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Grown in Qimen County in the Anhui Province of China at an altitude of up to 5,000 feet, this black tea is an 'Imperial Keemun Mao Fens Sacred Garden' grade. The name Keemun comes from Qimen county, which only produced green tea until the mid 1870s. At that time, a young man who had lost his job remembered his father once told him that A skill is a better guarantor of a living than precarious officialdom. He followed his father's advice and decided to travel and learn the secrets of making black tea. Returning to Qimen in 1875, he set up three factories to produce black tea. This Keemun is a fine example of a winey Keemun with thick rich liquor that has an orchid-like fragrance. It is said that the Queen of England counts Imperial Keemun Mao Fens as one of her teas of choice.
Delicious hints of oak with a golden red cup. Superb tea!
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