Lapsang Souchong

Tea type
Black Tea
Ingredients
Lapsang Souchong
Flavors
Smoked, Wood, Smoke
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Loose Leaf, Tea Bag
Caffeine
High
Certification
Fair Trade
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Average preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 4 min, 30 sec 9 oz / 266 ml

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From Taylors of Harrogate

Lapsang Souchong has an unusual smoky flavour and it is one of the world’s great teas, so well worth trying.

After plucking, the leaves are withered in baskets over smoking wood fires, imparting a distinctive smoky flavour to the tea.

Served with or without milk, Lapsang Souchong goes well with spicy, salty or smoked foods.

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Feeling lazy tonight. I’ve been using bags all day. I’ve had about six cups of Adagio’s Ginger Peach, but I’m bored of that. So out comes the Lapsang!

I went to go harass collect eggs from the chickens while this was steeping. Two from Cora, one from Addie and one from Mabel. (That’s assuming, of course, that they haven’t been stealing each others’ eggs… Cora lays green eggs, though, so we know which ones are hers!)

Came back, decided that I really didn’t want hot tea, poured it into a different cup, filled this one with ice cubes, then poured it back over the ice. I didn’t plan for this to be iced, so it’s a bit light in flavor, but that’s perfect.

Just the right amount of smokiness here. It’s a little bit malty and a little bit spicy. I think I’ll spend the rest of the night in bed with Netflix and a few cups of this :)

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 0 sec
Kiaharii

Ahh chickens! I’ve always wanted chickens (technically I sort of majored in chickens in college). What breeds do you have?

Michelle

Did you really? How so?

We’re not really sure what we have… we’re not too fancy with them! They’re all Bantams, but I think they’re generally mixed… Cora we’re fairly sure is at least part Americauna, green eggs and all, but the breeder referred to our others as “Sparkle” hens. So we don’t really know!

Barb

I don’t think I’ve ever tried icing lapsang souchong. I do like Taylor’s, though, and I’ve only had their bags. No milk?

Kiaharii

Woo this got lost, sorry about no reply! I majored in Animal Science and focused on poultry and swine. :) Haha “sparkle” hens, no idea what those are! :)

Bonnie

Girl after my own heart! Play with the LS!

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Just riding back from historic Naples Florida where my mother and I had lunch at Brambles English Tea Room, while Rowan and grandpa went to the park. The owners were Brits and our waitress Jasmine had a lovely accent from I’m not sure where. It was Victorian in decor, pink floral wallpaper and floral china tea cups and small pots. They served almost exclusively Taylor’s of Harrogate (a brand I had heard mentioned the opening weekend of our Teavana store by a busy body tea anglophile customer who just wanted to name drop an talk about who was drinking what) with the exception of a few house blends. My mom had their take on a Royal Wedding Tea with strawberries, kiwi and mango with a salmon salad I had this Lapsang Souchong with my Cornish Pasty which were a fine paring. The tea was medium on the smoke, slightly sweet and quite smooth. It was a bag but whatever. I asked what kind of oolong and she just tried to explain what an oolong was to me but in doing so described it as green and mild so that answered my question. I picked up an over the cup strainer to replace my one that was blackening, this one has a stainless steel mesh body and its own drip base so that’s fabulous. I also picked the husband up some Japanese Cherry Tea just because and treated my mom to some Royal Wedding Tea for at home. I accidentally tipped 20% on the subtotal (three items from the gift shop on top of the meal) tipping the final total to $81, oh well hopefully Jasmine enjoy, she taught is how to pronounce pasty. Lovely afternoon.

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7 tasting notes

Current fave: steeped long to bring out the smoky flavor/aroma.

Preparation
Boiling 6 min, 0 sec

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Not a fan of lapsang souchong, my father loves this brand though. When brewed it almost smells like smoked mozzarella.

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I am a lover of Lapsang Souchong, and of Taylors of Harrogate in general. This tea is pretty good. I don’t particularly love fannings in my tea bag, which this is, but there is a nice smokiness to this tea. I used two tea bags , covered while steeping, added a tablespoon of agave, no milk, and some ice cubes to drink it faster (I am a baby with excessive heat). I’m satisfied with how this came out.

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 3 min, 15 sec

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26 tasting notes

Delightful! I like it with milk.

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Just finished a mug of this and, for a bagged Lapsang, it was pretty nice! Definitely had a mineral/metallic kind of twang to the smokiness, but the body was good and I thought the overall intensity of the smoke notes was the exact sort of campfire-adjacent punch I was looking for.

Only real downside, in my opinion, is that it’s so smoky that it actually permeates the overwrap the tea comes in – so definitely not something I’d want to store alongside other teabags. Instead, it will probably go in my special storage area for all my other smoked teas.

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52 tasting notes

Accidentally brewed this one at low temp – I was trying to manage sixteen things at once and didn’t think to see if the kettle was /done/ before pouring the water over – but it doesn’t seem to have ruined it, thank heavens.

This tea is all smoke. There’s a rich, malty black tea underneath billowing flavour-clouds of that perfect Lapsang Souchong smoke…which is exactly what I wanted. 10 oz of it feels a bit excessive (this brew is usually a 6 oz cup for me) but for something to sip on while I wake up it’s a pretty good fit.

Preparation
190 °F / 87 °C 4 min, 30 sec 1 tsp 10 OZ / 295 ML

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I wasn’t feeling very well tonight as I have a head cold in full swing, so I decided to have some tea in hopes hat it would make me feel a little better. Whenever I’m feeling ill I try to have a steaming cup of tea to ease me, if only a little. I will say this tea has helped a little to alleviate the pressure (head colds are he WORST). Just being able to smell the smoky fragrance helps me feel better, though I’m not sure if it’s a placebo effect or if it is really helping lol

Flavors: Smoked, Wood

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7 tasting notes

Requires a longer steeping than package suggested. I went with 6 minutes and I could taste the tea. Any less than 5 and you just get smoke.
Light in body.

Flavors: Smoke

Preparation
Boiling 6 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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