Tasting Notes: Balanced and bold – blueberry highlights.

Ingredients: Black tea, blueberries, elderberries, apple, hibiscus, rosehip.

Origin: China, India, Kenya, various dried fruits and herbs fromCanada, USA, Thailand Spain

Caffeine Content: Medium

Water Temperature: 212 ºF / 100 ºC

Steep Time: 3-6 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp / 8oz

Whether in jams, jellies, pies or picked straight from a bush- blueberries are oh so delightful any way you like them! We think blueberry to be especially delicious in our very favourite way, paired with tea of course! Our Blueberry Black tea blend celebrates the teeny-tiny deep blue wild variety of blueberry that is simply the best.

Our fine black tea base is blended with dried blueberries, elderberries, apple and rosehip to create our fragrant, blueberry tea. The sweet-scented dry leaf mellows out once steeped, and offers a balanced black tea taste with a subtle hint of true blueberry.

Black tea helps reduce the risk of heart attack by decreasing cholesterol and strengthening the blood vessels’ lining to regulate blood flow. Black tea drinkers generally have less risk of heart disease and it is known to prevent diabetes as it can help reduce and balance blood sugar levels. Drink up for better health.

Blueberry Black tea is delicious served hot or cold, enjoy!!

Price:

$8 / 50g

$16 / 100g

Tasting Notes: A smooth and deep flavourful cup with delectable mild hints of a pine and oak fire.

Ingredients: Black tea

Origin: Taiwan

Region: Nantou County

Caffeine Content: Medium

Water Temperature: 212 F / 100 C

Steep time: 3-6 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp / 8oz

It has been said that “The beauty of Taiwan tea resides in the hard-working spirit of past generations to pioneer the golden age of Taiwan tea.”  Truer words regarding this island nation’s tea industry could not have been spoken. Through all of Taiwan’s political ups and downs during the past couple of centuries, the art of tea has prevailed producing some of the world’s finest cups. Although these days Taiwan is often associated with semi-fermented Oolongs, the industry there actually began with the development of black tea – teas such as this outstanding Lapsang. Local teas originated from two varieties of wild growing plants, their primary difference being the colour of their sprouts. This tea, known as Taiwan Mountain tea had either greenish tending light purple sprouts or purple-red tending fuchsia sprouts. Initially it was thought that neither of these teas were commercially viable. That all changed however when improvements were made to a varietal sub-categorized as Taiwan Tea No. 18 making it suitable for black tea production.
It is the belief that due to the exceptional appearance of the leaf, Kangaroo Lapsang is probably produced from plants stemming from this original Tea No. 18. Production begins by withering freshly picked tea over pine and oak fires, pan-firing, and then rolling the leaf by hand. Once rolled, leaves are pressed into wooden barrels, covered with cloth, and allowed to ferment. Next, the leaves are re-rolled into tight strips and placed in bamboo baskets, which are hung over burning pine boughs. As they dry, the leaves further develop their rich smoky flavour. Because of the quality of the fresh leaf used to produce Kangaroo Lapsang, the resulting tea is one of the worlds finest. The flavour is robust, deep, and highly aromatic, filling the mouth with distinctive smoky pine notes. The flavour leads us to another quote, “The beauty of Taiwan tea resides in the flavour, the clearness of its colouring, the purity of its taste, and the elegance of its aroma.” That being the case, this tea is a true example of the beauty of Taiwan tea. (As for the odd name – the true origins have been lost to the mists of time – although legend has it that a ship carrying Kangaroos to the Boston Zoo from Australia almost 200 years ago capsized off the coast of Taiwan, then known as Formosa. The ancient stories maintain that the kangaroos lived in peace amongst the tea plants for many years!)

Price:

$12.5 / 50g

$25 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Balanced and Bold – Floral notes and fresh Pumpernickel bread

Ingredients: Rainforest Alliance Kenyan Black tea, Assam and China black teas

Origin: Kenya, India, China

Caffeine Content: Medium

Water Temperature: 206 F  / 97 C

Steep Time: 3-5 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp/8oz

The perfect start to your day. Take a tea trip around the world with this full-bodied blend of black teas from Kenya, India and China. This delicious breakfast blend is well-balanced and very high in anti-oxidants. Try drinking it the Kenyan way, with a splash of milk and sugar.

Price:

$8.5 / 50g

$17 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Sweet and Spicy – Liquorice Root and Cloves

Ingredients: Rainforest Alliance Kenyan Black tea, allspice, clove, fennel, cinnamon, liquorice root, ginger, black pepper, rose petals.

Caffeine Level: Medium

Water Temperature: 206 F / 97 C

Steep time:  3-5 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp / 8oz

‘Chai’ actually just means ‘tea’, but here in the west, we have adopted the term to mean spiced tea. Our African Chai is spiced with a unique bouquet of cloves, cinnamon, fennel and rose petals. Totally different from a spicy Indian Masala Chai, this has been known to make chai devotees rethink how they drink their chai! Also delicious as an iced tea!

Price:

$9.5 / 50g

$19 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Full bodied, malty and robust.  All the characteristics that make this an exceptional Assam.

Ingredients: Fair trade black tea.

Origin: Assam, North-East India

Caffeine Content: Medium

Water Temperature: 212 F / 100 C

Steep Time: 3-6 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp / 8oz

The strongest of Indian teas, this whole leaf black comes from India’s first tea region.

Teas that are produced without the input of chemical fertilizers or pesticides and herbicides generally have a lower yield per acre and quite often quality can suffer compared to when fertilizers and others inputs are utilized. Nevertheless with good manufacturing techniques the cup characteristics can be maintained at a very high level – such is the case with this tea! This tea is a classic top quality Assam, very full bodied and tending ‘juicy’. Quite often milk is used to tone down the strength of the tea since milk gives the tea a smoothness that is very pleasant and highlights the malty notes.
Historically the Assam tea bush is a subgenus of Camellia Sinensis. This variety was found growing wild in the Assam province of northeast India in the 1823, when the British East India Company was studying a proposal to grow tea in India. The idea was turned down for fears that India’s production might endanger their China tea monopoly. Ten years later conditions had changed. The company’s opium trafficking had angered the Chinese government and the British Crown overrode the objections of the East India Company and backed a project to grow tea in India. By 1837 it was successfully cultivated in Assam and in May 1838 a few chests were shipped to London (true organic tea – grown before the advent of artificial fertilizers and herbicides). The first consignment of 8 chests of Assam tea was auctioned off in 1839 heralding the advent of Indian Tea in the world markets. Tea continues to play an important political role in India’s development. Not only do millions of people gather their main source of family income from the tea business, but in 1946 Mahatma Ghandi in his non-violent struggle for Independence is known to have taken tea to King George-V at Buckingham Palace for their historic discussion on Indian Independence.

Price:

$10 / 50g

$20 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Excellent Earl Grey notes accented with piquant lemon.

Ingredients: Black tea, Lemon pieces, Cornflower + Rose petals, Lime leaves

Origin:  Sri Lanka, China, Spain, Italy

Caffeine Content: Medium

Water Temperature: 206 F / 97 C

Steep Time: 3-5 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp / 8oz

This tea is blended in honour of The Baroness of Grey, who lived sometime in the 16th or 17th century and was married to a man who was a Ship’s Captain in the Royal Navy. As the story goes, his ship never returned from a trading voyage to China. Refusing to believe that her husband would never return the Baroness would walk to the port lands every morning to greet each ship hoping for news of her husband. Sadly, she continued this practice until the day she died. In honour of the loyal Baroness Grey, we blended this tea with the traditional bergamot and the addition of lemon to represent the bitter tears shed over her beloved. The dried lemon peels add an additional tartness to the citrus character of the tea making it a fantastic alternative to traditional Earl Grey.

Price:

$8.5 / 50g

$17 / 100g

Tasting Notes: A must for the avid Earl Grey tea drinker! Our flavourful Earl Grey mellowed with a delicious creamy taste. An excellent all day tea with a superb finish.

Ingredients: Black tea, Cornflower petals, Natural vanilla.

Origin: Sri Lanka

Region: Nuwara Eliya, Dimbula or Uva districts

Caffeine Content: Medium

Water Temperature:  206 F / 97 C

Steep Time: 3-5 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp / 8oz

Cream Earl Grey has a taste that’s smooth with vanilla overtones that stand out above the premium bergamot flavour – the signature taste of Earl Grey. This is a tea that would complement a royal meal or any another aristocratic occasion for that matter! One has to assume that Charles Grey himself (1764-1845) would have strongly approved of this delicacy.

What type of tea do we use, how do we flavour the tea and why do we use natural flavours?
First… Our suppliers only use high grown teas from the top 3 tea growing regions of Sri Lanka – Nuwara Eliya, Dimbula and Uva. These three high-grown districts produce flavourful teas that have classic ‘Ceylon’ tea character which is noted by floral bouquet and flavour notes, touches of mild astringency, bright coppery colour and, most importantly – perfect for use as the base tea of our flavoured teas. (Our Suppliers have tested teas from various other origins around the world as base stock for their flavoured teas, but none of these teas made the grade.) Dimbula and the western estates of Nuwara Eliya have a major quality peak during Jan/Feb, whereas Uva and the eastern estates of Nuwara Eliya have their peak in July/Aug. This ‘dual peak period’ allow them to buy the best for our flavoured tea blends several times during the year, ensuring top quality and freshness.
Second… They use flavouring oils not crystals to give the tea drinker an olfactory holiday before indulging in a liquid tea treat.
Third… We specify natural flavours. High quality tea tastes good and natural flavours do not mask the natural taste of the high grown Ceylon tea. (The norm for many making flavoured tea is to use overpowering artificial flavours, which can be used to hide lower quality tea). Natural flavours do not leave an aftertaste giving the tea a clean and true character. It should be noted that natural flavours tend to be somewhat ‘soft‘ and the flavours slightly muted, but for many this is a refreshing change and one of the desired attributes of our naturally flavoured teas.

