Handmade Wuyi Wild Lapsang Souchong

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An exquisite unsmoked wild Lapsang Souchong from the Wuyi Mountains in Fujian Province. Expect a fruity, naturally sweet flavour with a floral aroma, carrying no astringency and without the malty taste common to other lapsang style teas.

Orchid, Peach and Sweet

Sweet		Sour
Salt		Umami
Bitter

Details

A wild-grown Lapsang Souchong from around the village of Tongmu Guang in the Wuyi Mountains of China's Fujian Province, this tea carries a powerful aroma and gives a strong fruity flavour in the cup.

Origin	China
Region	Tongmu Guang, Wuyi, Fujian Province
Harvest Date	20th April 2017
Altitude	1200m
Cultivar	Wuyi Caicha

How to Prepare

Teapot


2tsp (2-3g)	90°C	450ml	3mins

Gaiwan/Yixing

			1st	2nd	3rd
3tsp (3-5g)	90°C	450ml	30sec	30sec	45sec

Double the time for each subsequent infusion

Where is it from?

Fujian Province, China

Fujian Province is located in the southwest of China, close to the island of Taiwan and at the crossroads of southern China. Fujian is said to be eight parts mountain, one part water and one part farmland, but the one part farmland covers some of the most important tea growing areas in all China.

The Zhou family have been growing teas in the Wuyi Mountains of Fujian Province and around Chaozhou in neighbouring Guangdong Province for generations. Mr Zhou has tea gardens in Guangdong where Dan Cong oolongs are grown. Mrs Zhou has inherited gardens around the Wuyi Mountains in Fujian Province, where similar roasted oolongs are known as Rock Teas after the rough mountainous terrain they are grown in.

Each of the teas from the Zhou family are handmade at every level. They are grown on small plots of land and then picked by hand before being processed using traditional methods built up over centuries of practice and experimentation. After withering and oxidisation, the teas are roasted in kilns, releasing complex fruity, nutty and floral flavours from the leaves.

At PekoeTea we are very proud to have this direct trading relationship with the Zhou Family, and each year we source a different range of their excellent teas to share something slightly different.