lapsang souchong star (org.)

type: black

origin: china

region: fujian uji

variety: lapsang souchong

ingredients: black tea

caffeine: no-caffeine

price level: $$$$

Smoky sophistication If you like single-malt whisky and fine cigars, then this is the tea for you. Most say it was invented when soldiers took over a tea factory in Xingun (Star Village) during the Qing dynasty in China. When they finally left, the workers had to dry their tea in record time to sell it at the market. In desperation they lit open fires of pine to speed the process, and wood-smoked Lapsang Souchong was born. (MK Kosher)