| Product Name: | Lspsang Souchong (Class B) |
| Item: | AH06 |
| Category: | Black Tea |
| Price: | European standard, Japanese standard, Haccp |
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Lapsang souchong is the earliest black tea in the world. Originally from the Wuyi
region of the Chinese province of Fujian.
It has a strong and smoky aroma derived from its drying process
over smoking pine fires. As a result its leaves are thick black and
its liquor dark red with a flavor of pine smoke. Exported to Europe
in the seventeenth century.
Lapsang Souchong can be drunk with or without milk and many find it
taste great even after the liquor has gone cold. It also pairs very
well with curry and meat dishes.
Growing Environment
The best Lapsang is produced in the nature preserve located in the
Wuyi mountains where boasting a forest coverage rate of 95%,
altitude is between 1200meter to 2150meter. The high mountains with
thick pine forests and heavy mist provide the ideal environment for
growing top quality tea.
Poem
Lsasang Souchong also refer to Bohea Souchong, is the earliest
Chinese tea export to Europea. Have some poem about the famous tea.
Byron’s (1788~1824) Poerm (Don Juan):
I feel my heart become so sympathetic,
That I must have recourse to black Bohea:
'Tis pity wine should be so deleterious,
For tea and coffee leave us much more serious
Pope's line"So past her time 'twixt reading and bohea."
Story
Legend claims that the smoking process was discovered by accident.
During the Qing dynasty, an army unit passing through Xingcun (Star
Village) camped in a tea factory filled with fresh leaves awaiting
processing. When the soldiers left and the workers could get back
into the premises, they realized that to arrive at market in time,
it was too late to dry the leaves in the usual way. So they lit
open fires of pine wood to hasten the drying. Not only did the tea
reach the market in time, but the smoked pine flavor created a
sensation!
