Keemun Hao Ya by Canton Tea Co (review)

Name: Keemun Hao Ya Black Tea

Brand: Canton Tea Co

Type: Black tea, Chinese

Form: Loose Leaf

Review: This is one delicious Keemun. The dry leaf is tiny, dark, and delicate in appearance, with a nose of red wine and smoke. The tea infuses to a rich amber brown with a nose that continues to be of red wine and smoke. On the palate? Light-medium bodied with a hint of astringency and, you guessed it, a lot of red wine and smoke.

(Yes, I know, this review is dominated by that wine and smoke.)

This is a remarkably precise tea. It tastes of wine and smoke (in case you haven’t already guessed) and that is where the flavor stays. I would use the term “tight” to describe the tea, but that may cause you to mistakenly think that it is a restrained tea, or that it doesn’t have much flavor. Neither is true. It is just that the flavors are neither elusive nor busy. When you taste this tea, you taste a refined Keemun created by a tea master who knew what s/he was trying to achieve.

The tea drinks nicely on its own, though I’d strongly recommend trying it with food as well. I did pair it with my favorite Keemun-mate, peanut butter and bacon on toast, and experienced intense bliss.

Try this tea. You won’t regret it.

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