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“Gongfu! Usually, I just blind cake all of the smoked black teas because at this point I’m just so confident I’ll enjoy each of them, but this one was a little bit more expensive so I decided to...” Read full tasting note
Sun dried old arbor assamica varietal from Yunnan province that is typically made into raw Puer. We commissioned these black tea productions in 2024 and sent the blend to a smokehouse in Tongmuguan village in Fujian to be pine smoked by a veteran Lapsang smoker. The three day smoking process occurs at temperatures from 100C to 120C in an old style Lapsang smokehouse.
An answer to a question that nobody asked, “What if high quality old arbor Yunnan black tea materials were made into Lapsang.” The result is what you’d expect; all of the heavy full bodied soup and full feeling of quality Yunnan material with aromatics that mirror the traditional Fujian smoke, all singing together in harmony. We blended four different old arbor black teas in 2024 to create this blend. The result is a truly special treat for black tea lovers and smoke aficionados alike.
Pressed in 2025. Each cake is 200g. The cakes are in bamboo tongs, with five cakes per tong.
Gongfu!
Usually, I just blind cake all of the smoked black teas because at this point I’m just so confident I’ll enjoy each of them, but this one was a little bit more expensive so I decided to play it safe and start with a sample. And, well, let me tell you that I immediately regret that choice. Not only is this so smooth with such a rich, clean, and aromatic woody pine smoke flavour, but it’s also deeply chocolate tasting with a bit of caramelized sugar! A perfect cross between the sweetness of a milk chocolate and the pleasantly bitter bite of very high quality dark chocolate. And if you’ve ever had smoked chocolate before, you know it’s fantastically divine. If there were just a bit of a graham note, then I feel like this would be such a dead wringer for the straight/scented tea equivalent of a smoky campfire s’more. It’s pretty close, though!
Tea Photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/DJH-JU3yEhc/?img_index=1
Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-nTEsxPlVY&ab_channel=Husbands-Topic
