Tasting Profile
Palate. The ferment develops notes of conifer, peat, and sorghum, closing on a round lactic finish. The overall profile is described as velvety, silky, and smoky.[1]
Pairings
Unified Ferments suggests pairing Lapsang Souchong with cereal grains, wild fungi, and bloody steaks, or anything that would pair well with a stiff plug of scotch.[2]
Composition & Vinification
Declared ingredients: sparkling water, sugar, kombucha starter, and Lapsang Souchong tea.[1]
Lapsang Souchong Tea -- Smoky Backbone. The base is a mature, broad-leaf tea finished over a pinewood fire, a processing step Unified Ferments credits with the tea's silky, luxurious, and unapologetically smoky character. This smoke and body form the structural and aromatic core of the ferment.
Sugar -- Fermentable Sweetener. Sugar serves as the fermentable sweetener for the culture.[2]
Service
Temperature. Lapsang Souchong is recommended to be served at red wine temperature.