ZI RAN SMOKE | black Format:SAMPLE style — kabuse (shaded) karigane

style — kabuse (shaded) karigane (first-flush stems) houjicha (roasted tea)

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chocolatey GAO WEN from Yunnan—augmented with a spicy-sweet profile of south Asian cinnamon

as the finished product was traditionally considered not beautiful enough for the wealthy domestic buyers for whom premium tea is reserved

careful cultivation and strict fertilization methods are employed to ensure a sufficient population of Taiwanese tea leafhoppers (jacobiasca formosana) bite the tea plants

ZI RAN SMOKE | black Format:SAMPLE style — kabuse (shaded) kariganeZI RAN SMOKE is a zhengshan xiaozhongor, lapsang souchongproduction from Tongmu, Fujian province, China. This lot comes to us from Zi Ran Hong, a centuries old smokehouse about 4 hours from Wuyi national park. Zi Ran"natural"is a name with dual meanings: first, that the tea is naturally smoked to dry (as opposed to large scale lapsang production, where huge batches of finished tea are dry smoked). More deeply, and absolutely Chinese, this tea's