So, this is my first lapsang souchong. I wasn’t sure what to expect, and wasn’t sure I’d like it… but at the Upton price, it was totally worth trying out a sample.
Brewing this tea really caused the house to smell like a campfire. Quite pungent. I could smell it upstairs, easily.
The taste is smoky, and just that – all I taste is the smokiness. What’s funny, it doesn’t taste bad, necessarily… but it just tastes like someone put a drop of liquid smoke in my warm water. If I let it sit in my mouth for a bit, I can kind of rationalize the smoke away, and begin to taste a little bit of the tea itself… but it is truly hidden by the smoke flavor.
But, let me add that the smoke doesn’t make it taste unpleasant, which is probably a sign that the smoke isn’t overdone. It just doesn’t seem to have any other depth to the flavor. Just doesn’t really work for me. Can’t see myself buying more of this.
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I have heard this kind of tea called a ‘love it or hate it tea’. I happen to love it, but I can easily see how someone can go the other way, too.
Don’t give up. It would be like having a bad other tea and giving up. There are different LS’s too. I could send you a couple different ones…one is a light version that even my grandkids like!
Haha, I figure I’ll try Teavivre’s when we put in an order. I’m not ‘giving up’ so to speak, this one just definitely wasn’t for me.
I have heard this kind of tea called a ‘love it or hate it tea’. I happen to love it, but I can easily see how someone can go the other way, too.
Don’t give up. It would be like having a bad other tea and giving up. There are different LS’s too. I could send you a couple different ones…one is a light version that even my grandkids like!
Haha, I figure I’ll try Teavivre’s when we put in an order. I’m not ‘giving up’ so to speak, this one just definitely wasn’t for me.