Talk:Lapsang souchong

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Taste lasts for days.

Yes, the taste does last for at least a day. While walking home I could taste it. I could taste it as I was trying to sleep later that night. If it is a man's tea, I'm a little boy - Crypticity

Has anyone ever noticed a taste from Lapsang Souchong of poor quality that tastes of burnt rubber? JD79 17:47, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
we compare the Lapsang smell with the smell of ski-tar :) Anonymous

I would say Lapsang Souchong leaves smell strongly of pine tar, at least the variety I drink. It might be worth mentioning (if the smell is typical of any variety of Lapsang Souchong)? For me, being a Finn, even the taste has a hint of tar-flavoured salmiak drops. :) The taste is smokier than the smell, though. Shadowcrow 01:17, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Copyright

from the sixth reference http://www.islandteashop.com/Black_Tea/index.php :

Tea drinkers describe lapsang's flavor as "assertive" and "bold". Lapsang souchong is considered most complementary to spicy or salty foods. Also, it is purported that this tea is well suited to outdoor enthusiasts, especially after intense physical activities like hiking, distance running, or rock-climbing.

This appears nearly verbetim in the wiki'd version, as does much of the above text on the smoking process. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.225.43.121 (talk) 02:48, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Too many names

(traditional: 拉普小種, pinyin: lāpǔshān xiǎozhǒng, Minnan: l a̍p-pho·-san sió-chéng, Cantonese: làaipóusàan síujúng or 烟小种 (traditional: 煙小種, pinyin: yān xiǎozhǒng, Minnan: ian sió-chéng, Cantonese: yìn síujúng I have no idea where they go but they seem very similar to some others and it was too technical, making most of the page unreadable. --Iateasquirrel 03:45, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] link spam

I dont think all the tea shops listed in the reference were link spam, they were added because they are good sources and cite their sources too. I have reverted back to the last non-spam edit, if I am wrong to do this please revert back to edit by User:MarkSweep, thanks. --Iateasquirrel 12:10, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Having checked, these links still look more like link spam than references. The edits that introduced the references were [1] and [2]. The only information added is that Lapsang Souchong originates from Wuyi and both references are of a highly commercial nature. I find it difficult to believe that these are the only sources for this information, or even the most reliable sources. A potentially better reference is enonline.shanghai.com - it discuses Lapsang Souchong, but only limits Wuyi Rock Tea and Wuyi Cliff Oolong to Wuyi Mountain. At the moment I can't find a better source online, but, if ture, I would have thought this fact would be mentioned in many books on tea which would make for a better reference. -- Solipsist 20:32, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
Ofcourse those references would be much better, I think the edits might have been fragmented but the links were never spam; hope we can find some better references! I'll have a look. --Iateasquirrel 09:43, 16 December 2005

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I've updated the references, less commercial ones, a few more to find. But some things in the article I removed because they are simply the opposite to things that are mentioned in the articles. --Iateasquirrel 03:45, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Request for better images!

Just to mention that the images of a Twinings teabag are really no good, if anyone has any real Wuyi loose leaf Lapsang Souchong it would probably be more descriptive. I don't have any. Thoughts? --Iateasquirrel 02:20, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tea bag

Bag of Lapsang souchong tea
Bag of Lapsang souchong tea

I've removed the tea bag image because it has no use, if you think otherwise please insert it back. --Iateasquirrel 00:48, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion vote

A new article on a liqueur made from lapsang souchong is up for deletion. Please vote here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Qi (spirit). Thank you, Badagnani 07:15, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] i saw that

weasel wording fruity tea nazis, if you do not like the flavor of cigarette ashes and burnt rubber i reccomend that you stop eating them.

[edit] Use as marinade

It could be mentioned in the article that (at least in my experience) lapsang souchong tea may be used as a marinade, to impart a smoky flavor to meat, tofu, etc. Badagnani 05:31, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Literal translation of name

Can someone add the literal translation of the tea's name? And what dialect does "lapsang souchong" come from? Badagnani 02:24, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm not really qualified, but Zheng Shan is a place in China (its name means something like 'proper mountain', entertainingly enough, but that's not really relevant). How that might have mutated into 'Lapsang' is anyone's guess - the OED just describes Lapsang as an 'invented first element'. 'Souchong' refers to the grade of leaves used, but I don't know offhand what it literally means. I hope this is helpful. It should ideally be added, but preferably by someone with better knowledge of Chinese than me. --Oolong 21:38, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removed a section

Also, it is purported that this tea is well suited to outdoor enthusiasts, especially after intense physical activities like hiking, distance running, or rock-climbing. This may be due to the fact that commonly available lapsang souchong is usually made from larger, lower grade leaves, that usually also have less caffeine than the more prized Orange Pekoe grade.

This made no sense to me and is unreferenced, so I took it out. (Outdoor enthusiasts prefer this particular tea just because it happens to have less caffeine than Orange Pekoe? Why not green tea or decaffeinated tea?) If you can rewrite it so that it makes sense, with references, please feel free to put it back in. --Grace 23:56, 14 February 2007 (UTC)


The "it is purported" part of the sentence indicates that this is not claimed to be the absolute, unwavering truth of ages. I put it back in, but I was added a place for a citation. My own personal, anecdotal experience agrees with this. This tea is preferred by outdoors types probably because of its powerful aroma and flavor, which, after a rough day on the trails, is probably the only thing that tastes like anything.RSido 03:31, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Anecdotal but I have also noticed that outdoors types have an affinity for the lapsang souchang. I attribute it to the fact that it reminds one of the smoke of the campfire, associated with good memories. 67.133.114.17 (talk) 22:48, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Temperature of water

What temperature should the water added to the tea leaves be? Badagnani 03:20, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Hot (but not boiling). - Tenmiles 05:15, 23 September 2007 (UTC)