Russian Caravan Black Tea

This one is very much a wake up tea it ll make you want to join a russian caravan.

Russian caravan black tea.

The name comes from camel caravans that were transporting tea along ancient tea routes in the 18th century from china to russia and europe. Smoky black teas large leaf oolongs and aged puerh were mixed and consumed along the arduous journey. Russian caravan is a blended of llapsang souchong with assam black tea. This tea is not for everyone but those who have found a love for it will accept no substitute.

While earl grey always contains bergamot. Russian caravan a classic black tea smoked over a fire and made with a blend of keemun lapsang yunnan and assam teas. When it came opening the bag revealed a very smoky aroma so i looked forward to a full flavored cup of tea. Martin co december 08 2017 an amazingly smooth tea for such a dark cup.

Russian caravan tea sometimes just called caravan tea or other names involving russian is a blend of black teas that involves lapsang souchong blended with other black tea. They called it camel caravan tea but today it is known throughout the world as russian caravan. Russian caravan is a black tea blend made from different black tea types or black and oolong teas. They transported massive cargos of chinese loose leaf tea over 5000 miles from peking to moscow.

An ode to this long and arduous journey this tea if full of complex layers of smoke and malty sweetness. A tea that will wake you up. This tea is perfect for dinner parties. The czar nicolas russian caravan tea blend from english tea store has a history that goes back hundreds of years.

I enjoy a variety of tea expensive and not expensive but this is my most favorite. Lapsang souchong tea leaves are dried in bamboo baskets over pine fires. The name refers to a style of tea that was transported by caravan from china through mongolia and into russia starting in the late 1600 s 1. Russian caravan is a blend of strong black teas with a distinctly smoky characteristic.

The owner of tea at the gallery contacted me via email via amazon regarding this review offering to send me a sample of their smokier russian caravan which wasn t listed among their amazon offerings at the time i ordered. It is also lower in caffeine then. In the city of xian in central china one can see a historical marker that is acknowledged to be the beginning of the silk road the trail that lead to central asia areas such as the caucuses and the black sea. The russian caravan is a medium strong tea that has a smoky aroma and a hint of malt flavor.

A great choice if you enjoy a black tea blend.