Ingredients

• For the spice rub
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
  
• ¹/₄ teaspoon ground cumin
  
• 2 Lapsang Souchong or Oolong teabags (3 tablespoons loose tea)
  
• ¹/₄ teaspoon ground smoked sea salt (or plain sea salt)
  
• ¹/₄ teaspoon smoked Spanish paprika
  
• ¹/₂ teaspoon dried thyme
  
• freshly ground pepper, to taste
  
• Pinch sea salt
  
• 2 medium cloves fresh garlic, mashed with the flat side of a knife then coarsely chopped
  
• 3 lamb shoulder chops, 1-inch thick, with round bone
  

• For the lamb chops