{"product_id":"lapsang-souchong","title":"Lapsang Souchong","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe campfire tea for people who drink scotch.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOrganic black tea from Fujian province, dried over smoking pine wood fires. The leaves absorb the resinous smoke deep into their structure. The cup tastes like standing next to a wood-burning stove in a pine forest. Bold, savory, warming. The malt sweetness of the black tea base sits underneath the smoke and rounds the whole thing out. Love it or avoid it. There is no middle ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy Fujian, why pine.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLapsang Souchong comes from the Wuyi Mountains in northern Fujian, a region known for its mineral-rich soil and high-altitude tea gardens. The smoking process traces back to the Qing Dynasty, when tea producers used pine wood fires to speed-dry their leaves during the humid spring harvest. The smoke was originally a fix for weather delays. It became a signature. The pine used in the smoking process is the native Masson Pine, which grows throughout the Wuyi range. The resin in the wood gives the tea its campfire character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe scotch whisky parallel.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the Islay single malt of the tea world. The same palate that appreciates peat smoke in scotch, char on mezcal, or dark roast coffee tends to appreciate Lapsang Souchong. The smoke reads as savory complexity, not bitterness. Smooth, warming, long finish. Best sipped slow on a cold afternoon with a book or a conversation that takes its time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yerba Buena Tea Co.","offers":[{"title":"Tea Tin","offer_id":47256378933570,"sku":"SQ7925136","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Tea Refill","offer_id":47256378999106,"sku":"SQ7925137","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/0862\/4962\/files\/lapsang-souchong-loose-leaf-tea-ybtco.webp?v=1779851322","url":"https:\/\/ybtco.mom\/products\/lapsang-souchong","provider":"Yerba Buena Tea Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}