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I remember trying my onr and only LS years ago and I liked it. It was good for an occasional cup, but then I didn’t have it for a long while. When I went back to it, I couldn’t drink it, so I threw the rest away. It is too smokey for me, but sometimes I think it would be nice to have a sample to try again steeping it differently. I think I’d like it occasionally.

I recenly posted a review but I’m not sure people have seen it. I f you eant to read it, go to my tealog, or link here :)) :

http://steepster.com/teas/thunderbolt-tea/14789-singbulli-white-jade-ex-41

I can’t drink LS either, the few I have tried

Thanks, Scott. I’ll check that out!

And I’m glad to know I’m not the only one, Amy. :) I just gave the remainder to a friend commenting on how it tastes like liquid smoke to me and he just responded, “Yes. It’s delicious!”

So I guess it really is a personal taste thing!

The first couple of LS that I tried, I could not drink. The first time that I ordered some from a supplier to sample (years ago) I had to throw the sample out after having tried it because it was so smoky I just couldn’t stand to have it in the house.

I have since come around to appreciate it since then. The key is to brew it in a gaiwan, and do a quick rinse. This helps to rinse away some of the smokiness (but certainly not all of it) and then, do short steeps, starting with 1 minute or less, and adding 15 seconds to each subsequent steep.

I highly recommend the Dr. Tea’s Tea Garden LS, as it is the best that I’ve tried to date.

Has anyone had the Hu-Kwa by Mark T. Wendell? I want to try it someday. https://marktwendell.com/Hukwa.htm

Thanks for the tips, LiberTeas! I’ll definitely give it a go in the gaiwan to see how it differs for me.

There are some lighter smoked LS teas I haven’t tried yet. Amy the Hu-Kwa sounds really interesting. It is what I eluded to, but I wasn’t referring to that tea. Lighter LS might be our answer! :))

Here’s another review. I posted the picture and reviewed it the next day and wondered if anyone has seen it? :))

http://steepster.com/teas/thunderbolt-tea/25065-singbulli-china-classic-super-fine-dj-24-organic-darjeeling-tea-first-flush-darjeeling-tea-2011