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Rare Lapsang Souchong Loose Leaf Black Tea

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$54.00
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62p per cup

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A Lapsang loose leaf tea unlike any other. Made using traditional methods, the fresh leaf is smoked over pine wood. Singularly rich and profoundly delicious.

Made to exacting, traditional methods this tea is grown in the Wuyi Mountains on the northern border of Fujian, and carefully smoked over pinewood.  Only wood that's been stripped of bark is used, allowing the tea to take on a subtle smokiness without any heavy tarry notes.  It has the aroma of an autumn bonfire rather than the rapacious punch of our Tarry Lapsang Souchong.

This tea contains deep notes of wood, peat and smoke like a fine malt whisky. The savoury wood smoke enhances the sweet, caramel notes of the tea.

62p per cup based on 2.5g of tea per 150ml of water and 2 infusions.

Wuyi mountains, Fujian province, China

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Recommended Infusion Guide

  • Quantity

    Use 2.5g of tea per 150ml of water.

  • Temperature

    For the optimum infusion use 85°C water.

  • Time

    Infuse for 1 minute, tasting regularly. Best enjoyed without milk.

  • Infusions

    You can infuse this tea at least twice. With each careful infusion, different subtleties of flavour are revealed.

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How to infuse your tea is very personal, and these are just our recommendations based on experience. Please experiment with these variables to your heart's delight. These are our recommendations, not hard and fast rules. The most delicious tea is the one you love.

Our guide uses a standard tea cup size (150ml/5.5 oz) as a measure, please adjust the quantity of leaf accordingly for less or more water. Our whole loose leaves are of such a high quality that you can infuse our teas at least twice, and the second infusion is often better than the first, with different flavours revealed as the leaf softens. If you prefer your tea stronger, add more leaf, don’t leave it for longer (this will just make it bitter).

From 'Infused: Adventures in Tea':

"The smoking is done in ancient two-storey wooden houses blackened by age and centuries of smoke. Wrapped around the ground floors are wide, shaded verandas stacked with neat piles of golden-blond wood, the bark removed."

The tea garden is situated deep within the protected forests of the Wuyi Shan UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Only a handful of small family farms are allowed to make tea in this area – where the bushes are left to grown almost wild.

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WV
24 September 2024
Wesley V.
United Kingdom

Superb Tea

Absolutely wonderful Lapsang Souchong. I shared this with my friend who is also a Lapsang Souchong fan and he could tell the difference between this and my usual brand instantly. The included instruction to also useful to and well worth following with something of this quality.

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12 August 2024
Lorien C.
United Kingdom

Delicious

Lovely taste with sweet notes which was surprising but welcome. Quite different from the Tarry Lapsang which is equally delicious with a much more smokey taste.

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GO
07 March 2024
George O.
United Kingdom

Lapsang Souchong

A lovely tea with that extra smoky detail, which does not overwhelm the flavour.

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07 December 2022
Dagmara C.
United Kingdom

Oh… what a treat

I am a gardener and while working outside I am in big need for a drink that will be not only warm but a drink that will help me to recharge and pause for a moment. This is my perfect tea for autumn and winter, on its own or with drop of hot soya milk , with cheeky splash of wiskey or rum after work for extra w atm up😉 You can drink it in so many ways that you will surprise. Mix with good earl grey for example or… ok, will stop now! Explore and enjoy! Beautiful tea with good story behind. Thank you.

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