How to brew Keemun Black Tea
Keemun is produced exclusively in the Qimen County of the Huangshan City, in Anhui province. The cultivar used for Keemun is the same as that used in production of Huangshan Maofeng.
Keemun tea is short for China Keemun black tea. Its main producing areas are mainly distributed in Anhui province, including Counties of Qimen (Keemun), Dongzhi, Guichi, Yi, as well as Fuliang County in Jiangxi province. When talking about tea quality (taste), the teas from Likou, Shanli and Pingli towns of Qimen County are believed to be the best.
The premium Keemun tea is noted for tightly twisted tea leaves which appear black bloom and can produce bright reddish (brown) liquid and smooth and delicate flavor. The major elements most detected are notes of orchid/rose flower which is known as Keemun Fragrance with which Keemun black tea has gained a lot of attention home and abroad. Keemun black teas are highly welcome on the international market, especially in Britain it has been complimented as “the most beautiful lady”. As a national gift tea for many years in China, Keemun tea have been exported to Britain, Netherlands, Germany, Japan and Russia as well as other dozens of countries and regions.
Brewing Guidance
1. Simple way
1. Heat the water to boil.
2. Place 3g of Keemun tea in your tea pot.
3. Pour 150 ml boiling water over the tea leaves.
4. Let them brewed for 45s.
5. Sieve and pour in cups.
Tips: To better appreciate its flavors and tastes all sidedly, we suggest you sniffing the fragrance slowly first instead of drinking them immediately. By this way, you can experience the amazing feelings brought by its unique “Keemun Fragrance” and wonderful taste.
2. GongFu way
Tea set:
Keemun black tea is perfect for light drinking (without addition of milk, sugar, etc.). Purple clay and white porcelain tea set are recommended to brew black tea in traditional Chinese way.
Tea amount and water
Tea and water should be in a proportion of 1 to 50 and the brewing temperature is about 90-95 ℃.
Steps:
1:Prepare tea tools: Tea pot, Serving Cups, drinking cups, fragrance-smelling cups.
Put your tea caddy and the “Six things for Gongfu tea ceremony” on the right side of your tea tray with your tea kettle on the left hand side.
2: Appreciate dry leaves:
3. Rinse and warm up vessel: Pour heated water to your justice up and tea cups from tea pot.
4. Put tea into tea pot: Put Keemun black tea and tea water in your tea pot according to the recommended proportion (1:50).
5. Rinse tea: Lift your tea pot with your right hand and pout water into tea pot until it nearly overflows then scrap off bubbles swimming on the water gently with the lid in your left hand. Then cover it with the lid.
6. First brew: let it brewed for 1 minute then pour tea liquid in the serving cup. (You can pour them in the fragrance-smelling cups to smell its aroma through serving cup. Please note that: For better experience, the tea in the fragrance-smelling cup should be about70% of volume).
7. Cover the aroma cup with your tasting cup by inverting the tasting cup so that the pair resembles a mushroom. Hold the pair together with thumb and middle finger.
8. Flip the fragrance-smelling cup and tasting cup pair, so that the aroma cup is facing downward, into the tasting cup.
9. Lift the fragrance-smelling vertically, out of the tasting cup, leaving the tea in the tasting cup. Waft the aroma cup to give it some air. Put fragrance-smelling close to your nose in a rotating emotion and then sink your nose into the fragrance-smelling cup and enjoy the fragrance.
10.Pouring and enjoying.