Low Country Bourbon Sugar Black Tea, 15 Bags
Fifteen tea bags hold the Low Country blend: a black tea base and Taiwanese Lapsang Souchong with notes of burnt sugar, buckwheat, chicory, and bourbon.
Lapsang Souchong is a black tea first made in the Wuyi Mountains of Fujian, China, where the leaves are dried for 8 to 12 hours over pinewood smoke. Wood smoke and pine resin are the tasting notes the tea is known for.
Lapsang Souchong is full-bodied and takes milk well, and milk is a suggested addition. Steeped in a pot and sipped slowly, the tea gives each note, from the burnt sugar to the bourbon, its own moment.
Taste creates a Zen state through slow, intentional ingestion that activates the gustatory pathways (Small, 2012) and signals safety, nourishment, and seasonal identity (Mintz, 1985). Warm or gently flavored items, such as honey, tea, coffee, herbal drops, and low-dose CBD preparations, support calm because they prepare the digestive system (Berthoud, 2008), reduce vigilance through predictable sensory input (McEwen, 2007), and engage reward circuits associated with emotional comfort (Panksepp, 1998). When paired with aroma, pacing, and quiet ritual, these flavors reinforce social and personal grounding (Rozin, 1982), making taste a stable, parasympathetic sensory anchor in Zen environments.
Details
- Product: Black tea
- Caffeine: Caffeinated
- Flavor notes: Burnt sugar, buckwheat, chicory, bourbon
- Ingredients: Black tea, Taiwanese Lapsang Souchong black tea, malted barley, flavors of caramel, cream, and cocoa
- Dietary: Vegan, Non-GMO
- Allergens: Gluten from malted barley
Pairing Note
Visual: Pairing flavor with visual cues blends what you see with what you taste. Color, clarity, and presentation help people understand what something is (Lakoff, 1987) and connect it to season, tradition, or place (Mintz, 1985). Taking your time when tasting gives your attention room to settle, allowing the visual field to open up. You see more clearly, your mind stops multitasking, and the moment becomes visually stable, supporting a more enjoyable tasting experience and a clearer understanding of the flavors.
