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“Grrrrr… argh… I am so very sleepy this morning. I even hit snooze too many times and was subsequently late for work. D’oh! So simplicity is what this morning calls for. Brewed this up in my generic...” Read full tasting note
“Sipdown no. 187. The rest of the sample. This was one of the black savant samples that I set aside a while back because I really liked it. Now that I’m trying to drink the stuff I like with equal...” Read full tasting note
“Lena was lovely and sent me an entire sample tin full of this. I was really excited to give it a try, so I steeped some today. I’m going to preface this by saying a couple of things. One, I am...” Read full tasting note
“This is a very fine, wiry looking leaf. The smell is earthy and sweet, like peat moss. First brew was five minutes. Fairly dark liquor, sweet and clean tasting like a Ceylon and finishing with...” Read full tasting note
Is a black tea grown at 1200 meters above sea level in the Anhui province of China. Perhaps the most famous of Chinese varieties, prized for its rich, toasty flavor, mineral flinty notes and smoky, sometimes incense aroma. Our Keemun Rhapsody is a complex showing of excellent quality Keemun. Toasty, biscuity aroma with a browned apple sweetness. Earthy fruit flavor, notes of aromatic lychee fruit. Lingering perfumy smokiness long after the cup is finished.
Ingredients: Chinese Keemun black tea
Steeping Instructions: Steep at 212° for 3-5 minutes.
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Doesn’t have a very strong smell, but nice. but i suppose my nose is kinda stuffy. mmm, there’s something there i just can’t quite put my finger on.
Well, it seems to have a fairly light taste, at least when it’s still tongue-burning hot. Not that i would ever burn my tongue… ahem. Anywho, it’s got a bright taste that i like. Doesn’t taste really heavy like some stuff can. Yup, pretty good.
I found this tea yesterday at the market and thought I would give it a try. This is a black tea with a mild flavor and rich copper color. I did steep for 5 minutes and added one packet of sugar.
I have a small sample of this tea that I feel I will restock in the future.
I agree this is a comfort tea.
Started my morning off yesterday with a mug of this Keemun while exploring a “new to me” manga called Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen – I’m not sure if the goal of the manga was to make me super hungry but it certainly felt that way because that’s exactly what happened!
I think it also really heightened the tasting notes I was getting from the tea though – and what lovely notes to have heightened! The quality scale for Keemun is pretty steep, with a lot of teas on the two extreme ends of the spectrum and few in the middle – but for the price point that this one retails at I think it’s very good. Not as nice as the Keemun sold as part of Adagio’s Masters line up, mind you – but if you want a cheaper option I don’t think you would be missing out by opting for this one.
The leaf style is also beautiful – medium leaning larger very twisty leaves, all tangled up together and interwoven with a darker umber/black colour and red undertones. Really pretty to look at; I’ve always loved twisty leaves so much.
The taste is pretty “classic Keemun” – woody and umami out of the gate with hints of smoke and tannic but undertones of jammy currants, raisin, and brandied fruits. Full bodied, brisk and lingering in the throat after each sip with a warmth in the chest about halfway through the cup. I was definitely sad when I reached the bottom of the mug, which happened way faster than I had expected it to…
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Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAlNAc2DPpU&ab_channel=austinwhite
I thought I didn’t want to try a Keemun black tea and then I read this review lol – too many teas on my want-to-try list!!
That’s how I feel every time I watch Great British Bake-off. Another piece of Japanese media with that effect is a J-dorama that is on Netflix called “Kantaro: The Sweet Tooth Salaryman” about a salaryman obsessed with sweets that goes around Japan eating all the desserts. I’m always like, “Why do I not have anything delicious to go with my tea?” when I watch stuff like that!
