Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Black
Where to Buy: Teavivre
Tea Description:
Keemun Black Tea is one of the four famous black tea in the world, while Keemun Fragrant Black tea is one of the best of it. Keemun Fragrant Black tea only use spring tea leaves as material, in the form of one bud and two leaves. Making process of this tea will take 8 – 9 hours, including lightly sun withering, rolling, fermentation, drying, and manual kneading. The dry leaves are tight and thin. Keemun Fragrant Black tea is fully fermented, presenting a color of coppery red, and revealing abundant golden buds. The unique Keemun fragrance and fruity floral flavor makes the tea suitable for either brewing with Gaiwan or drinking with milk.
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Taster’s Review:
When a tea has ‘fragrant’ in its name, you know you just have to smell it! The dry leaf possesses a deliciously wonderful aroma. I smell notes of cocoa! Deep, rich, dark chocolate notes dominate, while hints of freshly baked bread linger in the background. I can smell a malty tone, as well as notes of caramel. It smells so sweet and rich. The fragrance of the brewed tea is much softer when compared to the dry leaf, but, it is still very alluring. So much so that it beckons me to take a sip!
Wow … so good. This is the Keemun I’d recommend to someone who usually finds Keemun to be on the smoky side, because while there are some whispers of smoke in the distance, they are such distant notes that they’re barely distinguishable. This tea focuses on the sweeter side of Keemun with pronounced notes of cocoa, malt, and caramel.
It is also a milder Keemun. Many Keemun teas are very invigorating and have a hefty, almost rugged kind of flavor and texture … a good amount of gusto. And while this Keemun is indeed invigorating in its own way, it doesn’t have that same robust boldness that other Keemun teas that I’ve tasted possess. That is not to say that this tea lacks anything in terms of flavor, because this tea is incredibly full flavored.
Instead, I would say that this tea, while stern in its own way, takes the softer, “nice cop” approach. It tempts the drinker with its sweet, delicious notes of chocolate and warm, freshly baked bread. It entices the drinker with its luscious caramel tones and envelops you in the delicious complexity. Rather than strong-arming the drinker to an alert state of mind, it lulls the drinker into a sense of attentive consciousness. It’s really quite lovely!
Honestly I been drinking tea for the last 3 years but I haven’t heard about “Keemun Fragrant Black tea”. As if, I was drinking the tea while reading the review. This is just what I want with my tea to be.