Keemum
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So it’s keemun tea, not keemum tea.
Thank you to Dan for pointing this out to me. After Dan’s comment, I checked a couple of my books about tea and discovered that yes, I was completely wrong. And I felt a bit silly, until I ran a Google search for keemum tea and found 411,000 results ? a figure that outnumbers the 378,000 currently being returned for keemun tea.
Seems I’m not the only one who’s a little confused.
So to all you who have stumbled across this on a quest to rectify your ignorance, I assure you: It’s keemun, not keemum.
Keemun Double-Header: Keemun by Narien Teas and Teas Etc
Long-time readers of this blog will be well aware of my fondness for black teas. While I concede that black tea doesn’t ? for the most part ? have the depth or range you can find in other types of tea, I remain an avowed fan of our fully oxidized friend. This morning, with heavy eyes from too little sleep, I decided to turn my attention to one of the most well-regarded of all black teas: keemun.
7 Common Questions About Black Tea
To the uninitiated, black tea is synonymous with tea. But while it’s the most common tea found outside of Asia, in reality black tea is second to green tea in terms of global popularity.
In this introduction to black tea, I discuss the basic definition of black tea, where it’s grown, some of the most famous varieties and much more.