Single Estate Black Teas
Some teas are just so good they shine. While any tea merchant worth their salt can make a blend that delights from several teas. Those teas that from the moment you taste them say :”This is perfection in a cup” will be found here. From all the major tea producing regions we have carefully select this nobility of the Tea world for your approval.
- ASSAM Tarajulie Estate FBOP
To give you an idea of how long they’ve been making tea on Tarajulie Estate, consider the following. The year Tarajulie was first planted also saw the publishing of edition one of the Oxford English Dictionary, completion of the Washington Monument and the birth of Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States – 1884 – it’s […]
- CEYLON Kirkoswald Estate FBOP
The Kirkoswald Estate FBOP produces a Uva Ceylon of excellent charateristics. It has good leaf appearance and produces a full bodied lovely flavored tea. In the cup it is coppery bright with golden notes. Winds blow across the Indian Ocean they pick-up moisture during the 3000 mile journey to Sri Lanka. As the warm moist air rises into […]
- China tea: Keemun Panda #1
Keemun Panda #1 is a buttery smooth tasting cup that refreshes and stimulates the palate. Its easy to see why Keemun was the first “Breakfast” tea of the British empire. The exotic notes of the fresh leaves are retained as this Keemun steeps in the pot making it easy to close your eyes and be transported to the […]
- DARJEELING Margaret’s Hope Estate TGFOP
During the 1930’s this tea garden was owned by Mr. Bagdon who lived in London but visited the tea garden regularly. He had two daughters. The younger daughter named Margaret; who when she saw the tea garden fell in love with it, hoped one day she would have an opportunity to return. Sadly she fell ill on […]
- NILGIRI (India) Tiger Hill Estate FBOP
Tiger Hill is a top estate in the Nilgiri district of South India. The soil and climatic conditions produce very distinctive teas. This Jan. production tea has a flavor profile that is unbelievable. You will taste a fruit-like floral character with satisfying thickness. What causes this flavor?? – the sun shines more intensely, there are fewer […]
- Yunnan Pu-erh (Organic)
Yunnan Pu-erh tea is famed in China for its medicinal properties. The leaves come from the Yunnan Dayeh variety of tea tree – which is purported to be closely related to the original tea tree of pre-glacial times. A study in Japan indicated that all tea lowered cholesterol and that pu-erh was more effective than green tea. […]
