Lapsang Souchong

Lapsang Souchong (Chinese正 山 小 种/正 山 小 种, Pinyin Zhengshan xiǎozhǒng ) is a Chinese tea specialty, a so-called smoke tea. True Lapsang Souchong comes from Zheng Shan part of the Wuyi Mountains in Fujian Province and is rare because the Wuyi Mountains are a relatively small region, while there is a great demand for the tea. There is a big taste difference between real Lapsang Souchong and such, which comes from other regions, and only the name " Lapsang Souchong " bears.

Production

Strong, black großblättriger is smoked in the smoke of smoldering pine roots, or on burning, resinous spruce wood, roasted in a pan, rolled and oxidized before it is smoked again finished in bamboo baskets over pine or spruce. This gives Lapsang Souchong characteristic for this type of tea, strong smoke flavor, reminiscent of fire and superimposed on the actual tea flavor.

Lapsang Souchong is either drunk pure or mixed with other teas to give them a spicy smoky taste. Sometimes this type of tea is also used for cooking as a flavoring addition.

Lapsang Souchong is not bitter, even with longer steeping time, it is therefore suitable for use in the samovar.

Well-known consumer

  • It was Sir Winston Churchill's favorite tea, which he learned to appreciate along with cigars during his military service in Cuba.
  • In the book " Cenntenial " by American author James A. Michener, describes the trapper Alexander McKeag Lapsang Souchong: "a man's tea, deep and subtle and blended in some rugged place [ ... ] even better than whiskey. " In about a tea for men, profound and perceptive and blended even better than whiskey at a wild, rough place [ ... ].
  • In Star Trek: The Next Generation 's original favorite drink Lapsang Souchong was provided by actor Patrick Stewart as Captain Picard, but was then replaced by the more famous Earl Grey.
  • Colin Hay, lead singer of the Australian band Men at Work mentioned the tea in his song " Beautiful World ".
  • In the TV series The Mentalist Lapsang Souchong is the favorite tea of the main character Patrick Jane, an avid tea drinker.
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