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This is not necessarily a tea review, so you can stop reading now if you like.

I made pea soup. Mmmmm. It was delicious. My grandparents sill farm, even though they are probably to old to be farming, they just won’t quit. Good for them! My grandpa grew peas last year so I got my grandma to steal me an ice cream pail of peas after harvest. I have been using them up sparingly. They were not “processed” and “fresh” off the field. In saying that I mean they were not cleaned so they were full of dust, husks and dehydrated grasshopper parts. I spent an hour yesterday sifting through 4 cups of peas to clean out any non-pea debris, then soaked for 12 hours in water. I slow cookered the peas for 12 hours with a ham bone, 1 cup of strong lapsang souchong tea, chicken stock, pepper and bay leaves.

The lapsang gave the soup a smokey flavour that paired perfectly with the ham. But I think it also helped to cut back on the saltiness that sometimes the ham can give it. I also found the soup to be very smooth, which I am attributing to the tea because that is the only difference this time around. I didn’t use too much tea so the caffeine does not appear to be a factor.

This was great and I look forward to doing it again. My grandparents are growing peas again this year so I might have to sneak some more in the fall :) Maybe more than an ice cream pail this time!

Nxtdoor

Ham hock?

Nxtdoor

Split pea soup is awesome. With ham hock, I’m in heaven.

Lala

It was the bone from a picnic ham, so the leg – not sure what the cut is called.

JustJames

i can’t do smoke normally…. but i likely could this way! yum!!!

no grasshopper parts? but we all need protein =0(

Lala

Ha ha, well I got the grasshopper parts that still had faces and antennas. I am sure there were still a few legs left in there. :P

Fjellrev

Interesting concoction!

JustJames

not happy when your beverages grimace at you?

Lala

More like: I don’t like when I have a smiling face staring up at me right before I eat it. He he.

Bonnie

What a great idea! I cook with lapsang souchong all the time. Usually though, I grind it into a powder with my mortar and pestle…then sprinkled on steaming broccoli or use in rubs.

Lala

Bonnie – I thought about just putting the tea leaves in whole but I was worried about the caffeine getting too strong – so I can eat this for supper/dinner. Do you find that when you grind the leaves there seems to be caffeine effects added?

JustJames

it could have been sticking its tongue out, lol!!

i have to be careful with smoke/smokiness. i can’t be around even bonfire smoke (so annoying), and i am sensitive to it in teas as well. i do think i could do it in a pea soup, though.

canadianadia

ooh! Lapsang in split pea soup – that’s genius!

Fuzzy_Peachkin

Oh man! That sounds so good!

Bonnie

DELETE2 minutes ago
When you make a powder out of the tea, you just use a pinch of it or so to taste…and unless you’re eating everything yourself, I hardly think caffeine is an issue. Sugar and salt are bigger concerns to health. I cook with tea frequently and at 65 have never noticed any caffeine effect as yet. Possibly, this is due to having the tea with food…not on an empty stomach.

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Nxtdoor

Ham hock?

Nxtdoor

Split pea soup is awesome. With ham hock, I’m in heaven.

Lala

It was the bone from a picnic ham, so the leg – not sure what the cut is called.

JustJames

i can’t do smoke normally…. but i likely could this way! yum!!!

no grasshopper parts? but we all need protein =0(

Lala

Ha ha, well I got the grasshopper parts that still had faces and antennas. I am sure there were still a few legs left in there. :P

Fjellrev

Interesting concoction!

JustJames

not happy when your beverages grimace at you?

Lala

More like: I don’t like when I have a smiling face staring up at me right before I eat it. He he.

Bonnie

What a great idea! I cook with lapsang souchong all the time. Usually though, I grind it into a powder with my mortar and pestle…then sprinkled on steaming broccoli or use in rubs.

Lala

Bonnie – I thought about just putting the tea leaves in whole but I was worried about the caffeine getting too strong – so I can eat this for supper/dinner. Do you find that when you grind the leaves there seems to be caffeine effects added?

JustJames

it could have been sticking its tongue out, lol!!

i have to be careful with smoke/smokiness. i can’t be around even bonfire smoke (so annoying), and i am sensitive to it in teas as well. i do think i could do it in a pea soup, though.

canadianadia

ooh! Lapsang in split pea soup – that’s genius!

Fuzzy_Peachkin

Oh man! That sounds so good!

Bonnie

DELETE2 minutes ago
When you make a powder out of the tea, you just use a pinch of it or so to taste…and unless you’re eating everything yourself, I hardly think caffeine is an issue. Sugar and salt are bigger concerns to health. I cook with tea frequently and at 65 have never noticed any caffeine effect as yet. Possibly, this is due to having the tea with food…not on an empty stomach.

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I did foray into the world of coffee for a period of time, but I returned to my true love. I still, however, enjoy a good cup of java.

My all time favorite tea is Earl Grey, which I drink every morning, the stronger the bergamot the better. I definitely prefer natural oil of bergamot to artificial flavouring.

I mostly like black and dark oolong teas. My current favs are Fujian blacks, Keemun and Assams, and Wuyi oolongs. I gravitate towards anything with lychee in it. I also drink a lot of herbal blends but am wary of hibiscus. I do not favour mate, or pu’erh tea, although I have found a few blends that I like. (I so badly want to like straight pu’erh tea but it all tastes gross to me. I keep trying though). Rooibos, green and white teas fall somewhere in the middle. I find myself gravitating towards heavily roasted oolongs and teas from Paris/France based companies.

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