Yes it is, and that similarity to Scotch is because they both have an ingredient in common. Lapsang is tea that has been smoked over a pine wood fire, and Scotch is aged in bourbon barrels, which are made from oak planks that are scorched with fire before they're used.
Lapsang souchong. It tastes like a burnt log.
Is that the Chinese tea that tastes like scotch somehow?
Yes it is, and that similarity to Scotch is because they both have an ingredient in common. Lapsang is tea that has been smoked over a pine wood fire, and Scotch is aged in bourbon barrels, which are made from oak planks that are scorched with fire before they're used.
TIL charred wood makes everything tastes better.
Oh yeah i love this stuff. My old roommate used to get it and I haven’t had it for years but i was trying to remember the name.