What type of tea is Lapsang Souchong? What does Lapsang Souchong taste like?

Last updated 2026-11-08 — Many tea enthusiasts can roughly identify it as Lapsang Souchong upon seeing the tea leaves’ plump and sturdy appearance, their fine and darkly glossy color, and the reddish tea liquor that emits a pine smoke aroma when brewed with boiling water. Of course, this kind of judgment can only be reasonably made by those with certain tea-drinking experience and knowledge. To accurately evaluate...