Well, that’s a surprise – I just drank a cup of this and thought it was absolutely delicious! I only ordered it (the 10 g sample size) on a whim, because I have thought for a long time that I don’t like lapsang souchong. It’s good to find out things about yourself, even if they’re “You don’t even know what YOU like” kind of things, right? Er, right??
Anyway, I don’t think I’ve even tried one since moving back to Ireland, almost 20 years ago. Maybe tastes have changed, maybe I was drinking it ‘wrong’, or maybe this is just a really good tea. (I think I’m going to send some to cteresa to see what she thinks.) Whatever the reason, I brewed up a cup this morning, with about 1.5 teaspoons (big cup) and then drank it without milk, which is both weaker and milk-less-er than I usually drink the morning caffeine blast. (By milk I mean either soy or almond, and right now it’s almond, as our local grocery store has started stocking Alpro Almond – yay!) I meant to add a small splash of milk about halfway through, but found myself with an empty cup before I knew it. Smooth, slightly sweet and smoky. Not even a hint of bitterness or over-astringency.
I’m so glad I happened to see PureAromaTea’s 25% off Steepster discount, which pushed me into ordering from them! Really enjoying working my way through the teas.
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Oh, thank you for thinking of me, and glad you got converted to lapsang ;) But if you got 10 grams, test it all, just to check.
Lapsang weirdly is for me a afternoon tea, I rarely have it in the morning, dunno quite why – I think it is not too heavy in caffeine usually. Even more strangely it is for me a rainy weather tea, it seems to just taste better when it is raining outside (I know. Going way past sense now). I like lapsang normally, even rough ones, so not sure how good a judge of it I am usually. I got two current favorites, both by Mariage Freres, their Lapsang Souchong Imperial which is really smooth and their Tsar Alexandre which is sort of lapsang souchong earl grey – but that is a new love, maybe just infatuation.
Actually, I think I’d normally want to drink Lapsang in the afternoon too, but this was my third cup, so I had a bit of caffeine-space free for experimentation. I’d be happy to send you some, even if it’s just enough for one cup!
Thanks, but no need, experiment with it!
Oh, thank you for thinking of me, and glad you got converted to lapsang ;) But if you got 10 grams, test it all, just to check.
Lapsang weirdly is for me a afternoon tea, I rarely have it in the morning, dunno quite why – I think it is not too heavy in caffeine usually. Even more strangely it is for me a rainy weather tea, it seems to just taste better when it is raining outside (I know. Going way past sense now). I like lapsang normally, even rough ones, so not sure how good a judge of it I am usually. I got two current favorites, both by Mariage Freres, their Lapsang Souchong Imperial which is really smooth and their Tsar Alexandre which is sort of lapsang souchong earl grey – but that is a new love, maybe just infatuation.
Actually, I think I’d normally want to drink Lapsang in the afternoon too, but this was my third cup, so I had a bit of caffeine-space free for experimentation. I’d be happy to send you some, even if it’s just enough for one cup!
Thanks, but no need, experiment with it!