Lapsang Souchong Black Tea

Description Details How to Brew Reviews A superior leaf lapsang souchong offers a crisp character with the remarkable and heady aroma of an oak fire. This special smoked tea has a distinctive flavor sometimes referred to as tarry, and is a special tea from Fujian province. The Fukienese word ‘souchong’ means sub variety - that is a sub variety of other black teas from the Wuyi Mountains of Fujian. Lapsang Souchong Black Tea  Cup Characteristics: A smooth crisp character with the remarkable and heady aroma of a pine and oak wood fire. Infusions: Tending bright with reddish hues Ingredients:  Luxury black tea he method of production is as follows: The leaves are first withered over fires of pine or cypress wood. After pan-frying and rolling, they are presses into wooden barrels and covered with cloth to ferment until they give off a pleasant fragrance. The leaves are fired again and rolled into taut strips. Then they are placed in bamboo baskets and hung on wooden rac