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“Still my favourite “cheap” ($5/50g) LS. Had a good experience short steeping this today, got up to 9 steeps. I was a bit surprised because the tea is comprised of broken leaves and I don’t always...” Read full tasting note
“The more I drink this one, the more I think it is way too sharp. I find myself cutting it with other teas to try to take the edge off. In other news, I can’t update my profile pic. This has been...” Read full tasting note
“Been using this tea a blend-making tea, just realized that I haven’t tried this on it’s own! I’ve made myself some smoked early grey, smoky vanilla black, and am plotting making a chai with this...” Read full tasting note
“I love the smell as it reminds me of smoked fish I used to enjoy back when I was a kid and thus not vegetarian. This tea for me is a grown up trip down memory lane.” Read full tasting note
Fragrant, woodsy, with notes of licorice, this Chinese black tea also has clear and comforting smoky accents. Additionally, this tea is often used when cooking reductions and gravlax
Quantity of leaf / 250ml of water 1 tea spoon
Infusion Time 3-4 minutes
Infusion temperature 95 °C
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Still my favourite “cheap” ($5/50g) LS.
Had a good experience short steeping this today, got up to 9 steeps. I was a bit surprised because the tea is comprised of broken leaves and I don’t always get performance out of those. It tasted very smooth, smoky, woody, and buttery throughout all the steeps.
On a final note I’d just like to mention that I usually love LS, so I’m not sure I would recommend this to those that dislike smoky teas. It is definitely not nasty and tarry, but I’ve also tried better (and more expensive) “authentic” LS.
100ml purion teapot, 2 tsp, 9 steeps (3s, +3s resteeps)
edit: if anyone’s curious, the smoky flavour didn’t stay in the purion after a quick rinse for my next tea
The more I drink this one, the more I think it is way too sharp. I find myself cutting it with other teas to try to take the edge off.
In other news, I can’t update my profile pic. This has been true for weeks.
Weird. I’ve noticed that the site is very slow to load too. I don’t think they are actively doing any maintenance on the site.
Yes, their focus is on some other project.
I’ve noticed the extreme slowness too. I really thought this site was so cool when it was in its prime. I hate that it’s now on the back burner.
I don’t have any speed problems.
For a long time (like, many months) Twitter had the same problem with photos not uploading.
Been using this tea a blend-making tea, just realized that I haven’t tried this on it’s own! I’ve made myself some smoked early grey, smoky vanilla black, and am plotting making a chai with this tea as well. I’m a huge smoky fan, so it’s very satisfying to have an everyday LS to mix with other teas.
On it’s own it’s fine. It’s not reinventing the wheel, but it is a good base tea. The chopped leaves have longevity while steeping, and the BBQ smokiness is complimented by a lingering sweetness. It’s a great, blendable tea!
That sounds awesome I think I’ll have to add this one to my shopping list.
It’s a pretty standard LS if you like that sort of thing.