date created:: 2024-10-24 11:11
date modified:: 2024-11-26 12:50

Keemun breakfast tea

Vendor:: Tea Makers of London
Type:: black
Source:: Anhui Province, China
Brewing method:: Western
Rating:: 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑

Tasting notes

First Brew

Weight:: 6 g
Volume:: 250ml water
Temperature:: 100°
Rinse:: 5 s
Steep time:: 30 second steep time

First steep

• Light almost floral scent
• Robust flavour with a softer mouthfeel than the Assam based blends I've been drinking
• Slight smokiness in the first few sips
• Little bit tanniny afterwards

Second steep

Weight: 4 g
Volume: 250 ml (mugful) water
Temperature: 100°
Rinse:: 5 s
Steep time:: 30 s

• Similar flavours as first try but even less of the tannins

Second Brew

Two spoons in a mug
Steeped for one minute
With milk

• Made a good strong brew beautiful copper colour with all the scent and flavour i noted before
• Milk mellows it out a little
• Very satisfying cuppa
• Happy to drink it either way

There are Chinese red teas I like better than this one, but this was the first red tea I was able to drink without milk. I feel like that was an important benchmark in my tea journey.