Lapsang Souchong is the world's first black tea. Originally made sometime in the Qing Dynasty, which is mid 19th century, its origins trace back to an accident where the freshly picked tea could not be processed in time to make green tea, but instead was left for days to fully oxidize and ferment. The industrious farmer decided to persist in its production, creating something distinctly different from the unfermented or semi-fermented teas of the time.
Spice Cabinet is made in a modern production style, which due to the creation of roads into the wild mountain pass of Tongmu Guan between Fujian and Jiangxi, the advent of new machinery, and electricity up in the highest reaches of the mountainous villages, only became popular in the 1990's. While the traditional tea is smoked over pinewood, the Spice Cabinet is made in a smoke-free fashion allowing it to showcase it's spicy floral fragrances and sugary sweet side.
Each pack comes with over 6g of tea for a perfect session or two mini sessions gongfu style.
