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Lapsang souchong (; ; Cantonese: laap6 saan1 siu2 zung2) is a black tea (''Camellia sinensis'') originally from the Wuyi region of the Chinese province of Fujian.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Lapsang Souchong Tea )〕 It is more commonly named 正山小种 in Simplified Chinese characters (Mandarin ''zhèng shān xiǎo zhǒng'') and 正山小種 in traditional Chinese characters or Japanese kanji (Japanese reading ''rapusan sūchon'', borrowed from Cantonese). It is sometimes referred to as smoked tea (熏茶).〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Smoked Tea )〕 Lapsang is distinct from all other types of tea because lapsang leaves are traditionally smoke-dried over pinewood fires, taking on a distinctive smoky flavour. ''Xiǎozhǒng'' (小種) means "sub-variety".〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.englishteastore.com/noname.html )〕 Lapsang souchong is a member of the Bohea family of teas though not an oolong, as are most Bohea teas ("Bohea" is the pronunciation in Minnan dialect for Wuyi Mountains, which is the mountain area producing a large family of tea in South-East China). Lapsang souchong from the original source is increasingly expensive, as Wuyi is a small area and there is increasing demand for this variety of tea. ==History== According to some sources, Lapsang souchong is the first black tea in history, even earlier than 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, such as Keemun, India and Ceylon. The story goes that the tea was created during the Qing era when the passage of armies delayed the annual drying of the tea leaves in the Wuyi Mountain. Eager to satisfy demand, the tea producers sped up the drying process by having their workers dry the tea leaves over fires made from local pines.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lapsang souchong」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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