- Origin: Wuyi Mountain, Fujian
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Harvest Time: April 06, 2016
- Dry leaves: leaves are thick, robust, tightly rolled taut strips, smelling of very strong pleasant Longan aroma.
- Brewed liquor: Gives a bright, reddish orange, transparent color.
- Taste note: strong flavor of honey & caramel aroma, smooth and rich mouthfeel, leaving an impression of sweet potato warmth.
Lapsang Souchong Wild Black Tea is also called Cai Cha Lapsang Souchong by the local people. You may assume all Lapsang Souchong teas tasted bitter or have smudging flavor if you have some knowledge about the traditional drying process using the pine tree to make Lapsang Souchong Black Tea. But this time, your intuition tells a lie. As a kind of high-quality & semi-wild tea, this type has amazing characteristics and taste not bitter at all.
Unlike other wild teas, Tealicious's wild Lapsang Souchong gives a strong dried longan aroma, smooth drinking feeling without any stimulus or any astringency when passing through your throat. The unusual wild undertone, mellow taste and reddish liquid brought by the traditional rolling procedure contribute to its exotic flavor. Once you drink it, you may never forget about it.
Use 2 Teaspoons / 3 Grams Tea
Brewing time : 3 - 5 mins
Glass tea cup : Glass Tea Mug with Infuser
194℉ / 90℃
Use 5 Grams Tea
5 steeps : rinse,5s,5s,10s,15s,30s
Gaiwan : Double Blue Lines Gaiwan - 110 ml
The tea garden
Our wild Lapsang Souchong tea is hand made by the historic and genuine manufacturer, sticking to the traditional method used until today. This tea is made with tea leaves harvested from the semi-wild tea bushes(菜茶) growing in Wuyi mountains, a national nature reserve. At this mountainous area, the present of primitive forest is rich in decomposed soil and it consistently supplies minerals to ensure exuberant growth of the tea plant naturally.
Note: This wild Lapsang Souchong tea has not underwent the drying process using pine fire. Consequently, no any note of smoldering can be tasted.
How to brew it?
A good cup of tea starts with good water, one of the crucial factors to brew this tea is temperature. The appropriate water temperature is suitable to effectively extract most of the substances from the tea leaves and help releasing their full aroma and taste. If not, it will taste bad and be unpleasant to look. Use fresh water which has not boiled before and bring the cold water to boil and let them down to about 90℃. Then warm the teapot and cups well by rinsing it out with boiling water. This should be done just before adding the tea leaves, so that the leaves benefit from a gentle humid heat. The trick for brewing this tea is “fast, the first brew should not be more than 5s.
Natural environmental:
Lapsang Souchong originates from the Tongmu Village, Wuyi Mountains in Fujian, China. The word “Souchong” literally means “sub variety” or “little species”. Like other Chinese famous mountains, Wuyi Mountains are well-known home and abroad for their beautiful scenery and glorious tea history. Located in the subtropical zone, influenced by typical temperate climate, these mountains rich in vegetation have various flowers and green plants luxuriating all year around due to its warm and mild climatic conditions and fertile soil. The four seasons here are clear and the annual total rainfall has more than 2,300 mm. Deep mountains (1200～1500m above sea level), sea of clouds, lush vegetation and crystal mountain spring present a marvelous picture here and make this land especially suitable for tea cultivation. The lowest temperature(-15℃) days concentrates on January. The lowest average temperature in January is 3℃ and the highest average temperature in July can reach up to 24℃ and the mean annual temperature is 17℃. The frost days are more than 100 days.