Lapsang Souchong (AKA Zheng Shan Xiao Zhong) is a black tea modelled after the first ever black tea produced, legend has it a group of farmers were forced to leave their tea harvest in a hurry shortly after picking, they returned some time later to find it heavily oxidized, rather than take home to sell what they considered bad tea they decided to roast and drink it then and there, so with pine wood from the surrounding forest they fired this oxidized tea and found the taste had transformed and it was a wholly different sensation with lots of smoky flavour from the pine, thus black/red tea and lapsang souchong was born.

In this thick-bodied tea you’ll find a collection of dried fruit aromas. There’s a savoury ever so slightly salty taste and a strong warming sensation felt throughout your body. Smelling the bottom of the cup after you’ve finished drinking will greet you with clear, fermented fruit smells, like the bottom of a glass of white wine.

This tea will quickly get quite bitter if brewed for too long.