Cypress Smoked Small Leaf

Tea type
Black Tea
Ingredients
Black Tea Leaves
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Caffeine
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Average preparation
1 min, 15 sec 20 g 34 oz / 1000 ml

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  • “In my search to find high-quality teas that could be used like everyday teas, this one didn’t work out for me. My brewing of it today is much closer to the suggested brewing time and proportions...” Read full tasting note

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Cypress Smoked Small Leaf is a traditional Chinese smoked tea. Often called Zheng Shan Xiao Zhong in Chinese, the unusual sweetness and clarity of this tea stands in stark contrast to the heavily smoked lapsang souchongs available in the west.

This tea was picked April 2016 from an organic tea garden in northern Fujian Province. The variety is a small leaf tea indigenous to the area. Only young leaves were plucked for this tea, and afterRead more

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In my search to find high-quality teas that could be used like everyday teas, this one didn’t work out for me. My brewing of it today is much closer to the suggested brewing time and proportions and the taste has already become much more interesting. I have to admit, I was most hopeful that this one would fare well with your more-standard 1.5 teaspoons per cup proportions and five-minute time. It smelled impressively smokey and sweet. The flavors just never came out using those methods. I have a little left that I will attempt to make proper-like so as not to waste it.

Preparation
1 min, 15 sec 20 g 34 OZ / 1000 ML

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