Here we go again with the infrequent updates. Oh well. If/When I ever get to a period of trying lots of new stuff often, I’ll totally be building another queue.
Anyway, I got this sample with my recent Nannoushan order. I chose it because I don’t think I’ve had this type before, but now that I’ve tasted it, I’m not certain. Now I think perhaps I have but with a different name? There’s just something about it that strikes me as really familiar and I can’t really put my finger on what it could be. I know that loads of Chinese blacks have more than a few characteristics in common and it doesn’t normally make me feel like I must have had it before. This one did though. I got a very distinct feeling of familiarity. Does anybody know of any alternative names? Anglified, maybe?
It’s a very sweet tea. Both in the aroma and the flavour. The aroma has a subtle chocolate-y note to it, but the flavour is very caramel-y. Remember that roasted in muscovado tea that I bought from Yunnan Sourcing? I can’t remember the name of that one right now, but this is how I was hoping that would taste.
This one isn’t particularly grain-y, but it is somewhat wood-y and it’s a quite mild tea. So much so in fact that it probably wasn’t super-suitable for the first cup of the day (YAAAAAAAAAAWN!) but a very pleasant cup even so.
I understand, from questions asked and answered on the discussion board, that this type is sometimes smoked as well. Mine isn’t smoked, but I should like to try a smoked one too some time. I have once had an unsmoked Lapsang Souchong. I wonder if this is what is causing my feeling of having had it before?
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Dear Angrboda, the lapsang souchong is most probably what makes you think having drunk it before.
Zheng Shan Xiao Zhong has no other name in China, but low quality ZSXZ are called Lapsang Souchong in the Western world.
If you would like to try a smoked ZSXZ, I could order some and send you a sample. I’ll be in China in the beginning of January and can take it back with me. Just let me know.
It won’t be a Lapsang Souchong. I aim at a fine smoked ZSXZ, in which the smokiness does not overwhelm the taste of the tea; rather harmonizes with it.
Dear Angrboda, the lapsang souchong is most probably what makes you think having drunk it before.
Zheng Shan Xiao Zhong has no other name in China, but low quality ZSXZ are called Lapsang Souchong in the Western world.
If you would like to try a smoked ZSXZ, I could order some and send you a sample. I’ll be in China in the beginning of January and can take it back with me. Just let me know.
It won’t be a Lapsang Souchong. I aim at a fine smoked ZSXZ, in which the smokiness does not overwhelm the taste of the tea; rather harmonizes with it.