I went to a lovely french tea shop in Kansas City, Missouri and got to try this Lapsang Souchong. The tea house, Emilie’s French Teas, advertised this tea with the line – KC BBQ Style. If you know about Kansas City, you know how important the smoker is to the barbeque that is made her.

It was my first lapsang I have tried, but loving smokey flavor in whiskey and pork alike, I knew I would enjoy this tea.

And I wasn’t wrong, the smokey smell from the cup was sweet and delicious, the strength made me worry about the flavor, that it would feel more like liquid smoke, but instead there was a sweetness that I have come to learn is typical of lapsangs. The sweetness is extremely subtle, and did not stick around long after the swallow, just a couple of breaths.

On a cold day in Kansas City, this was a perfect warm beverage, and though I would have loved to experience the complexities of further brews, and will report when I do have a lapsang at home that I can tinker with, the two cups from the same brew that I had at Emilie’s was wonderful, particularly with the pain au chocolat that isn’t baked until the order.

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