Price:

$8.5 / 50g

$17 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Smooth, Subtle, Chocolate,

Ingredients: Black Tea, Cacao Nibs

Origin: Kenya and Cameroon

Caffeine Content: Medium

Water Temperature: 206 F / 97 C

Steep Time: 3-5 minutes

Suggested Serving:  1 tsp / 8 oz

A beautiful marriage of whole leaf black tea from the jade tea gardens at the foot of Mt Kenya and organic cacao nibs from Cameroon.  This tea is smooth, silky, chocolaty and slightly bitter just like it’s namesake.

Price:

$8.5 / 50g

$17 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Aromatic and Rich – Bright citrus and wildflowers

Ingredients: Rainforest Alliance Kenyan Black tea, organic bergamot oil.

Origin: Kenya

Caffeine Content: Medium

Water Temperature: 206 F / 97 C

Steep time:  3-5 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp / 8oz

This cold-pressed bergamot oil will brighten your Earl Grey experience! Grown under the Mediterranean sun, organic bergamot oranges marry perfectly with the natural fruity notes of our whole leaf Kenyan tea. Unlike any other Earl Grey, you have tasted, share a cup with a friend named Earl soon!

Price:

$11 / 50g

$22 / 50g

Buy a 100g bag of tea get a 2nd 100g bag for half price!  (discount applies to tea of lesser value)

Tasting notes: This tea has lovely hints of muscatel and good strength, similar to an excellent Darjeeling.

Ingredients: Fair trade black tea

Origin: Nepal

Region: Ilam

Caffeine Content: medium

Water Temperature: 206ºF / 97ºC

Steep Time: 3-6 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1.5 tsp / 8oz

An organic black tea from Nepal’s first co-operatively owned factory.  The term “golden” refers to the high number of buds used to make this rare black tea (one bud to one following leaf to be exact – 1+1).  Harvested in the autumn, it carries notes of chocolate and cherries and is nearly impossible to over steep.

Ilam estate has a Darjeeling-like character with good muscatel flavour. Some may ask: ‘What is the muscatel flavour?’ When you taste this tea you will experience an almost perfume like character that some tea drinkers call ‘Chanel like’: others call the character ‘slightly over-fired’ or oaky. The muscatel flavour is the natural taste of the tea – becoming more pronounced during April (light tasting with astringency and intense flavour) and June (intense flavour with more body). The flavour is on account of the altitude of the tea estate, the soil conditions in the Himalayas the weather patterns, temperature, the originating species of the bush (Chinese genus as opposed to the Indian genus) and fermenting techniques; it has nothing to do with the tea being over-fired (over-fired is a description of poor manufacturing techniques). The leaf appearance is very typical of a well-produced high mountain grown Nepalese tea. It appears mottled with brownish and greenish leaf – almost camouflage-like. This appearance is caused the myriad of different mother bushes, the older age of the bushes and the subsequent fact that the leaves ferment differently.
The area where Ilam is produced is high in the Himalayan Mountains. The slopes where the tea is produced are extremely steep which makes it very difficult for the tea pickers to go about their work. At Ilam one is surrounded by the high snow covered peaks of the world’s highest mountains. It is truly a very scenic area. The quality of this tea befits the tremendous efforts undertaken to produce the tea and the beautiful surroundings.

Price:

$14.75 / 25g

$29.5 / 50g

$59 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Savoury, Woodsy, Smoke

Ingredients: Organic Black Tea

Origin: China

Caffeine Content: Medium

Water Temperature: 212 F  /  100 C

Steep Time: 3-6 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp/8oz

Traditionally carried by camel across Asia from China to Europe, this tea would arrive with a signature smoky aroma from the fires that the caravans burned for warmth. Still popular today, the organic leaves are smoked over pine needles and yield a distinctive aroma that goes especially well with savoury dishes.

Price:

$9 / 50g

$18 / 100g

Buy a 100g bag of tea get a 2nd 100g bag for half price!  (discount applies to tea of lesser value)

Tasting Notes: Penetrating depth with a full flavoured cup exuding floral and spice notes. A tea for memories!

Ingredients: Black tea, Ginger, Coriander, Cardamom, Cinnamon, Cloves, Black pepper, Rose petals, Jasmine + Lavender blossoms.

Origin: India

Region: Assam and Travencore,

Caffeine Content: Medium

Water Temperature: 212 F / 100 C

Steep Time: 3-6 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp / 8oz

When I was younger and traveling throughout India, I fell in love with Chai.  One question I consistently asked people was, “What is the origin of masala chai?” The overwhelming response to my informal survey was that it was “grandmother’s chai.” (“Nani Chai”).

Grandmother, the traditional caretaker of the household, would brew a blend of plant roots, bark and seeds if a family member became ill or as a tonic to stay healthy through the changing seasons. In fact, many of the ingredients now found in a classic cup of masala chai are useful for treating colds, flu, stomach ailments, digestive problems, lung issues and other common maladies. These family recipes were handed down from mother to daughter to granddaughters over generations spanning hundreds of years.

One generally held belief (or chai conspiracy theory) that was heard repeatedly during our travels is that the British, knowing tea’s addictive properties and seeing an enormous new local market, at first dispensed tea at no cost to the Indian population. This marketing plan paid off, as India became among the world’s largest consumer and producer of tea. Eventually tea, with its energy-giving medicine, made its way into Grandma’s spice decoctions. Add some milk and sugar, originating from both the Indian Ayurvedic and British teatime traditions, and masala chai was born. There is, of course, no way to sub- stantiate this chai creation story, but it seems plausible to us.

Chai is such an integral part of Indian culture, I think any Indian who scrutinizes the Westerner’s recent chai craze might wonder, “What took you so long?” As a foolish Western chai lover, I offer my humble thanks to the long line of ‘Nani’ on the other side of the world who gave us the gift of masala chai.

Our Chai is based on one ‘Nani’s’ recipe, passed down from generation to generation to your cup.

The taste is heavenly – ginger and cardamom intermingle with cinnamon, cloves and hints of black pepper. The full-bodied cup is rounded out with floral notes that tempt the taste buds and will have you crying out for more. Brew a pot today and raise a cup to all of the Grandmothers out there.

Price:

$8 / 50g

$16 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Honeysuckle, Crisp Apple, Muscatel

Ingredients: Organic Black Tea

Winner: Best Black Tea – World Tea Expo

Origin: India

Caffeine Content: Medium

Water Temperature: 185 F  /  85C

Steep Time: 3-5 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp/8oz

This exquisite tea hails from one of the most renowned tea estates in Darjeeling, India. The Seeyok estate was established in 1869 in the Darjeeling hills bordering Nepal. This high altitude tea is grown on steep picturesque slopes up to 4000 ft, surrounded by fresh air and pure mountain spring water. Our select high grown tea is hand picked, artisan processed, and provides a bright and brisk cup much lighter than other black teas because of its high altitude. This champagne of teas is a proprietary blend of 2nd autumnal flush teas, and steeps a pink, light amber color, with a fresh floral and apple-like character and a slightly astringent finish. It is rare to experience a pure 100% Darjeeling outside of India. This is your passport to experience this rare and golden opportunity of a truly prized luxury.

Price:

$15 / 50g

$30 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Malty full-bodied character with bright flavour notes and hints of cask oakiness. A bracing Highlander’s cup of tea!

Ingredients: Black tea.

Origin: India / China / Kenya

Region: Assam, Nilgiri / Anhui / Nandi, Kericho

Caffeine Content: Medium

Water Temperature: 212 F / 100 C

Steep Time: 3-6 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp / 8oz

The primary sociological structure in old Scotland was the ‘clan’. The roots of the system are very ancient, stretching back into Scotland’s Celtic past. The country had been occupied by many different peoples – Britons, Romans, Angles and Vikings – but two races came to dominate: the Picts in the north and east who divided their territory into 7 petty kingdoms and in the west it was the Scots. Originating as an Irish tribe, the Scots migrated from Ulster in the 6th century. The kingdoms of the Scots and the Picts were eventually united by Kenneth MacAlpin in the mid 800’s.
These people were organized along tribal lines, which eventually became known as clans. One of the downfalls of the clans was the propensity to feud. Some disputes simmered for centuries such as the feud between the MacDonalds and Stewarts, which began at Culloden in 1314, finally being settled in the 1600’s. Highlanders guarded their traditions fiercely and were well known for their loyally robust character.
This tea is like a proper Highlander – robust, malty (not unlike a good Scotch) and full of life and vigour. Highlanders liked their tea very strong and insisted on hints of cask oak to remind them of their clan’s own special elixir – single malt Scotch. This blend consists of 2nd Flush Assam tea (thick, robust with delicious hints of malt); January production South Indian tea (high mountain grown that has wonderful flavour notes which accentuate the robust Assam); Keemun Panda #1 which has a delicious winy character further enhancing the stout malty character of the blend and finally a Chingwo County Orange Pekoe which gives the distinct oaky character. This tea is especially delicious with milk, which further lends a malty character to the tea and highlights the brightness of the premium tea, which has hints of a red colour.

Price:

$7.5 / 50g

$15 / 100g

Tasting Notes: A delicious synergy between excellent high grown tea, rich fresh vanilla, and a lovely cream character. Enjoy a cup of decadence.

Ingredients: Luxury black tea, Sunflower + Calendula petals, Jasmine petals, Natural vanilla flavours.

Country of Origin: Sri Lanka

Region: Nuwara Eliya, Dimbula or Uva districts

Caffeine Content: Medium

Water Temperature: 212 F / 100 C

Steep Time: 3-6 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp / 8oz

Vanilla Cream is a decadent as well as a synergistic tea!  This tea is designed for special occasions as well as being a dessert tea – but most drink it all the time because it’s taste is so delectable.  We know that vanilla is reported to have ‘magical’ properties that calm the nerves and lift the spirit as well as allegedly improving the romantic aspect of one’s life.  Indeed, a flavour that is full of mystery and elusiveness.  Do not forget that vanilla was, and still is, highly prized.  Combine the exotic character of vanilla with a velvet cream taste and you end up with the ‘Cadillac’ of flavoured teas!

