Organic Supreme WuYi Lapsang Souchong Golden Bud Zheng Shan Xiao Zhong Black Tea

The bad: I was drinking through my YUNOMI teas today and put them on hold after I smelled this.

The good: AllanK sent me this along with some shou in our swap.I have been really excited to start exploring more pu’erh as I begin to look at buying my first shou cake on my birthday (over 60 days away still). However the aroma of this one has put Japanese and pu’erh teas on hold. It is teas like this that are persuading me to stop trying lower end green, oolong, and white teas. The aroma of this tea makes me happy enough to not worry about the taste. I rate on flavor though and this has it. Honestly, no bitterness in a black tea… that makes me one happy drinker :)

This is something I will savor.

When I bought this I thought it was a smoky Lapsang, it is a sweet Lapsang Souchong and it is quite good. It has virtually no bitterness and virtually no astringency. It is not noticeably malty. This is quite a surprise from what I was expecting. This tea is sweet and tasty. This is another winner of a tea from Streetshop88. There is no need to add milk to this tea. I added sugar but I add sugar to almost all teas. You could definitely drink it straight if you wanted too. It has a nice natural sweetness.

I brewed this one time in a 20oz teapot with 3 tsp leaf and 200 degree water for 3 min.