Brandon Peate
October 2024
Will be buying again. It's just the right amount of smoky for me.
This is one of my top favorites, if not most favorite tea. This version is super smoky ! Very much like a Formosa Lapsang. If you like dark, rich powerful flavor. This Lapsang is it. Excellent iced. Much smokier than most Traditional ones. Its called Tarry for a reason ! Not for the faint of heart.
But a great coffee replacement and ive lost a ton of weight drinking this and Puerh tea. Just makes me not hungry. Great energy but no jitters. Best Lapsang Ive had. Be warned though, this one is on fire ! its so smoky. Will be buying THIS one many times. Oh and I got my order 2 days after I placed it on a Monday. ! WOW. So well packed too. Love this company.
I had never tried lapsang souchong before, but heard great things about it.
I personally enjoy teas like Earl grey, and Yerba mate. I tend to drink my teas black, but will sometimes have a bit of oat milk. ( So if you have similar taste buds...keep listening...)
Now my first time trying this tea I must say I was a little put off by the smell. It really smells like a smoekhouse, a campfire, or liquid smoke. Now I am perosnally not a big fan of liquid smoke. I find it is over-used in a lot of vegan cooking and so that is why I was initially put off by the smell. THANK the tea superiors, it does not at all taste like liquid smoke.
This tea is so earthy and warming, and almost bourbon like, but so so smooth. It is the perfect tea to get your creatively flow going, and to feeling cool and refined while doing it.
Personal Favorite
October 2019
Rounded Deep smoke ,mellow & not sharp ..I.really love adding 1/2 tsp with my tsp of earl grey... like Fortnum and Masons Smokey earl grey which you can only get in England.
I decided to test a bunch of tea from TeaLyra so I ordered a set and brewed them all the same. For our test, 1 full teaspoon of tea was used and all were steeped for 3 minutes in a 50mL teacup. To test how well the smell and taste held up, I also included a second brew during our test.
Smells wonderfully smoky and strong. The taste however was quite weak compared to the smell. I cannot complain because, for a Lapsang Souchong, it is priced quite reasonably. I would pay just for the scent. The scent gets weaker with a second brew, but it is still present. Because the taste is weak to begin with, it does not hold up to a second brew. I would drink this tea regularly if I brewed it strong.
I rated this tea 8/10
Pguillaume
September 2015
I was a bit afraid the taste would be as strong as the smell, but that's not the case. It still tastes like a campfire, but is lighter than expected, even a bit sweet. Not for everyone, nor everyday, but I still like it !
Brewed 6 grams in 12 ounces at 205 for 3 minutes. Very weak flavored in my opinion. Would not recommend to anyone who is a Lapsang Souchong fan. Glad I only bought 50 grams.
Bob Clayden
September 2023
I bought 200 GM sometime ago and thought that the first batch might be substandard but the 2nd batch is the same. It's full of small twigs which float on the surface of the tea and have to be skimmed off. I have drunk lapsang Souchong for the last 40 years, this is the first time I have had to do such a thing. I will have to find a supplier who sells a good quality product.
The LEAST aromatic lapsang souchong I've ever tried. Been very disappointed in my order.