Price:

$8 / 50g

$16 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Peppermint, chocolate and vanilla

Ingredients: Rainforest Alliance Kenyan black tea, organic peppermint, organic cacao nibs, natural vanilla.

Origin: Kenya, Sri Lanka, USA, Bali

Caffeine Content: Medium

Water Temperature: 212ºF / 100ºC

Steep Time: 5 -7 minutes

Suggested Serving Size: 1.5 tsp/8oz

We have recreated the chocolate that we all know and love using only natural ingredients.  We blended our fair trade Kenyan black tea with peppermint from North West Oregon, cacao nibs from Bali and just a hint of natural vanilla.  The result is a superb black tea that smells and tastes great!

Price:

$9.5 / 50g

$19 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Memories of home. Sweet and lightly Anise and tea complement each other. Delicious exotic aniseed finish.

Ingredients: Luxury black tea, Luxury rooibos, Aniseed, Sunflower + calendula petals.

Origin: Sri Lanka

Region: Nuwara Eliya, Dimbula

Caffeine Content: medium

Water Temperature: 206 F / 97 C

Steep Time: 3 – 5 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp / 8oz

Aniseed, the wonderfully savoury spice that flavours Dutch liquorice has been used to enhance the foods of various cultures for at least 4000 years. So how did the spice make its way to Amsterdam and into the liquorice? During the 17th Century, Amsterdam became one of the wealthiest cities in the world. The city’s vast wealth was based almost entirely on foreign trade with business in spice comprising a large part of that trade. Naturally, spices from around the world made their way into the kitchens and recipes of the city’s chefs. Eventually, aniseed was combined with liquorice root to create the tasty confection that is now as synonymous with Holland as wooden shoes – Dutch Liquorice.  Brew a pot of this delicious tea today and savour the exotic spice of Amsterdam. Sweet, astringent and spicy, Amsterdam liquorice is one of our more uniquely flavoured black teas.

Price: 

$8 / 50g

$16  / 100g

Tasting Notes: Tart, Floral, Cherry, Semi Sweet Finish

Ingredients:  Green Tea, Curcuma Bits, Goji Berries, Rose Petals, Strawberry Bits, Sour Cherry Halves

Origin: China

Caffeine Content: Medium

Temperature: 185 F / 85 C

Steep Time: 3-5 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1.5 tsp/8oz

Cherry Turmeric is an Ayurvedic-inspired green tea blend that is both delicious and healing.

Turmeric has been used for centuries in Traditional Ayurvedic medicine; as a natural anti-inflammatory and natural pain killer. In India, it is usually consumed regularly in curries and other spiced dishes. Curcuma (found in Turmeric) paired with sour cherry are long known in the herbal wellness community to be helpful for people suffering with gout.

Studies have shown that green tea features polyphenols, which give green tea its prized antioxidant, anti-cancer and weight loss benefits.

Once steeped, our fragrant golden infusion has a somewhat astringent green tea taste, with the tartness of sour cherry and a floral rose note with a semi-sweet goji berry finish. You can enjoy the anti-inflammatory benefits whether Tart Cherry Turmeric is prepared hot or iced! Cheers to better health- whether you’re looking for natural relief, or seeking preventative measures!

Price:

4.25 / cup

13.5 / 50g

27 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Toasty and jammy notes leap from a cup that is also sprinkled with lightly vegetative flavour sprinkled throughout.

Ingredients: Organic green tea, roasted rice

Origin: Japan

Caffeine Content: Medium

Water Temperature: 185 F / 85 C

Steep Time: 3-5 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp / 8oz

Genmaicha is one of the world’s most unique teas – just open the bag and you’ll see why. The tea is made using Japanese Sencha or Bancha grade teas – ours is a steamed Sencha – and is blended with roasted rice kernels making the tea look as though it has been mixed with popcorn. The flavour of Genmaicha is light, with mild nutty overtones.  This quality has made it one of the most popular teas in Japan.
Although today it is consumed by all segments of society, this type of tea was originally drunk by poor Japanese, as the rice served as a filler and reduced the price of the tea; which is why it is also known as the “people’s tea.” It was also used by those persons fasting for religious purposes or who found themselves to be between meals for long periods of time.  The sugar and starch from the rice cause the tea to have a warm, full flavour that is similar to that of nuts. It is considered easy to drink and helps one’s stomach feel better

Price:

$12.5 / 50g

$25 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Hibiscus and pomegranate were made for each other! Tart with floral highlights – a cleansing and highly refreshing cup.

Ingredients: Luxury green tea, natural dried hibiscus, natural pomegranate.

Origin: Sri Lanka

Region: Uva

Caffeine Content: Medium

Water Temperature: 185 F / 85 C

Steep time: 3-5 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1.5 tsp / 8oz

Our Green Tea blend is a tart combination of pomegranate and hibiscus. It is believed that the first instance of mixing dried hibiscus petals and pomegranate took place on Easter Island by Polynesian migrants. When pomegranate reached the island, the natives were intrigued, and soon after, the pomegranate juice was blended with the plentiful hibiscus petals. This delicious naturally flavoured tea is created using a Hunan Sencha style green tea. The cup offers a sweet, bright nose, with supple notes of honey, herbs and berries offset by grassy notes of moss from the green tea and a smooth palate cleanser of a finish. Put simply – a fabulous cup worthy of a tall-tale or two of its own.
A little about our base tea:
This tea is based on a Sencha style green tea from Hunan. Interestingly, both green and black teas can be produced from the same bushes. During manufacture, the freshly plucked leaves are immediately steamed and then bruised by hand. Next the leaf is pan-fired, a process that imparts a distinctive glossy look and feel, and dried. Unscented Senchas typically have dark green, needle shaped leaves and produce a pale green to yellow, very bright and smooth cup with a sweetish, honey like finish.

Price:

$9 / 50g

$18 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Sweet Corn, Grass, Umami

Ingredients: Shade Grown Green Tea Leaves

Origin: Uji Gardens, Japan

Caffeine Content: Medium

Temperature: 150 F / 66 C

Steep Time: 3 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp/8oz

Adhering to the traditional Japanese methods of growing and cultivation, this superior grade green tea is prized and highly sought after. Select green tea leaves are shade grown for two weeks then promptly deep steamed after harvesting, maintaining elevated levels of chlorophyll and resulting in a bright green vegetal cup. Enjoy this refreshing tea, optimally steeped at a lower water temperature.

Price:

$13.25 / 50g

$26.5 / 50g

$53 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Cool, soothing and refreshing mint notes.

Ingredients: Organic: green tea, peppermint, cardamom, coriander seed

Origin: China, various dried fruits and herbs from, USA, Thailand Spain

Caffeine Content: Medium

Water Temperature: 185 F / 85 C

Steep Time: 3-5 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1.5 tsp / 8oz

Peppermint Green Tea is a classic; and no wonder, it has a pure, refreshing and rejuvenating flavor full of natural oils! Peppermint is cooling, fresh, aromatic and healing. Our Mint Green Tea has a naturally strong flavour, and fragrant aroma, because of the high levels of menthol preserved in the peppermint leaf after it is dried.

Green tea is rich in antioxidant polyphenols, which clear the body of damaging free-radicals. Green tea encourages a healthy weight, as it naturally burns fat and boosts the metabolism. Peppermint is widely known to promote digestion, ease stomach inflammation, and prevent diarrhea. Peppermint also prevents gas, bloat, and indigestion.

Peppermint Green Tea is a delightful blend to sip your way to better overall health!

Price:

$12.5 / 50g

$25 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Smooth with delicate and pleasing flavour and a heavenly jasmine character.

Ingredients: Luxury green tea, Jasmine petals

Origin: China

Region: Fujian Province

Caffeine Content: Medium

Water Temperature: 1805F / 85 C

Steep Time: 3-5 minutes

Suggested Serving Size: 1 tsp/8oz

Jasmine tea is one of the most pleasant tasting green teas available on the market. On the nose the dry tea has a floral bouquet, which literally causes your senses to come alive with pleasant thoughts. The flavour is enhanced with the addition of jasmine blossoms which give the tea a visual appeal few other teas are capable of copying.
There are many different grades of jasmine tea. This particular grade is the first grade below the exotic jasmines. It has all the flavour, aroma and good green tea qualities but not the exorbitant price. In China they declare this jasmine tea as ‘Jasmine #1’.
The production of jasmine tea is quite interesting. It is important to begin with high quality green tea – tea that has been produced between the middle of March and the middle of May. Equally important for jasmine tea are fine jasmine blossoms – flowers that bloom between the 1st of May and the end of May (these have the most intense aroma). Traditionally layers of jasmine blossoms were placed between fine green tea. In time the scent of the jasmine permeated the tea. Today, hot air is passed through the jasmine blossoms and then filtered through the tea so that the blossoms can be used more than once. The exhausted blossoms are then used to decorate the tea. Produced in both China and Taiwan, jasmine tea yields a cup with all the concentrated heady bouquet of a garden in bloom.

Price:

$10 / 25g

$20 / 50g

$40 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Exquisite, abundant Jasmine character on a seasonal green tea. This Jasmine flavour is only possible with midnight May flowers.

Ingredients:  Luxury organic green tea

Origin: China

Region: Jiangxi Province

Caffeine Content: Medium

Water Temperature: 185 F / 85F

Steep Time: 3-5 minutes

Suggested Serving Size: 1 tsp/8oz

This tea is a particularly good organic jasmine – hence the moniker Gold Dragon, (gold means wealth, prosperity, money and dragon means long life and strength).  The jasmine tree comes into bloom only during May and June.  The blossom only lasts for about 12 hours and only comes out at night after the sun goes down.  About half way through the night the fragrance is at it’s peak and it is at this time the blossoms need to be picked and layer into the tea. By the morning most of the fragrance has disappeared from the blossom, but if the tea maker has done his job correctly, this heavenly scent has been transferred to the tea and captured in time.  This process is carried out on 5 successive evenings to impart the superior flavour of specially selected tea and jasmine flowers.
In China during the Sung Dynasty (960 to 1127) tea drinking rose to an art form.  The harvesting of tea became closely regulated.  Drum and cymbal signals were used to coordinate the tea pickers during chilly dark pre-dawn hours.  The tea pickers (always young virgins) received special training and even wore identification labels on the clothing so that tea thieves could be readily identified if they entered the estates.  The girls were required to keep fingernails at a precise length, since nails, never the finger, were used to pluck the highest quality tea leaves.  The fresh picked leaves were graded into classes and processed.  The choice grade was delivered as tribute tea for the Emperor, while the rest was traded and sold by the regional government.  A handful of tea of the choicest grade could be worth as much as 3 ounces of gold – virtually a lifetime of earnings for the common man.

