Lapsang Souchong — Smoked over pine · Tongmu village

Pine smokedBirthplace of black tea

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Black · Tongmu Pass, Wuyi Mountains, Fujian

Lapsang Souchong

Smoked over pine · Tongmu village

4.7 · 25 reviews

CAD 26.00$

The original smoked black tea, from the village where black tea was invented — pine smoke, longan and dark caramel.

Pine resinDried longanDark caramelTarCampfire

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Origin: Tongmu Pass, Wuyi Mountains, Fujian
Altitude: 1,000 m
Cultivar: Local Tongmu cultivar
Harvest: May, mature leaf
Oxidation: Fully oxidised
Roast: Smoke-dried over burning pine for 8 hours
Caffeine: High (~50 mg per cup)
Liquor: Deep copper
SKU: CY-BL-001

Black tea was invented here, in Tongmu, in the 16th century, and Lapsang Souchong is still made the old way: the leaf is withered and dried over smouldering pine wood in a two-storey smoke house, taking on resins that no flavouring can imitate.

Good Lapsang is not an ash tray. Ours is sweet and round — pine resin, dried longan, dark caramel and a tarry edge — with none of the acrid harshness of cheaper versions. Excellent with a splash of milk in the morning, and a revelation in a whisky sour.

Gaiwan: 5 g · 150 ml · 95 °C · 30 s, then +15 s · 5 infusions
Western: 3 g per 250 ml · 95 °C · 3 min; milk optional
Vessel: Any pot you do not mind perfuming — the smoke lingers

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