I’ve written about my love of tea before, but a couple of posts don’t show how central to my day to day existence tea actually is. I always have a selection of leaves and bags ready to suit every situation, every mood.
And Keemun, more than the wonderful Ippodo sencha, more even than my standard builders’ bag from Clipper, is the one I can’t do without. It’s a black leaf tea from Anhui province in China, where it was grown by a failed civil servant called Yu Quianchen in 1875, and is packed full of aromas and flavours.