Odd and Interesting foods (was Re: SC - food bashing)

[Laura C. Minnick]

Lee-Gwen Booth wrote:

> Oh, no, one doesn't put milk in these teas!  Mind you, I am yet to find some
> way to make one "fancy" tea palatable.  I can't remember its name, but it
> tastes like someone has taken a full ashtray and steeped it in boiling
> water.  I had it once when I was a teenager and couldn't believe that anyone
> could actually drink the stuff (still can't, for that matter - I recently
> went into a speciality tea shop where it was stocked.  One sniff convinced
> me not to buy it again - ever!).

Was it by any chance Lapsang Souchong? That's the only tea I know of
that fits that description, and I don't like it either.

'Lainie