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100°CTemperature
7g 100ml
Wash: 5s • 1st: 10s • Add: +5sGongfu Timing
Origin
Fujian, China
Harvest
Spring
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SmokyFruitySweet
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This traditional Lapsang Souchong offers a captivating aroma of pine smoke balanced with sweet notes of longan fruit. The liquor is a clear amber, delivering a savory and layered taste experience that is surprisingly smooth and less bitter than expected. It's a historical tea with depth and a pleasant malt-like undertone beneath the prominent smoke.
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About This Tea
What does Lapsang Souchong Smoked Black Tea taste like?
This traditional Lapsang Souchong offers a captivating aroma of pine smoke balanced with sweet notes of longan fruit. The liquor is a clear amber, delivering a savory and layered taste experience that. It leans smoky, fruity and sweet.
How should I brew Lapsang Souchong Smoked Black Tea?
Water around 90–100 °C (195–212 °F). In a mug, steep 3–5 min. For gongfu, use 5 g per 100 ml, 15–30 s steeps. You'll get to see how the flavor changes across multiple rounds. Full boil is fine for most blacks. Don't overthink it.
Where does Lapsang Souchong Smoked Black Tea come from?
Grown in Fujian, China. This batch is from the Spring harvest.
How much does Lapsang Souchong Smoked Black Tea cost?
Starts at $30.00 from Bana Tea Company, or about $0.60/g. A 50g package gets you around 8 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $3.60 per session. Explore more black teas on Teadar.
$30.00$0.60/g