Old Pine, Lapsang Souchong, Spring 2024 Black and hand cut madagascar vanilla

and hand cut madagascar vanilla

I like to sometimes blend a bit of the gold needle into the other one for a different experience

I can’t quite understand it

but in this case

this tea opens with clean mineral notes followed shortly by wafting florals comparable to honeysuckle and orchid

Old Pine, Lapsang Souchong, Spring 2024 Black and hand cut madagascar vanillaLapsang Souchong is a black tea dried over smoking pine fires. Old Pine is one of the most perfectly balanced one I've come across so far! The smoky aspect of this is very light, yet thoroughly integrated throughout the experience. I would say that this tea is middle ground half about the tea, half about the expert smoking. There is a rich and rustic feeling through every sip, with spice, mesquite honey, and stonefruit notes weaving their way in and