250g of loose leaf tea for cafés, restaurants and hospitality. Choose a paper bag for refilling your tea storage, or a labelled caddie to keep on your tea shelf or counter.
Wuyi Smoke — Spring 2021
Smoked in the traditional style using pine wood, this red tea comes from the Wuyi Mountains, the original home of Lapsang Souchong. Known in China as Zheng Shan Xiao Zhong, the tea is slowly smoked during processing, giving the leaves their distinctive pine aroma and deep, warming character.
The first steeps open with smoked plum and pine resin, followed by darker fruit and oak as the leaves begin to unfold. The smoke is pronounced but balanced by the natural sweetness of the tea, developing into a softer, woody character through later infusions. A gentle peatiness runs through the finish, giving it a character that strongly recalls Laphroaig whisky.
Deep, warming, and savoury, this is a tea for anyone drawn to smoke. The pine is unmistakable, but there is plenty happening underneath it, with dark fruit, wood, and a softer sweetness emerging across multiple steeps.
Tastes like
Smoked plum, pine resin, Laphroaig (Top);
Dried fruit, oak, soft peat (Base);
Brewing
5g tea / 100ml water / 95–100°C
Steep for 20–45 sec. Re-steep several times. Shorter steeps keep the fruit and sweetness more prominent, while longer infusions bring out more pine, wood, and smoke.
In the cup
Wuyi Smoke is rich and warming, with a pronounced smoky aroma and a dry, savoury finish. The character gradually softens over successive infusions, allowing more of the fruit and natural sweetness of the leaf to come through.
Particularly good in colder weather, after food, or whenever you want something deep and comforting.
