Lapsang Souchong

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Black Tea
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Edit tea info Last updated by Doulton
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205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 30 sec

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  • “I just finished my Shakespeare sample of this ::tear:: and it was just as yummy as the first time around for me. I got the same beignet sweetness and smoke-filled oomph. The smoke this time...” Read full tasting note
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  • “I’ve been drinking Lapsang Souchong Black Dragon by Upton Tea’s every morning for a couple of weeks and truly love it. Late yesterday I received an order from Narien Teas (ten days from order to...” Read full tasting note
    86
  • “I have never given a tea 100 points before, and l’m not exactly sure what a 100 point tea would have to do for me. Massage my feet? Cook me dinner? This as close to 100 as it gets for me. I...” Read full tasting note
    98

From Narien Teas

Lapsang Souchong is smoked black tea grown at high elevation in the Wuyi Mountains in the Fujian province of China.

Lapsang Souchong has a distinct smoky aroma and flavor. The leaves are first withered, rolled, then lightly smoke-dried in bamboo trays over a pinewood fire.

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I just finished my Shakespeare sample of this ::tear:: and it was just as yummy as the first time around for me. I got the same beignet sweetness and smoke-filled oomph. The smoke this time around reminded me of when I’d clean out my fireplace in Colorado: the remnants of a cozy fire. I also got a bit more of an almost metallic-like taste — it wasn’t unpleasant, but it was worth noting since I can’t say that I’ve had that experience with a lapsang before. Just a great smokey tea. TG

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 0 sec
razzzori

I couldn’t agree more. I wish I could just copy and paste your review into mine. haha!

Rabs

LOL! That’s awesome - thank you! :D

razzzori

My pleasure. Don’t worry though – I didn’t go through with the plagiarism… :)

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I’ve been drinking Lapsang Souchong Black Dragon by Upton Tea’s every morning for a couple of weeks and truly love it. Late yesterday I received an order from Narien Teas (ten days from order to delivery and they have a lot of small inexpensive sampler bags).

This one is a bit stronger than Black Dragon when it comes to the smoky effect. Black Dragon has a tad of natural sweetness enfolded in there. I’d call this one a more vigorous, robust smoke flavoured tea. It’s very good. My difficulty with Lapsang Souchongs is that I don’t have the palate to pick out the individual notes very well. I seem to like them all and they provide a bracing start to the day. I have yet to give my heart away to any one brand of LS but I’ve given my heart away to this genre of tea.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 4 min, 15 sec
Jim Marks

I absolutely love Black Dragon. If you find an LS you like better, I need to know.

Doulton

I’ll let you know. Black Dragon is my current default LS. I am sampling others, but I’ve already reordered Black Dragon twice.

Rabs

Ooo – adding Black Dragon to my shopping list!

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I have never given a tea 100 points before, and l’m not exactly sure what a 100 point tea would have to do for me. Massage my feet? Cook me dinner? This as close to 100 as it gets for me. I surprisingly fell in love with this tea. It’s not as bitter or as strong as you would expect from the smell – and this is coming from someone who’s perhaps had Lapsang souchong once, maybe twice years before, so I don’t really have anything to compare it to. But I enjoy this tea so much and I find that the smell along centers me somehow, easing away stress. I picture myself in the deep woods, in autumn, with every sip. It’s magical. Really.

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 3 min, 30 sec

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