# Unusual flavors of tea you've tried. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 14, 2005, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-flavors-of-tea-youve-tried/330969 "2005-11-14T06:55:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-flavors-of-tea-youve-tried/330969/21 "2005-11-15T00:09:57Z")
> [@Doug Bowe](#): > > Sure! Here’s what I bought. What the filter does is allow the tea to spread out and infuse. The little tea ball just doesn’t have enough room to allow the tea to do that, especially if you’re using one of the gunpowder teas. Not to mention that they are a pain in the ass to fill, to use, to clean . . . A POX, I say. Anyway, my wackiest tea flavor was inadvertent: I had some chocolate-flavored black tea, which I blended with some vanilla-flavored rooibos, and without thinking, I stored it in a tin that used to hold Moroccan mint tea. This turned out to be a mistake. My friend described it as tasting like steeped menthol cigarettes. (I threw that out and remade the blend in a clean tin, and it is quite tasty, actually.) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-flavors-of-tea-youve-tried/330969/22 "2005-11-15T01:57:36Z")
> [@The Sausage Creature](#): > > I ordered some Twinings Lapsang Souchong last winter (we renamed it Tenzig Norgay. I dunno why, but it stuck). It is a smoked tea, so somewhat of an adventure. The aroma of it reminded me a lot of a leather store (in a good way). I liked it but my husband hated it. > > That choccy mint tea sounds delicious! I love Lapsang Souchong, but it is a bit like drinking tea flavored with liquid smoke. In my opinion, it’s fantastic, but most people do find it repulsive. ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-flavors-of-tea-youve-tried/330969/23 "2005-11-15T02:10:44Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I love Lapsang Souchong, but it is a bit like drinking tea flavored with liquid smoke. In my opinion, it’s fantastic, but most people do find it repulsive. Yeah, I seem to remember **QtM** being hip to this stuff. Or did he hate it? Can’t remember. Either way, he had a strong reaction to it. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-flavors-of-tea-youve-tried/330969/24 "2005-11-15T02:12:33Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I love Lapsang Souchong, but it is a bit like drinking tea flavored with liquid smoke. In my opinion, it’s fantastic, but most people do find it repulsive. I found it took two attempts for me to like it. I never try anything once – always twice. I was taken aback the first time, and grew to love it the second. The best part is, I don’t have to worry about anyone else getting into it! ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-flavors-of-tea-youve-tried/330969/25 "2005-11-15T02:37:52Z")
I tried two new ones. Rooibos, specifically [Kalahari Red Tea](http://www.kalahariusa.com/store/product%7C603), is the best tea I’ve ever tasted. Twig tea, on the other hand, is utterly vile. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-flavors-of-tea-youve-tried/330969.md?page=1)