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Keemun Rhapsody Review

Image from Adagio.com

Black tea from the Anhui region of China. Keemun tea, perhaps the most famous of Chinese varieties, is prized for its rich chocolate-like flavor, and sumptuous aroma. Our 'Keemun Rhapsody' is a hand-made, limited production 'superior mao feng' grade tea. It is a rare embodiment of this tea's wonderful potential, with taste bud entrancing cocoa notes, biscuity nuances, a whispering fruitiness and a flickering shadow of classic Keemun smokiness.
Description from Adagio.com

Scent:
The smell of this Keemun Rhapsody is phenomenal for a black tea. It has a hint of this cocoa (or moccha?) component going on. It's somewhat subtle, but it adds something great to the scent. I don't have much experience with black tea, but to me, this tea smells awesome. The overall aroma of this tea isn't too powerful either, which is good. For someone who enjoys the subtlety of green and whites, one can easily access this tea.

Taste:
Although my experience with black tea is quite lacking, I have to say that this tea is amazingly good. I feel as if that cocoa component that was described on Adagio.com hits your taste buds when it first enters your mouth and kicks them once again when it leaves the back-end. In the mid palette of this tea, there's a very smooth black tea flavor going on, which I really like.

I can't say much here because the only black teas I've tried are Ceylon and Earl Grey. Keemun tastes like neither of them. Maybe, it's leaning more towards the more subtle Ceylon side because the Earl Grey I had a bergamot citrus thing going on. Although I would probably prefer this over Ceylon.

I can compare this to the feeling of eating a Reese's peanut butter cup. You bite it and you taste a delicious chocolate coating. In the middle there's that creamy peanut butter, which is the good middle flavor in this tea. And at the back-end, the chocolate coating is still there.

Overall:
I enjoyed this tea fairly well. This has to be a very very good morning tea. I can see people who enjoy black tea enjoying this tea very much. I don't have much to say or complain because this black tea is SOLID.

Rating:
4.3 out of 5