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Angrboda drank Lapsang Souchong by Harney & Sons

The tropical white stuff is great and all but I’m freezing and it’s time for something a little more hardy. This one was another sample gift from Doulton.

I tried smelling the leaves in the little envelope, but I’m not entirely certain half of what I picked up wasn’t really just the envelope. I did find an awful lot of smoke down there though. A dry aroma, and a bit rough. Quite nice. I’m looking forward to a strong smoke flavour here.

After steeping it’s very smoky! Like really prickling the nose smoky, but there’s a sweet, almost honeyed note underneath, laying the bottom for the aroma.

Tastewise, this is very smoky! But it’s not rough as such, not the way the aroma was. It’s way smoother than you might have thought and I’m a little bit disappointed by that because I was rather looking forward to something RAWR! and it’s only a mini-rawr.

But it is a nice lapsang.

2010-05-08 03:43:22 -0400

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gmathis 2010-05-08 19:02:32 -0400

When does your weather generally get warm and comfortable? Or does it?

Angrboda 2010-05-09 02:10:53 -0400

April/early may is always a bit unpredictable. It’ll start helping in june. Juli-august sometimes first half of september are the hottest months where we can get around 30C-ish temperatures. (Personally I prefer a temperature where I can just walk around or sit on my balcony without a jacket and not freeze and no more than that. I don’t care much for extreme warmth and I’m very pale so I can’t tan)

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Okay. Ang prefers black teas and the darker sorts of oolongs. She has to be in the mood for green and white and she enjoys, but knows little to nothing about, pu-erh.

Her preferences with black teas are the Chinese ones, particularly from Fujian, but also Keemun and just about anything smoky. She occasionally enjoys Yunnans but they’re not favourites.

She is sceptical about Indian blacks as she generally finds them too astringent and too easy to get wrong. She doesn’t really care for Darjeelings at all.

She likes flavoured teas as well, particularly fruit flavoured ones, but also has an obsession with finding the Perfect Vanilla Flavoured Black.

However, she thinks Earl Grey is generally kind of boring. Cinnamon and ginger are also not really a hit, and she’s not very fond of chais. Evil hibiscus is evil. Even in small amounts, and yes, Ang can usually detect hibiscus, mostly by way of the metallic flavour of blood it has.

Ang is not super impressed with rooibos or honeybush. She doesn’t care for either, really, but when they are flavoured, there have been known to be surprising exceptions to this rule.

Ang has a number of teas that she regards her Standard Panel and will always try to have on hand.
-Lapsang Souchong, any brand really, but preferably AC Perchs.
-Blackberry flavoured black or similar, any brand.
-Late Summer Blend, AC Perchs
-Raspberry Oolong, AC Perchs OR Red Fruits Oolong, Le Palais des Thes
-Caramel, Kusmi OR Toffee, Le Palais des Thes
-Something orange flavoured, black or pu-erh, any brand.
-Tan Yang Te Ji, Teaspring OR Bai Lin Gongfu, Teavivre
-A good Keemun, any brand.
-The Perfect Vanilla Black if and when she ever finds it…

Angrboda is almost always open to swapping. Just ask her.

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