The story of Lapsang Souchong, the first black tea ever

A story on the accidental discovery of Lapsang Souchong, the first black tea ever to be produced.
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[@maxgrzelakowski2170]

So black tea is green tea leaves that have been roasted over a fire?

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Not quite, it's tea leaves that have been fully oxidised - in this case as a result of being crushed and slept on - then dried

[@ipercrayy4797]

Moral of the story: Black tea smells like sweat, it's just masked with pine smoke

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There's truth to that

[@mrsfjordjacobo]

Haha the soldiers tainted the tea so bad the farmers would rather the tea taste like a camp fire .

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Camp fire or soldier's sweat? I'm inclined to go camp fire as well 😜