Tea processing full oxidation and producing "Gongfu" black tea (工夫紅茶). When there was insufficient sun and temperatures were low, the withered leaves would be processed indoors in warmed rooms and allowed to fully oxidize, then smoked dry over pine fires thus producing lapsang souchong. According to oral traditions of the region, the discovery of lapsang souchong processing was due to military troops passing through a Wuyi's tea factory during the last years of the Ming Dynasty, causing delays to tea leaf processing thus resulting in a completely oxidized leaf that the producer salvaged by drying over a fire built from pine branches.
That's What Life Is All About (album) this album is another landmark in a uniquely long and distinguished career. Variety commented: “All right, Bing Crosby's voice isn’t as great as it was 20, 30 or whatever years ago. So what? He’s a brilliant stylist and there’s plenty of voice left as he demonstrates here on 13 tracks…” That's What Life Is All About (album) The songs from the album were included on a 3-CD set called "Bing Crosby: The Complete United Artists Sessions" issued by EMI Records (7243 59808 2 4) in 1997. This included several previously unreleased alternate takes and studio chat. In January 1974, Crosby