Lapsang Souchong and artificial souchong are called Souchong black tea. It has a history of more than 400 years and was created by tea farmers in Wuyi, Fujian Province in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. Later, Kung Fu Black tea was released on the basis of Lapsang Souchong. Historically, the tea was distributed in Star Village, so it was also called Star Village small species. After the Opium War, the imperialist invasion, the domestic and foreign tea market competition is fierce, there is Zhengshan tea and foreign camellia dispute, Zhengshan contains orthodox meaning, so the name.
The term “Lapsang Suchong” black tea was called WUYI BOHEA before Europe; “Zhengshan” refers to the tung tree and the same elevation as the surrounding tung tree; The same territory; Made with the same traditional process; The quality is the same, and the unique longan soup is collectively referred to as “Zhengshan small species”.
Lapsang Sochong black tea flourished in the 17th century. According to the “Chronology of TEA” in Yucks’s Encyclopaedia of Tea, BLACK TEA was sold for 30 shillings in 1705. British biographer Mary back to Lady Laney remembered that the tea price was black tea (BOHEA) 20 to 30 shillings, Wuyi (BOHEA) Zhengshan small kind of black tea tea taste rich, unique, popular in the international market, exported to the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France and other places.
In 2005, Jin Junmei was developed on the basis of the traditional technology of Jiangshi family small kind black tea. It also led to the great development of the whole Wuyi black tea industry and spread rapidly in China.