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Originally Posted by Difflugia
I was in the mood to experiment, so I decided to steep some Keemun extra long (ten minutes) to see how it turned out. It's really rich without tasting oversteeped at all. Through some combination of terroir and 5000 years of selection, there must be almost no bitter tannins in the tea.
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That, to me, is one of the joys of Keemun. It's always smooth and rich, with no bitter edge at all. (Assuming a decent grade of Keemun, of course.)
The other thing I like about good Keemuns is that they tend to actually improve with a year or so of aging. The opposite of most non-PuErh teas.