Lapsang Souchong Smokey Tea

[crashthegrey]

How long you brew any tea is a matter of personal preference. Many retailers will tell you what they recommend, but always experiment on your own. For more delicate teas, also try reducing the temperature of your water when you brew. Different temperatures and brew times can completely alter the flavor of a given tea or blend. With lapsang, I tend toward just off boil and 5 minutes as well.

 

[bluto]

I like just off boil for steeping , too hot and it gets bitter , tannins ..
Sometimes I add a little cold water to the leaves first and also use a heavy tea pot so there’s little risk of too hot
Thanks for tea ideas , gotta check them out

 

[crashthegrey]

Many green teas benefit from much cooler temperatures, and then there is always the fun of cold brew tea.

 

[bluto]

Sounds good , cold brew coffee is also worth trying
As is roasting your own beans

 

[irishearl]

Crash, puerh with the taste of compost you say? Now, there's an irresistible hook. 8O Seriously, tried one once and it wasn't for me, though no doubt wasn't a particularly high grade one. Am, though, a black tea guy.

 

[bluto]

Green tea is pretty awesome , the leaves steep and when you look in the pot , you can see actual leaves
Anybody tried Greek coffee , pretty much just hot water and ground beans mixed in a copper pot , I was kinda turned off the first few times , until I found the real deal and wow , so THATS Greek coffee ..

 

[dottiewarden]

Smoked everything:
Ham

Bacon

Salmon

Oysters

And of course Lapsang!

 

[cwpiperman]

Just ordered some Lapsang Souchong from Upton.....gotta love it...

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

I realize this is rather sacrilegious to hard core tea enthusiasts, but I drink a lot of blends from David's Tea. 2 months ago, I ceased my sweet tea consumption of nearly a gallon per day completely. I was slowly, but surely, killing myself with sugar. I drank water only for awhile but saw a David's Tea shop at the Fashion Mall when visiting the Apple Store.
David's Tea has a number of more traditional White, Green, Black teas but also have what they call herbal teas which tend to be fruitier. According to their info, no sugars are added. Some contain a very low amount of natural fruit sugar.
I drink a combination of their regular teas and keep a 32 oz container going of the herbal teas. Perhaps when I grow up, I will develop a taste for the finer traditional teas. I do believe what I'm drinking is much, much healthier than the sweet tea I was previously drinking.

 

[bluto]

They are creating tea blends out of everything these days , rose hips , raspberry leaves , labrador tea .. one is never stuck for a choice

 

[crashthegrey]

I am glad to hear that you kicked the sweet tea. It is a wonderful substance but not at a gallon a day. These tisanes, or herbal teas, are definitely a good replacement.