Price:

$12 / 50g

$24 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Roasted green tea with full-bodied character and cinnamon-like toast notes

Ingredients: Luxury roasted green tea

Origin: Japan

Region: Kyoto Prefecture

Caffeine Content: Low

Water Temperature: 185 F / 85 C

Steep Time: 3-5 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp / 8oz

The city of Uji, the namesake of this wonderfully light Hojicha, is one of Japan’s most ancient places. The city is home to the Byodoin, recognized by UNESCO as the world’s oldest wooden structure. It was built in 1053 and amazingly, still stands. The region has been home to tea gardens and tea pickers for centuries and is to this day recognized as one of Japan’s foremost green tea growing regions.

Tagami Kikusha, a Japanese Poet, accomplished in the tea ceremony, lived during those ancient times and wrote about life in the area while living in another of Uji’s famous buildings, the Manpuku Temple.

one step outside

the temple gate, its Japan —

a tea-picker’s song

The short poem captures the warm feelings of joy felt by the pickers as they worked in the tea gardens – tea was considered a sacred and divine gift by the ancient Japanese.
One of the teas that helped make the region famous is Hojicha.  Hojicha, a specially roasted green tea, may seem exotic to Westerners but in Japan it is one of country’s most commonly enjoyed beverages. Owing to its low caffeine content – the roasting process removes much of the caffeine – Hojicha is often served to accompany meals.  It is also commonly served to children and patients in hospitals.
The tea is produced using a 3rd flush Bancha leaf known in Japanese as Sanbancha.  Our offering here is plucked exclusively at Yamarokusangyou, one of Uji’s top gardens.  The plucked leaves are produced in a style similar to that of Sencha – the leaves are steamed and dried.  Next the dried leaf is roasted over a low heat – the low roasting temperature imparts a sweet taste and nice fresh aroma (Hojicha that has been roasted at too high a temperature loses much of its sweetness).  This roasting process results in a tea with a reddish colour and light cup with a very unique flavour.  Try pairing our Hojicha with Asian themed meals and notice how well it cleanses the palate.

Price:

$9.5 / 50g

$19 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Savory, Woodsy, Round

Ingredients: Organic Green Tea

Origin: China

Region: Zhejiang

Caffeine Content: Medium

Temperature: 180-185 F degrees

Steep Time: 3-5 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp/8oz

Tender, young organic fair trade green tea leaves, rolled into small spheres resembling gunpowder, produce a grassy infusion with a slightly smoky flavour. A deeply renewing pick-me-up any time of day.

This particular tea comes from a tea estate west of Hangzhou in the hill country of Zhejiang province. The green leaf for this tea is plucked during April, corresponding to the time of the best quality. Legend has it that the name Gunpowder was given by a young English clerk who thought the tiny rolled green balls looked like gunpowder. The Chinese name for Gunpowder Tea is Siaou Chu, which literally means large leaf. Rolling the leaf has two effects on quality of the tea. It forces to the surface the flavourful juices that otherwise would remain in the leaf. Rolling also forces out water, thus helping to reduce the tea’s final moisture content. The pellet retains its shape during firing and keeps its freshness longer than tea not manufactured in pellet form.

Price:

$9 / 50g

$18 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Acorn Squash, Hay, Pistachio

Ingredients: Organic Green Tea

Origin: China

Caffeine Content: Medium

Temperature: 185 F / 85 C

Steep Time: 3-5 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1.5 tsp/8oz

Legend holds that a drought was remedied when a monk summoned a dragon that brought rains to fill the village well. To this day, the well nourishes the meadow of Zhejiang, near China’s West Lake, where this dew-drenched green tea is cultivated each spring. Prized for its unique, flat, sword-shaped leaves and jade green colour, this special tea exhibits a fresh, clean aroma and gentle, mellow flavour.

Price:

$17 / 50g

$34 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Full bodied, delicate flavour with toasty notes. Mellow smokiness lending to sweet tobacco or plum character.

Ingredients: Luxury green tea

Origin: China

Region: Jiangxi Province

Caffeine Content: Medium

Water Temperature: 185 F / 85 C

Steep Time: 3-5 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp / 8oz

The shape of the leaves is reminiscent of an eyebrow, hence the word “mee or mei” which means eyebrow.  Chunmee translated is “Precious Eyebrow”. The leaves are hand-rolled in a traditional fashion and pan-fired requiring great skill and the resulting tea is considered a work of art. Patience, great hand coordination, temperature control and timing achieve a fine jade colour leaf and mellow yellowish brew.
This tea reminds us of the “Tea Emperor” Song which notes “ …it promotes such serenity that mundane cares fall away.” Truly a blessing. This same emperor had this to say about tea plucking: ‘‘Harvesting the leaves should begin well before daybreak and stop shortly after. Picking must be done with the fingernails, not with the fingers, lest the freshness and taste be contaminated… Leaves of whitish colour shaped like sparrows’ tongues or grains of corn are best. One leaf per shoot is ideal; two leaves per shoot next best, if there are more, the product will be inferior’’.

Price:

$8 / 50g

$16 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Sweet, tart, cherries

Ingredients:Hibiscus, hibiscus blossoms, rose hip peel, elderberry, sour cherries, cranberry slices, freeze-dried whole blackberries, freeze-dried raspberry

Origin: Blend of various dried fruits and herbs from Canada, USA, Thailand Spain

Caffeine Content: Caffeine Free

Water Temperature: 212 F / 100 C

Steep Time: 5-7 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp / 8oz

Sweet, sweet cherries!

Our Cherry Baby is a rich fruity tea with the unmistakable succulent sweet flavour of pure late summer cherries! The perfect symphony of premium red berries, hibiscus, and fruit; Cherry Baby is naturally flavoured and has such a rich taste and mouthfeel, it makes an excellent alternative to sugary juice.

The intoxicating aroma of natural cherry blends beautifully with the flavours of blackberry, cranberry and raspberry, with notes of elderberry, rosehips and tart hibiscus. Studies on hibiscus tea have shown to lower high blood pressure when consumed regularly, our Cherry Baby is a way to change things up so you don’t get stuck in a hibiscus “rut”!  Sweet, satisfying, and amazing iced, try our Cherry Baby if you’re a fan of bold tasting fruit tea!

Price:

13 / 50g

26 / 100g

Tasting notes: Bright and lively.  Tropical fruit and hibiscus.

Ingredients: Rainforest Alliance Kenyan Purple Leaf Tea, Organic Lemongrass, Hibiscus, Elderberries, Apple Pieces, Rosehips, Passion Fruit.

Origin: Kenya

Caffeine Content: Low

Water Temperature: 185ºF  /  85ºC

Steep Time: 3-5 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp/8oz

A cup of Purple Rain will make your taste buds sing. Enjoy this bright tropical infusion of juicy passion fruit, sweet lemongrass, crisp apple, and a hint of hibiscus.

Did you know that all tea comes from the jade green leaves of the tea tree, except for purple tea? This unique variety yields beautiful, vibrant purple leaves! Grown organically, these tea leaves are naturally purple because they contain anthocyanins, the same super antioxidants found in other purple plants like blueberries and pomegranates. Similar to green tea, Purple Tea is very healthy, with little caffeine and an exquisite taste. Your tea purchase directly employs Kenyan tea farmers.

Price:

$11 / 50g

$22 / 100g

Ingredients:  Roasted chicory root*, cardamom*, ginger root*, cinnamon*, nutmeg*, star anise*, cloves*, black pepper*, rose petals* (*indicates organic)

Origin: Manitoba, India, Guatemala, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam

Caffeine Content: Caffeine free

Water Temperature: 212 F / 100 C

Steep Time: 5 – 7 minutes

Suggested serving: 1.5 tsp / 8oz

The tea is named after Kāmadeva, the Hindi God of love and sexuality.  All of the spices in the tea are known to warm you up in *every* way. Rose petals were added to sweeten it and make it even more lusty.

Price:

$13 / 50g

$26 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Soothing and restful, with chamomile in abundance. Delivers a refreshing light finish.

Ingredients: Chamomile, Rooibos, Lemon Balm, Lemon Verbena, Linden flowers, Anise, Cinnamon, Oat Straw, Hops, Passion flower, Orange peel.

Origin: Blended in Canada with components from: Egypt, South Africa, Bulgaria, Germany, Vietnam

Caffeine Content: Medium

Water Temperature: 212 F / 100 C

Steep Time: 5-7 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1.5 tsp / 8oz

As far as states of being go, serenity ranks right up near the top of what we as human beings aspire to. For some it’s a walk in the woods, taking the air while birds call from the trees. For others serenity is found within – a calming of the spirit. Throughout human history many have tried to capture the feeling of serenity and what it means to us as individuals. The ancient Greeks developed the concept of ataraxia, the absence of cares and freedom from worry. From Buddhism we get Passaddhi, serenity of the body, speech and thoughts on the path to enlightenment. More recently, Romantic poet William Wordsworth, (7 April 1770 – 23 April 1850) wrote that “poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in serenity”. We couldn’t have said it any better ourselves.
Unfortunately, as modern people in our busy world, finding peaceful moments in which to reflect on life and wax poetic may be a little hard to find. There are meetings to go to, sales figures to hit and clients to impress – who has time for enlightenment? Thankfully, we’ve put together this sumptuous blend of calming herbs and spices to help you slow down, get grounded and enjoy the stillness of time and place for a few moments. The next time you’re feeling the pressure of daily life and need a little retreat, let the round herbaceous notes of Serenity take you on a personal journey of inner peace.

