Zheng Shan Xiao Zhong6CZ2 Harvest: Summer 2021
Origin: China / Fujian / Wuyishan / Xingcun / Tongmuguan
Height: 1300 m.a.s.l
Tea plant varietal: Qi Zhong
A genuine, classic smoked tea, as it was initially produced: an original Zhengshan Xiaozhong of excellent quality from Liang Jun De from the valley of Tongmuguan. It was dried over a pine wood fire. This is the grade 3, that was sorted after the production of the tea leaves; i.e. a Gong Fu Cha.
Category:
Yan Xiao Zhong (Rauchtee) Yan Xiao Zhong, Smoked tea, originally comes from Tongmuguan near Wuyishan and nowadays it is being produced in the whole of Fujian province. The original smoked tea, the Zheng Shan Xiao Zhong, Small variety genuinely from the Mountain, which has been known since 1851, probably resulted from an accident: an army that passed through the area needed accommodation, and the drying tea leaves had to be put outside close to the fire pits, where it came in contact with the smoke. Even today the Zheng Shan Xiao Zhong teas, smoked over pine wood, are considered as being the best specimens of this type of tea. Simpler, industrially produced (and often strongly smoked) teas are called Tarry Lapsang Souchong. Yan Xiao Zhong teas are, depending on the basis tea used, soft or moderately strong in the taste of the tea and range from plain to highly aromatic. Added to this, one can find subtle but also very strong smoke aromas.
