Lapsang souchong haiku

I've been playing with lapsang souchong tea bags and a sewing machine to create some sort of visual poetry. The result is below. Tea bags are sewn together both vertically and horizontally and attached to a bamboo stick.

Some of the tea bags were brewed so the sculpture also smells properly :-)

You can recognise lapsang souchong by its very strong smoky flavour which comes from the process of smoke-drying its leaves over pinewood fires.

I've written a haiku about lapsang and printed it on the tea bags. I've attached a label (made of handmade paper with tea leaves) with the title of the haiku hand-printed on it. It reads vertically which gives a clue how to read the haiku on the teabags. Vertical direction of the text should evoke the flow of pouring water.

Lapsang souchong haiku

burning pinewood

hot delightful sip
ancient love in a teacup