Price:

$10 / 50g 

$20 / 100g

Ingredients:  Elder flower*, rose petals*, chamomile*, hibiscus*, blueberry*

(*indicates organic)

Origin: Manitoba, Eastern Europe, USA, Egypt

Caffeine Content: Caffeine free

Water Temperature: 212 F / 100 C

Steep Time: 5-7 minutes

Suggested serving: 1.5 tsp / 8oz

This tea was dreamed up while thinking of magickal realms where the forests are filled with sweet flowers and berries.  If the Fae folk drank tea, it would taste something like this…

Price:

$13 / 50g

$26 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Refreshing, fragrant, subtle, natural sweetness.

Ingredients: Apple pieces, orange slices, hibiscus blossoms, blackberry leaves, apple cubes, stinging nettle leaves pineapple flakes, papaya flakes, silver linden blossoms, freeze-dried strawberry pieces, freeze-dried whole raspberries sunflower blossoms, rose petals, Roman chamomile.

Origin: Blend of various dried fruits and herbs from Canada, USA, Thailand Spain

Caffeine Content: Caffeine Free

Water Temperature: 212 F / 100 C

Steep Time: 5-7 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp / 8oz

Herbal midsummer celebration! This Pineapple Cherry Bloom blend has bright and fresh fruit flavour with lovely blooming floral, in keeping with traditional Swedish midsummer blossoms! This cheery summery brew is bursting with fresh pineapple and ripe cherry sweetness! The blend features whole raspberries, generous slices of freeze-dried strawberry, and large pieces of apple, pineapple and papaya! Our herbal base of blackberry leaves, rose petals, linden, and stinging nettle is abounding in healthy properties. Stinging nettle is a cure-all herb, known to help manage diabetes, is also used for joint ailments, as a diuretic, and helps with urinary tract issues.

Treat yourself to the taste of summer, long sunshine filled days, gorgeous flowers in full bloom, and fresh summertime fruit flavour with this superb herbal blend!

Price:

$14 / 50g

$28 / 100g

Tasting Notes: A full flavoured tea with deep berry notes. The infused cup is burgundy red and provides strength and character. A terrific tasting herbal tea

Ingredients: Luxury hibiscus, elderberries, dried currants, raisins, rosehips

Origin: Blend of various dried fruits and herbs from Canada, USA, Thailand Spain

Caffeine Content: Caffeine Free

Water Temperature: 212 F / 100 C

Steep Time: 3-6 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp / 8oz

This wise blend of elderberries, black currants, hibiscus and rosehips is a favourite with all generations.  The hibiscus adds a tart dimension to the blend, which makes it very refreshing. The rosehip chips add a mellow smoothness to the tea along with Vitamin C. The currants give the tea a very distinctive character – black for fruitiness and red currants for ‘bite’ and tangy flavour. Finally, raisins were added to give a natural sweetness.  All of these ingredients respectfully compliment the elderberries.

Our family simply loves this combination. For a summer time drink ‘Respect Your Elders’ iced is hard to beat. It is refreshing and thirst quenching and not overly sweet. By virtue of the fact these blends do not contain any tea and are a special blend of fruits and herbs – they are caffeine free! An additional benefit is these ‘teas’ contain Vitamin C.  What could be better – a healthy drink that tastes GREAT!

Price: 

$9.5 / 50g

$19 / 100g

Tasting Notes: A sultry taste explosion of pineapple, tropical fruit and coconut.

Ingredients: Luxury natural dried apple, hibiscus, rosehip, natural dried coconut, pineapple, natural flavours (mango)

Origin: Blend of various dried fruits and herbs from Canada, USA, Thailand, Spain

Caffeine Content: Caffeine Free

Water Temperature: 212 F / 100 C

Steep Time: 5-7 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1.5 tsp / 8oz

During the 1950s, American interest in all things Latin was at an all time high. As such, it comes as no surprise that it was at the same time that the most famous of all Latin American beverages, the Piña Colada was invented. Although the exact origin of the Piña Colada is disputed, the exotic drink is generally accepted to have first been mixed in Puerto Rico in the mid 1950’s. The drink is made by blending a light rum with coconut cream and pineapple juice – que rico! On a hot day relaxing poolside, or bellied up to bar in Rio or San Juan, there’s absolutely nothing finer.

Our Pina Colada is blend of fruits and herbs that capture the tropical spirit of the cocktail (rum is optional).

Price:

$8.5 / 50g

$17 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Cool and refreshing – lemon mint magnificence

Ingredients: Organic lemongrass, peppermint.

Origin: Kenya

Caffeine Content: Caffeine free

Water Temperature: 185 F / 85 C

Steep Time: 3-5 minutes

Suggested Serving Size: 1.5 tsp/8oz

Packed with antioxidants, whole leaf peppermint and lemongrass team up in this delicious and revitalizing blend. Peppermint soothes a sore throat, while lemongrass helps with tummy troubles and iron absorption. Members of a Kenyan women’s coop handpick the organic lemongrass in this blend. Your tea purchase directly benefits their employment.

Price:

$10 / 50g

$20 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Bold, bright, Peach and fruit, slightly tart with some natural sweetness

Ingredients: Luxury natural dried apple pieces, Hibiscus, Rosehip, Natural dried Orange, Natural flavours (peach)

Origin: Blend of various dried fruits and herbs from Canada, USA, Thailand Spain

Caffeine Content: Caffeine Free

Water Temperature: 212 F / 100 C

Steep Time: 5-7 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1.5 tsp / 8oz

Peach Punch is a delightful ruby red combination of peach and hibiscus in the most flavourful blend! The juicy peach flavour featured is a true, ripe, fresh peach taste; as though you just bit into the perfect juicy peach! This herbal tea is sweet, tart, and oh so tasty! Our fragrant hibiscus based Peach Punch is a peachy, sweet apple taste explosion! Hibiscus iced tea is an excellent alternative to sports hydration drinks, which are usually packed with unhealthy chemicals, salt and sugar. Hibiscus tea is also known to lower unhealthy levels of blood pressure. Studies show that hibiscus tea may fight low grade inflammation, reduce anxiety and help combat mild depression.

This tea is delicious and soothing hot; though we think it would wow all your pool party guests prepared iced.  If you have small children use the tea to make popsicles – they taste great and contain very little sugar.

Whatever the occasion, Peach Punch is always a hit!

Price: Starting at $8 / 50g

Tasting Notes: Sharp, Smooth, Refreshing

Ingredients: Organic Peppermint, Organic Spearmint

Origin: USA

Region: Washington State

Caffeine Content: Caffeine Free

Water Temperature: 185 F / 85 C

Steep Time: 3-5 minutes

Suggested Serving Size: 1.5 tsp/8oz

A blend of organic spearmint and organic peppermint domestically grown and harvested in the picturesque Williamette valley, North West USA.

Price:

$9.5 / 50g

$19 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Sweet and smooth with notes of honey, lemon and a hint of liquorice.

Ingredients: Organic chamomile, organic lemongrass, organic liquorice root.

Origin: Kenya

Caffeine Content: Caffeine free

Water Temperature: 206 F / 97 C

Steep Time: 3-6 minutes

Suggested Serving Size: 1.5 tsp/8oz

Organic chamomile and lemongrass help cleanse your body of toxins and calm your mind of stress. This herbal blend aids digestion and enhances absorption of iron. Members of a Kenyan women’s coop handpick the organic lemongrass in this blend. Your tea purchase directly benefits their employment.

Price:

$12 / 50g

$24 / 100g

Tasting Notes: A full flavoured tea with superb and well-defined blueberry highlights. Excellent as an iced tea

Ingredients: Organic: Apple pieces, Hibiscus, Elderberries, Dried Currants, Dried Blueberries, Cornflower Petals

Origin: Blend of various dried fruits and herbs from Canada, USA, Thailand, Spain and Poland

Caffeine Content: Caffeine Free

Water Temperature: 212 F / 100 C

Steep Time: 3-6 minutes

Suggested Serving Size: 1 tsp/8oz

This particular tea was specially formulated to acknowledge the great taste and known health benefits of blueberries. In addition to the antioxidants in the blueberries, hibiscus brings the added benefits of Vitamin A and C to the blend. Blueberry Herbal will accommodate the tastes of people who want to experience a refreshing healthy new style drink without caffeine. It is excellent hot and simply dynamite as a cold drink. You might want to add a pinch of natural cane sugar as this can accentuate the natural flavourings and brings out the subtle taste of the dried berries.

Blueberries are a rich source of antioxidants. This property plus the fact that they taste great make them very popular.

Price: Starting at $8.5 / 50g

Tasting Notes: A predominant sweetness of the orange and apple character balanced beautifully by the hibiscus and rose hip.

Ingredients: Luxury natural dried apple, natural dried orange, hibiscus, rosehips.

Origin: Blend of various dried fruits and herbs from Canada, USA, Thailand Spain

Caffeine Content: Caffeine Free

Water Temperature: 212 F / 100 C

Steep Time: 5-7 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1.5 tsp / 8oz

Herb and fruit tea in some circles is considered a new type of tea. This tea was formulated to accommodate tastes of people who wanted to experience a refreshing healthy new style drink without caffeine. The result is a terrific ‘tea’ that is unbelievably delicious and can be enjoyed Hot or Cold! The delicious blend of apple, and orange flavours combined with the natural flavours and tartness of the various dried herbs create a wonderful summertime cooler or a wintertime summer reminder.
For a summer time drink Apple Orange Orchard iced is hard to beat. It is refreshing and thirst quenching and not overly sweet. For formal times garnish the glass with a strawberry and a sprig of mint.  If you have small children use the tea to make popsicles – they taste great and contain very little sugar.

