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“I only had a tiny sample of this left. The package was open so it looks like I had at least one tea from it before but never left a review. So I brewed it up and took a sip. Yuk! It’s like a...” Read full tasting note
“when i smell the leaves dry, they smell nice and smokey and like a pine tree when i smell the leaves wet, they smell more intense :D when i smell the brewed tea, it smells like pine trees when i...” Read full tasting note
“9/22/14 builders tea with breakfast 12oz/212F/whole packet/five minutes or so? Nice tea, excellent with milk and sugar. Exactly the pick me up I wanted on this cold rainy Ohio morning. ...” Read full tasting note
“Backlog: I’m not a huge fan of overly smoky teas, and really, Lapsang Souchong is SMOKY. I can’t think of one that is smokier. I know that a lot of people out there dig that sort of thing, I just...” Read full tasting note
Our Lapsang is a hearty black tea which has been lightly smoked over aged pine. Surprisingly sweet and complex, note how the pine aromas start strong up front and soon diminish revealing a very structured and delicate flavor.
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as it turns out, i don’t like Lapsang Souchongs. i thought this one might be better, considering the source, but i think it’s just me. do not like. but then, i don’t really like smokey flavored anything, really. except beef. and pork ribs. but smoke where it doesn’t belong? ew.
ON EDIT: 2nd steeping was a tiny bit milder on the flavor i’m not enjoying, but only a tiny bit. i must say, this is an incredibly smooth tea, considering, and lush and deep and full, but that smoked quality just. ugh. can’t get over it. no third steeping for me!
brewed as per directions on Steepster Select packet, April 2014 mailing.
This is my first Lapsang Souchong. The descriptions always scared me off, and I have to say, I wish I’d kept the sheets pulled over my head.
The liquor brewed into a very pretty orange, but as soon as the steam hit my nose. . . It was like a campfire in a cup. The aroma is a bit misleading, though. The first sip was surprisingly mild, but the smokiness lingered even after I’d set the cup down. The smokiness settles down some as it cools off, and I’m hoping a second steep will reveal more flavor with less smoke.
I imagine this is what it’d be like to drink a brisket.
From the April 2014 Select box
THAT IS EXACTLY IT! drinking a brisket! and i’m from texas, i know from brisket. not my favorite beverage.
I’ll second that! Drinking a brisket indeed! The thought actually crossed my mind mor ethan once. Haha. I’m from Kansas City and we know how to do our brisket! I’m not going to say I don’t like drinking some brisket when I can’t afford to have one in front of me though! :P
Whoa! We used to go to a smoked ham shop in the Ozark Mountains, USA that smelled like this tea!! The dry leaf smells just like a smokehouse with pine. It smells like holiday time with a bit of pine thrown into the fire. The leaves are dark char colored chopped pieces.
The liquor is orange colored and pretty. There is more pine scent now. The wet leaves have a burnt pine at holiday time scent and are chopped small and dark brown.
The flavor is not as piney as you might expect but it does have notes of pine and wood.
This is a manly tea. I think this is the tea Santa Claus would drink because he probably gets a bit tired of sweet cookies and milk and would like a bit of smoky mountain-man tea.
I am giving this a high score because I have never had it before, I was transported to many places and thoughts and was moved like art is supposed to do. I am certain that this is a difficult tea to create and get right. This had very interesting flavors that I have never ever tasted before and I love tasting new flavors. There was no bitter or astringency either. This was a very smooth tea so even if you don’t like pine essence in your tea, this one was very well done.
From the Steepster Select Box, April 2014
Flavors: Pine, Wood
I’m with you. I tried to have an open mind, but my mouth didn’t cooperate.
I highly recommend doing a ‘quick rinse’ of the leaves of a strongly smoked tea like Lapsang Souchong. I pour the hot water over the leaves for 15 seconds (well, with this tea I did 20 seconds, but that’s because I seemed to forget what I was doing in that 15 seconds. My brain isn’t functioning yet.) Anyway … a quick rinse of the leaves, 15 seconds in the hot water, and then pour it off and then steep it for the 3 minutes or however long you might steep it. It will still be smoky, but it won’t be as overpowering.
I’ll give it a go. Thanks for the tip!
After re-reading the suggestion, I didn’t want to mislead … the “hot water” that I use to rinse is boiling. I bring the water to a boil, perform a rinse, and then strain off the liquid, then brew as I normally would.