush Lapsang Souchong 麻粟老枞小种 (2024)

2024 Ma Su Old Bush Lapsang Souchong from Tongmu Guan. Over 100-year-old Cai Cha with floral-honey aroma, thick body, and signature cooling “dun hou” sweetness. Tea Profile Type: Black Tea (Zhengshan Xiaozhong 正山小种 / Lapsang Souchong)Location: Ma Su Village 麻粟村, Tongmu Guan 桐木关, Wuyishan, Fujian ProvinceAltitude: Around 1000 mHarvest Date: May 16, 2024Cultivar: Cai Cha 菜茶 (over 100 years old, known as Bai Nian Lao Cong 百年老枞) The Story of This Tea Ma Su Village lies deep within Tongmu Guan, the birthplace of Lapsang Souchong, high in the Wuyishan National Nature Reserve. Tongmu Guan sits at the border of Fujian and Jiangxi Provinces, surrounded by dense forests and mist-shrouded valleys. With an average altitude of 1000 meters, its warm, humid, and cloud-covered climate provides the perfect conditions for slow, rich leaf development. Ma Su is one of twelve historic Tongmu tea villages, alongside Guanping, Miaowan, and Guwankeng. The old Cai Cha bushes here are over a century old, thriv