Price:

$8 / 50g

$16 / 100g

This premixed Matcha blend consists of Grade 1 Organic Matcha green tea picked during the first harvest, combined with natural raspberry flavour and cane sugar.  Matcha tea is prized for it’s wide range of health benefits, and contains naturally occurring vitamins, minerals and antioxidants which can all contribute to overall wellness and mental well being.  Our Raspberry Matcha Grade 1 is pre sweetened with natural cane sugar, and contains no artificial colourings, preservatives or chemical additives. Naturally organic, it is a top quality Raspberry Matcha blend that is not only delicious but good for you too!

Tasting Notes: Immediate raspberry taste with a wonderful green tea sweetness to the finish.

Ingredients: 1st grade Matcha Powder, natural raspberry flavour, cane sugar.

Origin: Japan

Caffeine Content: Medium

Preparation: Take matcha tea, bowl, sifter, bamboo scoop and whisk: – Sift 1 matcha scoop (1/2 teaspoon) matcha directly into the bowl – Add 70-90ml of hot water (under boiling, 75C/175F) – Whisk rapidly back and forth until matcha is dissolved – Drink immediately

Price:

$18 / 50g

$36 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Sultry sweet notes peek from deep full flavoured seasonal green tea. Deliciously vegetative.

Ingredients: Organic green tea.

Origin: Japan

Region: Obuku, Kyoto

Caffeine Content: Medium

Preparation: Take matcha tea, bowl, sifter, bamboo scoop and whisk: – Sift 1 matcha scoop (1/2 teaspoon) matcha directly into the bowl – Add 70-90ml of hot water ( 75C/175F) – Whisk rapidly back and forth until matcha is dissolved – Drink immediately

Hailing from the birthplace of green tea in Japan’s Obuku valley on the outskirts of Kyoto, this premium Ceremonial Grade Matcha tea has a refined quality that is hard to beat.

Hand picked in the traditional manner by skilled and experienced tea farmers, Ceremonial Matcha from the Obuku valley is one of the few remaining teas to be farmed and harvested by hand rather than mechanically, producing a wonderfully distinctive green tea.

Providing a smooth and mellow aroma and flavour palette, this matcha is produced from pure Gyokuro leaves and has a light emerald colour and fine texture.  Served gently frothed and unstrained, it is rich in antioxidants, beta-carotene and vitamins.

Certified organic and unrivalled in terms of quality and flavour, this ceremonial tea is the perfect green tea to choose for times when only the best will do!

Price:

$44 / 50g

$88 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Earthy, Woodsy, Bright

Ingredients: Organic Yerba Maté

Origin: Brazil

Caffeine Content: Medium

Water Temperature: 206 F / 97 C

Steep Time: 3-6 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1.5 tsp / 8oz

Maté was first discovered by the Guaraní, a people who inhabited the region that includes southern Brazil, Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina. According to legend, the plant was discovered by divine intervention. The story goes that many centuries ago, the goddesses of the Moon and Clouds decided to pay Earth a visit. They touched down in the jungle and were greeted by a vicious Yaguareté, a type of jaguar. Just as they were about to be attacked, an old man appeared out of the trees and fought off the beast saving their lives. To repay him for this heroic act, the goddesses presented the old man with a new type of plant, mate, with which he could prepare a “drink of friendship”. The old man prepared the beverage for his family and from there its popularity grew, steadily becoming the drink of choice for Latin American social gatherings.
While still a relatively novel commodity in North America, Maté’s popularity in parts of Latin America is massive. In Uruguay consumption is so widespread that the government saw fit to enact a law that bans Mate drinking while driving for fear of accidents caused by spilling hot water. In Argentina, where mate is the national drink, it is not uncommon to see people toting calabash gourds, (the traditional container), and thermoses for rapid preparation on the go. Many Argentinean gas stations even provide free hot water to travellers so they can prepare a cup. While nowhere near on the same scale, Maté popularity has grown in North America as well. By some estimates, the drink accounts for 5% of North American hot beverage sales.
Doing our part to boost consumption everywhere, we’re pleased to offer this fabulous organic Maté. Sourced from a superb grower in Brazil, this Mate is a relatively broad-leafed variety with some stalk. When infused it produces a robust cup with hints of green tea grassiness, oak, tobacco, and a faint touch of coffee. A stunning example of South America’s favourite drink! Salud!

Price:

$8 / 50g

$16 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Nutty, earthy, caramel.

Ingredients: Roasted Yerba Maté

Origin: Brazil

Caffeine Content: Medium

Water Temperature: 206 F / 97 C

Steep Time: 3-6 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1.5 tsp / 8oz

Roasted Yerba Maté (pronounced “yur-ba mah-tay”) is made from shade-grown leaves of the Amazonian rain forest holly tree. This roasted, dark brown version is toasty, slightly nutty in flavour and has rich notes of caramel. Its leaf packs a powerful dose of caffeine similar to a cup of coffee; yet has the health benefits of true tea; it is a great option in helping you get through your day without drinking coffee, and the undesirable jittery side effects some people experience with it.

Roasted Maté is euphoric; as it delivers a cup of rich roasted, earthy, and satisfying-as-chocolate drinking experience! It is a unique herbal brew, naturally high in caffeine, amino acids, minerals and antioxidants making it an excellent, and healthy beverage like no other!

Price:

$9 / 50g

$18 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Smooth, rich, coffee, chocolate, spice.

Ingredients: Roasted maté, black tea, chocolate pieces, cinnamon pieces, vanilla bits.

Origin: Brazil, China, Canada.

Caffeine Content: Medium

Water Temperature: 206 F / 97 C

Steep Time: 3 – 5 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp / 8oz

Dark roasted and earthy maté with a touch of black tea, and chocolate. It has a rich, dark chocolaty mocha flavour, with vanilla pods, cinnamon, and roasted maté wonderfully balances out the rustic smoky slightly spiced flavours. This is a mate that can replace your morning coffee! Truly roasted satisfying flavour that could stand up to cream (if you’re a ‘cream in your coffee’ kind of person), chock full of healthy nutrients and caffeine to get you going when you need it!

Price:

$12.5 / 50g

$25 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Light, floral, smooth palate, slightly sweet finish

Ingredients: Oolong tea leaves

Origin: China

Region: Fujian Province

Water Temperature: 190 F / 88 C

Steep Time: 3-5 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp / 8oz

One of the most famous Chinese oolong teas is the Iron Goddess of Mercy is named after the Chinese goddess Guanyin.  The tea is also well known as Tie Guan Yin (or TGY). Regardless of what you call it, its distinctive flavour and light floral fragrance are what make this oolong tea so famous. Our Iron Goddess of Mercy has a light golden-amber infusion with a smooth body and sweet finish. It is beautifully floral and fragrant- truly a tea masterpiece.

Besides the intoxicating flavour of course, Iron Goddess of Mercy is also popular because of its numerous healing properties.  Some of the benefits of this tea include anti-aging, anti-cancer, the treatment and prevention of diabetes, and an aid in weight loss. When you combine a great tasting tea classic, pleasant fragrance and the health benefits, you can see why this tea is so sought after!

Price: 

13 / 50g

26 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Cinnamon, coffee, musk and amber, with rich earthy undertones

Ingredients: Oolong tea leaves

Origin: Indonesia

Region: Sumatra

Water Temperature: 190 F / 88 C

Steep Time: 3-5 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp / 8oz

Our bold and distinct 99% Oxidized Purple Oolong is a wonderful tea tasting experience! The tea was grown in Indonesia, and is a rare treat from this region. The highly oxidized tea produces solid flavors of cinnamon, coffee, musk and amber, with undertones of rich earthiness; rare to find in a good tea!

While the leaves are a deep purple, the brew produced is a caramel liquid that is thick and rich. This particular oolong is perfect for multiple infusions, because as is the case with any good tea, the flavours develop and become more complex with each steeping. While it is a strong oolong, much bolder than less oxidized tea, true enthusiasts will enjoy the complex flavors provided in multiple steeps!

Price:

12 / 25g

24 / 50g

48 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Smooth, milky, buttery finish

Ingredients: Oolong tea leaves

Origin: Taiwan

Region: Alishan

Water Temperature: 190 F / 88 C

Steep Time: 3-5 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp / 8oz

There is quite a bit of misunderstanding about what milk oolongs are, and sadly there are many low-quality examples of this fine tea dogging about, too. Milk oolong is really a buyer-beware situation, and as premium tea retailers we usually avoid walking right into the eye of the storm when it comes to tea controversy and confusion.

But real milk oolongs are so good that we wanted to shed some light on what milk oolong is and what it isn’t and introduce the real-deal to our customers.

Simply put, milk oolongs are lovely, sweet, lightly-roasted semiball-rolled style oolongs produced in different regions of Taiwan from a particular tea bush cultivar – Jin Xuan (Tai Cha #12 ). This cultivar is sometimes referred to as Golden Lily.

All of Taiwan’s great oolongs begin with specific tea bush cultivars that, in conjunction with the unique terroir of each location, influence the flavour of the tea. Although Jin Xuan is a relatively new cultivar (developed in the 1980’s) it is now one of Taiwan’s four main tea cultivars (dozens of cultivars and varietals are grown throughout Taiwan) and the cultivar behind the marketing of milk oolong tea.

It is the flavour of the fresh leaves from these tea bushes that is transformed into the soft, creamy, ‘milky’ flavour which makes this tea so desirable. Try our milk oolong and you will see that it has very little astringency and an abundance of natural sweetness. This tea has been given a very light roasting, which enhances the milk fragrance – nai xiang – of the tea.

Real milk oolong tea is very appealing and delicious, and very popular in Taiwan and abroad. However, it is important to understand that absolutely no milk is involved in the production of real Taiwan ‘milk’ tea.

Anyway, our customers can rest assured that our milk oolong is the real milk oolong, and should not be confused with Chinese imitations of milk oolongs or low-quality teas that have been artificially flavoured with a so-called ‘milk’ flavour. Real milk oolong is a natural Taiwan original, and has never seen the white-soul of the inside of a bottle of milk.

