Lapsang souchong (The First Black Tea) Eureka!! Eureka!!

There is no better person than my Mom, who would tell facts about my early childhood days where she had to keep a jug of coffee over my pillow just in case I get up from my sleep, the Caffeine sure was not there to keep me wake instead I still wonder how just a sip of it at the middle of my sleep allowed me to hit the sack in peace, scientists would say that it isn’t the caffeine syndrome.

But, Tea hasn’t made an impact on daily lives of people from Madras, and every one of them knows that the best commercial in their memories of those who dwelled in 80s and 90s were that of Narasus Kapi, and so was it for me was never an admirer of Tea.

As my profession had turns and twists I came across various Soups, Few made an impact, not as much as the one called Smoked Quail Consommé, I could never Judge the Soup until this very day, was there the Flavor of Quail? And If Yes why would one want to use a tea smoke to enhance the flavor I failed to under stand until this very moment, Just as I type this a revelation in my mind happened so instantly that which insisted me to go on with the flow, Is it so because I have started to pen it down after a cup of Lapsang souchong I realized that the color and the smokiness inst a problem if you blend in the tea with the stock of Roasted Quail. A chef can easily simulate or play controlled manipulation just for the fact he knows the real characteristics of this tea.

Lapsang souchong is the first black tea in history, even earlier than the famous Keemun tea. After the lapsang souchong tea was used for producing black tea called Min Hong (meaning "Black tea produced in Fujian"), people started to move the tea bush to different places like Keemun, India and Ceylon

High grade lapsang souchong possesses a taste of dried longan for the first few brews.

Lapsang souchong's flavour is strong and smoky, similar to the smell of a barbecue or campfire, or tobacco. The flavor of the pine smoke is meant to complement the natural taste of the black tea, but should not overwhelm it.

Tea merchants marketing to Westerners note that this variety of tea generally produces a strong reaction, with most online reviews extremely positive or strongly negative.

Tea connoisseurs often note that Formosan lapsang souchong typically has a stronger flavor and aroma, the most extreme being tarry souchong (smoked, as the name implies, over burning pine tar)

Ever since the first sip, until this very day I could feel that every sip has a new dimension towards the way one thinks, and after a small stint of research for this blog I found a pattern or should I say another revelation, don’t know weather any one noticed until this very day that Most Aquarians tend to like it, It was a Favorite tea of Sir Winston Churchill & American Author and Pulitzer prize winner James A. Michener, Rocky Mountain fur trapper Alexander McKeag describes lapsang souchong as "a man's tea, deep and subtle and blended in some rugged place better even than whisky.

Aquarian Love this Tea Proof:

 I am an Aquarian Born on 29^th January,

Winston Churchill born on January 24^th as well

And so was Pulitzer James A. Michener born on Feb 3.