Not all, but most, and the smokiest, of our smoked teas. Smoked teas are rare in China and the reasons for smoking vary from intentional preservation of commodity tea for long-distance trade to passive or incidental exposure to smoke from the cooking of the tea in a wok heated by a wood fire to the tea being stored in the rafters of a smokey country kitchen.
This collection has 10 gram samples of 5 different teas - two heicha, one aged oolong, one red tea and one green tea. From the archetypal smoked red tea Zhengshan Xiaozhong 正山小種, known throughout the world as Lapsang Souchoung, to obscure regional specialties like Guan Guan Cha 罐罐茶, this diverse flight is a dream come true for the somewhat niche subsection of tea drinkers who enjoy smoke in their tea.
Includes:
2024 Guan Guan Cha Green from Shiqian, Guizhou
2016 Pomelo-Aged 8 Immortals Phoenix Oolong from Chaoshan, Guangdong
2019 Wild Fields Tian Jian Basket-Aged Heicha from Anhua, Hunan
1995 Gu Yu Cha Heicha from Yangshuo, Guangxi
2024 Zhengshan Xiaozhong Pine-Smoked Red Tea from Tongmuguan, Wuyi Mountains, Fujian