Its production requires special attention to time, temperature, altitude and soil conditions. This special growing region, and process is what gives this tea its natural creaminess, milk flavour and silky texture. Our Milk Jin Xuan Taiwanese oolong produces a pale yellow infusion, with the milky sweet fragrance and smooth, slightly sweet taste that lingers on and on, this is one tea you cannot forget.

Price:

$19.5 / 50g

$39 / 100g

Tasting Notes: It is complex and long in the mouth.  Its flavour profile includes sugar, caramel, cocoa and cinnamon.

Ingredients: Oolong tea leaves

Origin: Taiwan

Region: Nantou

Water Temperature: 190 F / 88 C

Steep Time: 3-5 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp / 8oz

Brandy Oolong is made from a special cultivar of the tea plant unique to Taiwan (TTES 18), this offering is a highly oxidized (85-90%) oolong tea that has only recently been introduced to western tea enthusiasts. Also known as “Ruby-18″, this style of oolong was initially created by crossing the Assamica tea varietal with the native tea plant to produce a tea that has become the favourite for tea enthusiasts of every age. When brewed, it has a rich caramel colour similar to a fine aged brandy.

Brandy Oolong’s rich and amber brew hints of spice, cinnamon and caramel malt notes.

It is wonderfully smooth and complex, without any bitterness and has an excellent sweet finish! Our Brandy Oolong, Ruby-18 has quickly become one of our favourites and will become one of yours as well!

Price:

$15 / 25g

$30 / 50g

$60 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Rich autumnal flavour of ripened peaches with lingering hints of oak and a long honey finish.

Ingredients: Oolong tea, Mango + Peach pieces, Plum+Sunflower+Calendula petals

Origin: China, Thailand, France

Caffeine Content: Low

Water Temperature: 190 F / 88 C

Steep Time:  3-5 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp / 8oz

Delightful and refreshing, this wonderfully distinctive tea exhibits a rich Autumnal flavour of ripened peaches and mangos with lingering hints of oak and a long honey finish.

Lightly peach with blushing delicious astringency enhancing a Ti Kuan Yin Oolong.

Price:

$12.5 / 50g

$25 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Spice, leather and bark with a full silky finish.

Ingredients: Rare 30 years aged Pu-erh Tea

Origin: China

Caffeine Content: Medium

Water Temperature: 206 F / 97 C

Steep Time: 3-5 minutes (can be steeped multiple times)

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp/8oz

The Amsterdam Tea Room is delighted to be able to offer you this Liu Bao Pu Erh Guangxi, which really is something special! Grown and harvested during the 1980’s, a full 35 years ago, the leaves have been aged to perfection while carefully stored and monitored. Matured in bamboo baskets in the usual manner of post-oxidizing Pu Erh teas, Royal Pu Erh Guangxi is as unique and distinctive a tea as you can imagine, and is famed and much sought after for its medicinal properties, unmistakable aroma and of course, its venerable age! Royal Pu Erh Guangxi is renowned for its medicinal and curative properties, and is said to energise the body, increase stamina and aid in digestion. It can also help with the breakdown of fat enzymes and help to combat water retention. When steeped in hot water, Royal Pu Erh Guangxi 35 yr produces a rich, intensely earthy flavour with notes of spice, leather and bark and a clear, silky fullness. It can be steeped five times or more without bitterness, to unlock the full depth, complexity and age of the leaves. Truly a must-have tea for any genuine connoisseur!

Price:

$15 / 25g

$30 / 50g

$60 / 100g

Caffeine Content: Medium

Tasting Notes: Earthy, rich, indulgent, sweet.

Ingredients: Organic loose leaf Pu- Erh tea, organic cocoa nibs, organic coconut pieces.

Origin: China, Bali, Thailand

Water Temperature: 206 F / 97 C

Steep Time: 3-5 minutes (can be steeped multiple times)

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp/8oz

Dark chocolate pu’erh with flecks of coconut shavings sprinkled throughout! Earthy pu’erh, rich dark cacao nibs and creamy coconut, a luxuriously deep pu’erh blend! Dried coconut makes an excellent partner for deep, dark, earthy pu’erh- and the cocoa, though mild, just adds a wonderful light sweetness to this otherwise dark blend. Pu’erh tea is aged and fermented, making it pro-biotic and an amazing aid for weight loss, the helps boost your immune system, and has been prized in China for centuries.  This robust brew can withstand multiple infusions.

Price:

$13.5 / 50g

$27 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Earthy, Woodsy, Bold

Ingredients: Organic Pu-erh Tea

Origin: China

Caffeine Content: Medium

Water Temperature: 206 F / 97 C

Steep Time: 3-5 minutes (can be steeped multiple times)

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp/8oz

Naked Pu-erh stems from Yunnan, China and delivers a deep red infusion with a sweet woodsy, fish broth aroma and mild earthy finish.

Relatively young, our 5 Years Naked Pu’erh is a ripe pu’erh, meaning it was cooked and oxidized in a way to produce a quicker pu’erh with amazing results. The flavour is earthy- mild soil notes, floral, with mushroom broth flavours, miso, and wood, and medium bodied.  It can be steeped multiple times in a sitting without yielding a bitter effect.  Pu-erh tea is an excellent coffee alternative traditionally touted for its many rewarding benefits.

Pu’erh is probiotic, and boasts incredible health benefits- such as a super weight loss tonic, lowers cholesterol, and helps you feel better overall.

Price:

$12 / 50g

$24 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Earthy, Woodsy, Round

Ingredients: Pu-erh Tea

Origin: China

Caffeine Content: Medium

Water Temperature: 206 F / 97 C

Steep Time: 3-5 minutes (can be steeped multiple times)

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp/8oz

Discover the rejuvenating benefits of our rare, premium cave-aged pu-erh. Our unrefined, medium-leafed, organic elixir yields a deep brown liquor with a light sherry bouquet and a smooth, earthy flavour that promises to soothe the soul. Best steeped long with water from a rolling boil.

Price:

$10.75 / 25g

$19.5 / 50g

$39 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Malty, Nutty, Round

Ingredients: Organic Fair Trade Rooibos

Origin: South Africa

Caffeine Content: Caffeine Free

Water Temperature: 212 F / 100 F

Steep Time: 3-6 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp/8oz

Our Single Estate South African Organic Rooibos is known for its distinctive red colour that presents a relished smooth and mellow flavour.

200 ml (about 7 ounces) of brewed Rooibos contains the following nutrients: 
Iron (Fe) – Essential for transport of oxygen in the blood – 0.07 mg per 200 ml.
Potassium (K) – Assists certain metabolic functions – 7.12 mg per 200 ml.
Calcium (Ca) – Necessary for strong teeth and bones – 1.09 mg per 200 ml.
Copper (Cu) – Assists certain metabolic processes – 0.07 mg per 200 ml.
Zinc (Zn) – Necessary for normal growth and development of healthy skin – 0.04 mg per 200 ml.
Magnesium (Mg) – Assists a healthy nervous system and other metabolic processes – 1.57 mg per 200 ml.
Fluoride (F) – Necessary for strong teeth and bones – 0.22 mg per 200 ml.
Manganese (Mn) – Assists metabolic processes and bone growth and development – 0.04 mg per 200 ml.
Sodium (Na) – Necessary for fluid and acid-base balance – 6.16 mg per 200 ml.

Price:

$9 / 50g

$18 / 100g

This is a great caffeine free alternative to this popular Indian inspired blend of organic spices and herbs.

Tasting Notes: Spice, Full, Savoury

Ingredients: Organic Rooibos, Organic Cardamom, Organic Cloves, Organic Cinnamon, Organic Ginger

Origin: South Africa, India

Region: Cederberg, Assam and Travencore

Caffeine Content: Caffeine Free

Water Temperature: 212 F / 100 C

Steep Time: 3-6 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp/8oz

Price:

$9 / 50g

$18 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Bright clean taste with superb ginger notes. Has a palate refreshing character combined with a fruity touch of spice.

Ingredients: Luxury rooibos, Calendula petals, Ginger pieces, Natural flavours

Country of Origin: South Africa

Region: Cederberg

Caffeine Content: Caffeine free

Water Temperature: 212 F/ 100 C

Steep time: 3-6 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1 tsp / 8oz

Ginger, (Latin: Zingiber officinale), is one of the oldest known spices in the world. The sharp flavoured root has its roots, pardon the pun, in both India and China, but gets its name from an ancient Indian Sanskrit term stringa-vera, which translates into English as “body like a horn”. The spice is mentioned in the works of Confucious, the Koran, and various European Medieval cook-books. Ginger grew in popularity because it kept for a long time and was able to survive long trading voyages. The spice subsequently became a frequently traded commodity and at one point was usually offered along with salt and pepper.
Now don’t worry, we haven’t unearthed, again sorry the pun, a centuries old storehouse of ginger for this tea – we’ve used a freshly grown variety. And what a tea it is! Blended with the mellow character of South African Rooibos and hints of fruit, the ginger lifts spicy notes that warm the mouth and cleanse the palate. (Incidentally, its palate cleansing qualities make it an excellent alternative to green tea when eating spicy Asian dishes.)

Price:

$8 / 50g

$16 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Subtle spice and apple with a wonderfully smooth tea finish.

Ingredients: Organic: Pu-erh tea, white tea, oolong tea, natural dried apple, natural dried orange, hibiscus, rosehips, peppermint, cloves, ginger root, cinnamon bark, cardamom pod, black pepper, lemon peel

Origin: China, Kenya, Indonesia, India, Guatemala, Sri Lanka, Spain, USA, Vietnam

Caffeine Content: Medium

Water Temperature: 206 F / 97 C

Steep Time: 3-6 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1.5 tsp/8oz

 Our Fat Burner wellness tea is a powerful blend created especially for those who wish to cut body fat!  This blend includes the most powerful teas that are proven to cut fat naturally and easily in the body, making it a fantastic weight loss blend, helping you overcome sugar cravings, and is also beneficial for lowering unhealthy levels of cholesterol in the body. What sets our Fat Burner blend apart from other weight loss tea blends is that even though we’ve blended the most powerful teas together, the flavour is pure, and wonderfully delicious!

