drank Black Cask Bourbon by Harney & Sons
2891 tasting notes

According to Sheldon Cooper, it is fair copyright use to quote snippets of another writer’s work in the context of a review (watch the closet reorganizing episode).
Therefore, I’m going to respectfully borrow a spot-on description from teaqueen’s review a few months ago: the flavor is not as smoke-forward as the dry leaf and the ingredients list suggest. It’s smooth, slightly sweet, with notes of honey, caramel, cocoa, pine, and earth, with a very light touch on the smoke.

Having used my first sample of lapsang years ago as compost for my zinnias, who’da thunk I’d be deliberately choosing to sip some on purpose?

ashmanra

This one just felt like plain Lapsang to me, and not the best Lapsang I have had. I was hoping for bourbon taste up front and couldn’t find it at all. I think the O’Connor’s Cream from Teageschwendner spoiled me for boozy tea.

Harney had a truly amazing limited Lapsang they carried years ago that was absolutely tops for all Lapsang I ever had. This one didn’t even make the charts.

ashmanra

Found it! The awesome one was called Wuyi Shan Lapsang.

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ashmanra

This one just felt like plain Lapsang to me, and not the best Lapsang I have had. I was hoping for bourbon taste up front and couldn’t find it at all. I think the O’Connor’s Cream from Teageschwendner spoiled me for boozy tea.

Harney had a truly amazing limited Lapsang they carried years ago that was absolutely tops for all Lapsang I ever had. This one didn’t even make the charts.

ashmanra

Found it! The awesome one was called Wuyi Shan Lapsang.

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