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drank Spring Keemun by Andrews & Dunham Damn Fine Tea
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This tea is beautiful. It smells nicely sweet and slightly smokey. Smells delicious. The dry tea leaves are small and curly and uniform. It actually hurts to take the first scoop out of the tin because it feels like I am crushing the leaves. Gives a new meaning to agony of the leaves :)

The tea brews up really nice, and also really strong. It agains have an excellent balance of sweet and slightly smokey keemun. It is very bold and malty. Just a slight dryness in the aftertaste but it is not astringent or bitter.

For some reason, I do not associate keemun with spring. This keemun is very fresh but the boldness and maltiness reminds me more of a late fall or winter. But I don’t care, it is delicious.
Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 2 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML
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Sil
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yeah keemun = fall/winter for me

Stephanie
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Don’t they call this one spring because it is a spring harvest? Man I really love this one…

Sil
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Stephanie – yes..but it’s still got a giant spring on it ahha

Stephanie
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True! :)

Jennkay
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Oh man, I hate the feeling of crushing leaves when scooping!

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Sil
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yeah keemun = fall/winter for me

Stephanie
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Don’t they call this one spring because it is a spring harvest? Man I really love this one…

Sil
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Stephanie – yes..but it’s still got a giant spring on it ahha

Stephanie
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True! :)

Jennkay
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Oh man, I hate the feeling of crushing leaves when scooping!

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I am a lifetime tea lover.

I did foray into the world of coffee for a period of time, but I returned to my true love. I still, however, enjoy a good cup of java.

My all time favorite tea is Earl Grey, which I drink every morning, the stronger the bergamot the better. I definitely prefer natural oil of bergamot to artificial flavouring.

I mostly like black and dark oolong teas. My current favs are Fujian blacks, Keemun and Assams, and Wuyi oolongs. I gravitate towards anything with lychee in it. I also drink a lot of herbal blends but am wary of hibiscus. I do not favour mate, or pu’erh tea, although I have found a few blends that I like. (I so badly want to like straight pu’erh tea but it all tastes gross to me. I keep trying though). Rooibos, green and white teas fall somewhere in the middle. I find myself gravitating towards heavily roasted oolongs and teas from Paris/France based companies.

I love iced teas and cold brews.

My current tea goal is to make the perfect cup of chai from scratch – almost there…I think.

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