The most popular powerful teas for weight loss are; pu’erh tea, white tea, and oolong tea.  These specific organic teas are known to clean the body and help reduce excess weight quickly!

Pu’erh tea is a unique weight loss tea produced from fully fermented tea leaves- it is pro-biotic, and earthy. Pu’erh has been popularized worldwide as a weight loss tea, and used as a main ingredient in specially prepared tea blends.  It has a great reputation as a healthy drink and an aid in weight loss.

White tea is one of the most powerful sources of antioxidants found in nature. Antioxidants reduce the accumulation of cholesterol in the bloodstream and increase metabolism in the body. White tea has naturally powerful thermogenesis (calorie burning) properties. The thermogenesis mechanism oxidizes fat and maximizes energy expenditure. Loved for centuries in Asia, and studied in the Western world, white tea is widely known to provide powerful fat burning properties.

Oolong tea has been scientifically proven to burn fat in the body. Oolong tea drinkers are able successfully to drop body fat as the tea can control sugar in the body. At the same time, oolong tea blocks the fattening effects. Oolong tea can clean the body from toxins and free radicals as well, it is an ideal beverage for those who wish to lose weight and keep the body clean and healthy.

All of these teas help burn fat, speed up the metabolism and have the ability to detoxify the body of harmful chemicals.  They contain caffeine, catechins, polyphenols, flavonoids and amino acids. All these components have fat burning properties!

The ATR Fat Burner blend is an excellent aid in healthy weight loss, and maintenance when paired with healthier food choices and discipline. It also boasts different health benefits such as reducing cholesterol, cleaning the skin of troublesome acne, solving skin problems, and improving general well-being.

This tea blend is recommended to be used with a low calorie diet and physical exercise plan. It can help you in achieving your weight loss objectives. It is a safe and easy way to lose weight simply, by replacing the coffee, or tea you drink every day with our Fat Burner blend. Fat Burner is natural, delicious and safe way to achieve numerous positive health benefits!

Price:

$12.5 / 50g

$25 / 100g

Aids in: Rest and relaxation and beating insomnia to achieve a peaceful sleep.

Ingredients:  *valerian, *passion flower, *licorice root, *skullcap, *hawthorne berry, *wild cherry bark, *lemon balm (*indicates organic)

Origin: Manitoba, USA, Italy, Spain

Caffeine Content: Caffeine free

Indications: Drink 1 to 2 cups before sleep. Not to be used by pregnant or breastfeeding women. Not to be used with other sleeping aids, or anti-depressants. Consult a doctor if symptoms remain or worsen.

Water Temperature: 212 F / 100 C

Steep Time: 8-10 minutes

Suggested serving: 1.5 tsp / 8oz

Price:

$12.5 for 50g

$25 / 100g

Ingredients:  *chamomile flower, *nettles, *catnip, *yarrow leaf & flower, *peppermint leaf, *dandelion root, *bayberry root, *rooibos, *ginger (*indicates organic)

Origin: Manitoba, Egypt, USA, South Africa

Caffeine Content: Caffeine free

Indications: Drink 1 to 2 cups a day.  Not to be used by pregnant or breastfeeding women

Water Temperature: 212 F / 100 C

Steep Time: 8-10 minutes

Suggested serving: 1.5 tsp / 8oz

Through our extensive, trial and error research, we have come up with the perfect hangover cure tea blend. With ingredients like: Nettle – great for detoxing and giving your kidneys and a boost. Peppermint and catnip – relieves digestion and emotional stress by easing muscle spasms, eliminating gas and balancing blood sugar. Dandelion root – perfect for treating liver and kidney issues. Bayberry root – increases blood circulation, helps keep bacterial infection away. Ginger – tried and tested treatment for nausea and sickness and helps the digestion of alcohol. Rooibos – aids in liver tissue regeneration after intoxication. Try adding some honey to get your blood sugar levels up. And it tastes great!!

Price:

$12 / 50g

$24 / 100g

Aids in: Refreshing, rejuvenating, stimulating, awakens digestion and metabolism

Ingredients: *peppermint, cloves, *ginger root, cinnamon bark, cardamom pod, black pepper, lemon peel (*indicates organic)

Origin: Manitoba, Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Guatemala, Italy

Caffeine Content: Caffeine free

Indications: can be taken up to three times per day. Not to be used by pregnant or breastfeeding women

Water Temperature: 212 F / 100 C

Steep Time: 5-7 minutes

Suggested serving: 1.5 tsp / 8oz

Price:

$11.5 / 50g

$23 / 100g

Aids in: Warming and soothing, reduces stress, settles digestion

Ingredients: cinnamon bark, *ginger root, cardamom pod, nutmeg, licorice root, *orange peel, anise star (*indicates organic)

Origin: Indonesia, India, Guatemala, Sri Lanka, Spain, USA, Vietnam

Caffeine Content: Caffeine free

Indications: can be taken up to three times per day. Not to be used by pregnant or breastfeeding women

Water Temperature: 212 F / 100 C

Steep Time: 5-7 minutes

Aids in: Warming and soothing, reduces stress, settles digestion

Ingredients: cinnamon bark, *ginger root, cardamom pod, nutmeg, licorice root, *orange peel, anise star (*indicates organic)

Origin: Indonesia, India, Guatemala, Sri Lanka, Spain, USA, Vietnam

Caffeine Content: Caffeine free

Indications: can be taken up to three times per day. Not to be used by pregnant or breastfeeding women

Water Temperature: 212 F / 100 C

Steep Time: 5-7 minutes

Suggested serving: 1.5 tsp / 8oz

Price:

$11.5 / 50g

$23 / 100g

Aids in: calming, cooling, refreshing, soothes digestion, reduces irritability

Ingredients: *nettles, *hibiscus flower, *rose flower, *chamomile flower, *lemon balm, *spearmint leaf (*indicates organic)

Origin: Manitoba, Egypt

Caffeine Content: Caffeine free

Indications: can be taken up to three times per day. Not to be used by pregnant or breastfeeding women

Water Temperature: 212 F / 100 C

Steep Time: 5-7 minutes

Suggested serving: 1.5 tsp / 8oz

Price:

$11.5 / 50g

$23 / 50g

COMING SOON!!

Tasting Notes: Jammy, Fruity, Pear, Warm Spice

Ingredients: Organic white tea, hibiscus, pear pieces, strawberry, black tea, allspice, clove, fennel, cinnamon, liquorice root, ginger, black pepper, rose petals.

Origin: China, Kenya, blend of various dried fruits and herbs from Canada, USA, Thailand and Spain

Caffeine Content: Low

Water Temperature: 185 F / 85 C

Steep Time: 3-5 minutes

Suggested Serving: 2 tsp/8oz

Autumn pears and spices are a match made in tea heaven! A delight for cool fireside nights, or fall mornings- imagine baked pear tart, or pear-apple crumble. The warm spice blend combined with sweet pear and apples perfectly compliments the pure mellow white tea. Incredibly rich in taste, our Autumn Pear tea is a wonderfully balanced blend of cinnamon spice, seasonal fruit and imperial Chinese white peony tea.

Price:

15  / 50g

30 / 100g

Tasting Notes: dried apricots, subtle smoke and woodsy.

Ingredients: Organic white tea

Origin: China

Region: Fujian Province

Caffeine Content: Low

Water Temperature: 185ºF / 85ºC

Steep Time: 3-5 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1.5 tsp/8oz

Bai Hao Yin Zhen Silver Needle is classified in the top ten superior Chinese teas! It is grown and produced in the northern district of Fujian province in China. A beloved Chinese favourite, the western world is just beginning to appreciate this fine treasure! Picked in the early April harvest, our Bai Hao Yin Zhen Silver Needle is a premium young white tea. Our luxury young silver needle tea is delicate, and a refined tea drinking experience. It has a naturally sweet taste similar to dried apricots, and a slight smoky, woodsy fragrance that complements its light body.

Bai Hao Yin Zhen Silver Needle is renowned for its wide range of health benefits! The stresses of daily life and a poor diet can bring about early signs of aging but white tea may reduce fine lines and wrinkles- keeping your skin young and healthy looking! It is also rich in antioxidants, which can help to neutralise the effects of harmful free radicals.

Price: 

$15 / 25g

$30 / 50g

$60 / 100g

Tasting Notes: Clear slightly pale cup with a fresh aroma and a smooth velvety flavour. Delicate jammy notes reminiscent of Keemun or a mild Bordeaux

Ingredients: Organic white tea

Origin: China

Region: Fujian Province

Caffeine Content: Medium

Water Temperature: 185 F / 85 C

Steep Time: 3-5 minutes

Suggested Serving: 1.5 tsp/8oz

It wasn’t until the 1890’s that China began exporting White teas! The reason for this change in the industry came after 1885 when varietals of tea were isolated to make Silver Needle and other specialty white teas like this Pai Mu Tan.
Prior to this development, there simply wasn’t enough white tea to go around. In fact, for much of the time since it was developed during the T’ang Dynasty, (618-907 AD) White teas were reserved for members of the Imperial Courts. The reason was simple. White tea was, and still is, considered a true tea owing to the fact that it undergoes so little processing. This fact, coupled with its delicate flavour meant that it was pure enough for the elite of society.
Since the early days of white tea export, the process by which the tea is made has largely remained unchanged – the fresh leaf is delivered to the factory on foot, withered, lightly rolled and then dried naturally – no further processing required.  This organic Pai Mu Tan is an excellent example of this simplicity of production. The leaf is full and ranges in colour from pale green to silvery with lots of nice tips. The contrast between the leaves gives the tea a very natural look that in turn gives way to a very pure, natural cup. Rounder and more full-bodied than Silver Tip grade, Pai Mu Tan produces a cup that dazzles with subtle layers of peach and floral notes.

Price:

$13 / 50g

$26 / 100g