I love ordering from Upton Tea Imports. Everything they have available you can also get in a sample size, which is great for people like me who get sick of drinking certain teas after trying them once or twice.
I got a brand new Finium tea cup with a fine mesh gold filter, which I think is AWESOME!
This tea was a surprise, it is definitely one of the lighter lapsangs I have tried up until now. The smoke is subtle and the tea has a nice sweetness to it and brews up to be a reddish amber color. The flavor is almost floral like! I was not blown away by it but it was certainly very pleasant and delicious. I think I still prefer Hu Kwa which has a more unique aroma and flavor, but this was good!
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Stash has inexpensive lapsang souchong from Tong Mu Village which is the home of lapsang souchong. It is made there in the traditional way in smaller quantities. Harder to get in the U.S. I’ve heard.
Thanks, I might need to check it out.
My sample of this scares me, ha.
@Cheryl – have you tried it yet?
Dylan loves his finium filter. It looks like it will deal with any tea and leave no stuff in your cup.
Amy…not yet. Reviews like yours convinced me to order a sample. Will soon. Maybe.
Cheryl, sweetened it is kind of like a toasted marshmallow……
Don’t be scared!
Eep, marshmallow. How can it taste like marshmallow, when it smells like you’re downwind from a grill cooking barbecued (something)? Alright, I’ll try it. Umm. Tomorrow. Heh.
It smells smoky but it doesn’t taste like smoke – hard to explain. LIke a toasted marshmallow perhaps. :)
Mmmm toasted marshmallow sounds wonderful :)
Missy: good to know about the Finum. We need to buy something to send to Irish BF of my daughter’s so he can make loose leaf. He loves tea and is branching out from teabags.
Amazon has them for a decent price. I’m currently thinking about grabbing another. My daughter likes tea as well and the basket that came with her teapot leaves much to be desired.
http://www.amazon.com/Finum-63-421-50-00-Brewing-Basket/dp/B000I68NCS
My intestines can be scared of certain teas, if you know what I mean! Note to self: No more stale, older green teas please.
LS for me is an occasional tea, unless I find A good one with more mild smoke. I do miss the sweetneess of a LS.
Scott – have you tried this one? It is fairly mild IMO…
No, but I’ve had my eyes on it for quite some time.
Stash has inexpensive lapsang souchong from Tong Mu Village which is the home of lapsang souchong. It is made there in the traditional way in smaller quantities. Harder to get in the U.S. I’ve heard.
Thanks, I might need to check it out.
My sample of this scares me, ha.
@Cheryl – have you tried it yet?
Dylan loves his finium filter. It looks like it will deal with any tea and leave no stuff in your cup.
Amy…not yet. Reviews like yours convinced me to order a sample. Will soon. Maybe.
Cheryl, sweetened it is kind of like a toasted marshmallow……
Don’t be scared!
Eep, marshmallow. How can it taste like marshmallow, when it smells like you’re downwind from a grill cooking barbecued (something)? Alright, I’ll try it. Umm. Tomorrow. Heh.
It smells smoky but it doesn’t taste like smoke – hard to explain. LIke a toasted marshmallow perhaps. :)
Mmmm toasted marshmallow sounds wonderful :)
Missy: good to know about the Finum. We need to buy something to send to Irish BF of my daughter’s so he can make loose leaf. He loves tea and is branching out from teabags.
Amazon has them for a decent price. I’m currently thinking about grabbing another. My daughter likes tea as well and the basket that came with her teapot leaves much to be desired.
http://www.amazon.com/Finum-63-421-50-00-Brewing-Basket/dp/B000I68NCS
My intestines can be scared of certain teas, if you know what I mean! Note to self: No more stale, older green teas please.
LS for me is an occasional tea, unless I find A good one with more mild smoke. I do miss the sweetneess of a LS.
Scott – have you tried this one? It is fairly mild IMO…
No, but I’ve had my eyes on it for quite some time.