After spending some frustrating hours engaged in work, I looked forward with the keenest of anticipation to playing a round of Tea Geek, thanks to the ever-generous RABS.
Today I rolled a “5” on the die and opened the package with keen anticipation.
And what did I get? My favorite tea ever. If I were held hostage and asked to limit myself to one kind of tea and only one for the rest of my life, I wouldn’t need to think. Lapsang Souchong would be my unhesitating choice. I am addicted to the smoky, tar-like aroma and taste of a Lapsang Souchong. Once you get the addiction and try several different kinds, the variations can be startlingly diverse. That’s a real plus as far as I am concerned. For me, two different Lapsang Souchongs can be as varied and different as a lemon rooibos might be to a Keemun Hao Ya A to another drinker.
Life in Teacup will get an order from me. This Lapsang Souchong is incredible! The aroma is intense and smoky which bodes well. Drinking the tea evokes all the pleasurable smoky, warm, bonfire taste but this has more of a tar taste than any other LS I have tried. And I love the tar with a passion! It’s like cedarwood smoked bacon served with tar and it’s simply delicious.
I really must thank Rabs for introducing me to one of the best Lapsang Souchongs I have ever loved. There are quite a few decent but taste-alike LS teas out there. I love them, but not all of them have a totally distinctive taste. Or, as I like to quote from Randy Jackson, my taste and discernment mentor, Life in Teacup has made it their own.
Utterly delicious, smoky, mysterioso and glamoroso, this tea quickly won a place of pride in my personal Pantheon. Thank you, RABS!
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I’m so very happy to introduce this one to you! It was a challenge trying to find smoky teas that you hadn’t already sampled ;)
And for anyone wondering: I did look at the winners’ cupboards and notes to try and cater their teas to their respective tastes (so if someone else had won 3rd place there likely wouldn’t be so many smoky teas in their prize package) :D
I have (gasp!) never had a real lapsang, but you are making me want to try them!
I’m so very happy to introduce this one to you! It was a challenge trying to find smoky teas that you hadn’t already sampled ;)
And for anyone wondering: I did look at the winners’ cupboards and notes to try and cater their teas to their respective tastes (so if someone else had won 3rd place there likely wouldn’t be so many smoky teas in their prize package) :D
I have (gasp!) never had a real lapsang, but you are making me want to try them!