Backlog from this morning. It did taste thin, but I figured I just underleafed. Now, seeing others’ reviews here, I think it might not be me, but the tea.
I did get some chocolatiness from this, but no smoke. I thought this was pretty much the same as lapsang souchong?
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I’m confused by the names too. In my world – ZSXZ is not smoked and Lapsang is pine smoked, but that doesn’t always hold true. Some companies call a smoked tea ZSXZ and a non smoked one a Lapsang. It’s my understanding that this one is not smoked. I’ve asked in the – what do you want to know about Chinese tea thread about this – will see what they have to say.
This came up in class a few weeks ago; ZSXZ is the Chinese name for Lapsang Souchong (it’s similar to how Qimen and Keemun are the same thing but one is an ‘English Translation’). I’m not sure why all the inconsistency, though.
Cool, thanks! I’m glad I’m not the only one confused by this.
Despite the negative reviews of this tea, I rather like it; but I didn’t taste previous harvests.
I’m confused by the names too. In my world – ZSXZ is not smoked and Lapsang is pine smoked, but that doesn’t always hold true. Some companies call a smoked tea ZSXZ and a non smoked one a Lapsang. It’s my understanding that this one is not smoked. I’ve asked in the – what do you want to know about Chinese tea thread about this – will see what they have to say.
This came up in class a few weeks ago; ZSXZ is the Chinese name for Lapsang Souchong (it’s similar to how Qimen and Keemun are the same thing but one is an ‘English Translation’). I’m not sure why all the inconsistency, though.
Cool, thanks! I’m glad I’m not the only one confused by this.
Despite the negative reviews of this tea, I rather like it; but I didn’t taste previous harvests.