Lawdawg, if you are looking for an experience like coffee try a Yunnan Noir (available from Adagio) or similar black tea from Yunnan, it will typically be rolled tea, often called snail. Oversteep it a bit and add milk and sugar and you'll have a similar experience. Additionally, a loose puerh tea (as opposed to the compressed form) will give a strong experience, especially a loose shou puerh, and then you don't have to get into gongfu brewing. If you like smoky tea, get the highest quality lapsang souchong you can find. It is a less flavorful part of the leaf, so they smoke it over a pine fire. If that is too intense on its own, look for a Russian Caravan, Camel Caravan, or any other Caravan named blend. It will be Lapsang blended with other teas, often keemun or assam and oolong, but it will ease you into the smoked tea experience. And that's all without adding anything extra to the tea leaves. There are tons of other flavors that can be added.