In article >,
Michiel van der Kraats > wrote:

> My mother brought some tea back from her trip through China.
> Unfortunately we have no idea what kind of tea it is. It's a mix of
> stems and big rolled up leaves, quite coarse. It has a faint smokey
> aroma. It doesn't seem like a green tea but not exactly black either.

well, given that there are literally thousands of China
teas, it's not much info to go on, but the reference to
a smokey aroma might suggest lapsang souchong, but
it has more than a faint smokey note.