The story
- Cantonese · borrowed from立山小種 /立山小种
- English todaylapsang souchong
From Cantonese 立山小種 /立山小种 (laap⁶ saan¹ siu² zung², literally “Mt. Li (Lapu) sub-variety”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A variety of smoked black tea (Camellia sinensis), originally from the Wuyi region of the Fujian province of southern China. Full definition →
From Cantonese 立山小種 /立山小种 (laap⁶ saan¹ siu² zung², literally “Mt. Li (Lapu) sub-variety”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.