Czar Nicholas Russian Caravan

Lively and sprightly, exceptional black tea with toasty, smoky citrus taste with orange peel and pine notes from the hint of Lapsang. During the Czar’s time tea was the most important drink after vodka. The tradition continues.

In the city of Xian in central China historical markers acknowledge the beginning of the Silk Road – the trail that lead to central Asia (areas such as the Caucuses and the Black Sea). Tea was one of the commodities taken along the Silk Road. In the days of the camel trains across Asia, Lapsang Souchong absorbed smoke from evening campfires or from the camels themselves. This tea is mysterious and unique from the plains of Asia to the opulent courts of St. Petersburg.