# Lapsang Souchong tea **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 15, 2001, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapsang-souchong-tea/93429 "2001-11-15T01:18:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapsang-souchong-tea/93429/1 "2001-11-15T01:18:42Z")
Anybody else here like Lapsang Souchong? MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM mmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I love it! But it’s definitely an acquired taste. Any other fans of it out there? Where do you get yours? What do you like with it? What do you take in it? I like mine plain, hot or iced. QtM ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapsang-souchong-tea/93429/2 "2001-11-15T01:24:40Z")
Love it! Lapsang Souchong… Vegemite… I’m straight and male, but will you marry me? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapsang-souchong-tea/93429/3 "2001-11-15T01:31:50Z")
I just poured myself a cup, after posting to [the _other_ tea thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=98937) > [@](#): > > Lapsang Souchong! The Dark Smokey Elixir of Happiness. > My Taiwanese friends tell me that this is considered an “Old Man’s Tea”. So be it. I can’t get enough of it. I’m off to make some now. It gets me a little bit high, and I get all philosophical. Whoohoo. The kettle starting to make a cheerful sound. The tea is locked into the infuser. The teapot is primed. I am so happy. My connection is [Murchie’s](http://www.murchies.com/frhome.html), located on Robson St. in Vancouver, Canada. Murchie’s is the Holy of Holies. I’m with you, Qadgop, plain for me. (Adultery _is_ a sin, after all.) I can’t understand why it’s an acquired taste. I liked it as soon as I smelled it. I usually give my friends a half-pound for Christmas. I have to give them _something else_, as well, because none of my friends like it all that much and it’s understood that I give it to them so it’ll be in the cupboard when I visit. **[PREVIEWS]** I’m straight and male as well, but tea is tea. Shall we make it a threesome? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapsang-souchong-tea/93429/4 "2001-11-15T01:40:37Z")
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm… 3 straight males, getting together for lapsong, and vegemite. Wow. How do you guys feel about 10 year old Wisconsin Cheddar cheese, and lutefisk? Habanero peppers on the side? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapsang-souchong-tea/93429/5 "2001-11-15T01:51:35Z")
Lutefisk? This relationship isn’t going to work out, I’m afraid. Mmmmm… Fish & drain cleaner… (To be fair, I’ve never tried it. Turns out I love limburger. But I’m vegetarian, so I guess I’ll never know.) Vegemite is a good thing. 3[sup]rd[/sup] best use of yeast I know of. Not in a sandwich though. I’m with ya on the cheddar & habanero, but maybe with a nice cabernet, instead of tea. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapsang-souchong-tea/93429/6 "2001-11-15T01:52:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Qadgop the Mercotan \* > \*\*How do you guys feel about 10 year old Wisconsin Cheddar cheese, and lutefisk? Habanero peppers on the side? \*\* Now you’re just being mean. I had a tooth pulled an hour ago, so no food for another three hours. By that time, I’ll be at work, so the best I can hope for is instant coffee and potato chips from the vending machine. But in the meantime, local anaesthetic and blood. Now _there’s_ a taste sensation. Sorry to spoil the moment chaps, but I just had to share… ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapsang-souchong-tea/93429/7 "2001-11-15T01:58:17Z")
Mmmmmmmmmmmm…blutwurst! Usinger’s makes a dandy product. But I hear ya, **Larry**. I’ve got some limburger in the fridge now. Double bagged of course. Must be served warm to be enjoyed. Just don’t knock drain cleaner until you’ve tried it. The spice shop I bought my last pound of Lapsong Souchong from closed up. I’m trying to hunt up other local sources, before resorting to the internet. generally it’s a little pricier that way. ---
**Author:** ![xcheopis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bc8723/32.png) [@xcheopis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xcheopis)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapsang-souchong-tea/93429/8 "2001-11-15T02:18:17Z")
I love Lapsang Souchong tea, especially on cold mornings before lab classs. I buy mine from a Middle Eastern store but I have also seen some from **Jackson’s of Picadilly**. You may with to check out this site [for ordering info](http://www.baltcoffee.com/catalog/store.cgi?page=index_tea.html), if you need to order from the Internet. And I like aged Wisconsin cheddar. ---
**Author:** ![Trucido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Trucido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trucido)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapsang-souchong-tea/93429/9 "2001-11-15T04:25:13Z")
Not to intrude on this little lovefest, but I’m fond of it myself. Something about that weird smokiness that grows on you more and more. Mine is usually Taylor’s of Harrogate. It really shines, too, if you include a bit of it in whatever tea you use to make iced tea. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapsang-souchong-tea/93429/10 "2001-11-15T06:59:42Z")
I get mine at Murchie’s as well, when I’m in Vancouver. Vegemite? sure! Haven’t had 10 year Wisconsin cheddar - but love 3 year Balderson (white cheddar from Ontario) mmmm. (And I get to eat the whole thing cause the Beloved doesn’t like it! 🙂 ) Where do you guys stand on the blood sausage debate? I’m definitely for it - provided the white bits are good, of course. [sub] Why am I starting to think that this thread could be called “Guy Food” or something?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapsang-souchong-tea/93429/11 "2001-11-15T15:27:36Z")
Lapsang souchong, yes. And I’m a girl too (I’ve heard it referred to as a “man’s tea,” whatever the heck that is). I have some Twining’s at the moment from the local whole foods mart, and I have also ordered it from The Republic of Tea. Russian Caravan is good too, but hard to find. You almost always have to order it. My husband says “it tastes like camel a\*\*,” but what does he know. He’s never really tasted one (a camel’s patoot, that is). Ah well, more for me! ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapsang-souchong-tea/93429/12 "2001-11-15T15:55:53Z")
I have to admit that when a friend of mine tried to introduce me to Lapsang Souchong tea by describing it as “English Breakfast with a cigarette butt in it” I was not inspired to try it… But then I am a heathen coffee drinker 😉 Gp ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapsang-souchong-tea/93429/13 "2001-11-15T16:36:18Z")
I’ve loved that dark, smoky brew from my tea snob days back in college. My local connection is Teaism in Dupont Circle, at the intersection of Connecticut and R St. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapsang-souchong-tea/93429/14 "2001-11-15T16:51:47Z")
I love tea. Orange Pekoe, Jasmine, China Green, Russian Gunpowder, Kenyan Black, Earl Grey, Prince of Wales, Irish Breakfast; it’s all good. In fact, I’ve only found one kind of tea I don’t like. Lapsang Souchong I’d rather drink a cup of plain boiled water than desecrate it with the vileness that is Lapsang Souchong. In the words of Phoebe Buffay “This is what evil tastes like.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapsang-souchong-tea/93429/15 "2001-11-15T17:19:06Z")
Lapsang Souchang tastes like soap to me. Some kind of violet flavored soap. I heard it was great, so I bought some at a Chinese market. Soap. Then I thought maybe it was just that brand, so I bought a better brand. Soap. Why don’t we all get together for a glass of Malort instead? 🙂