Springtime is Here!
Chinese and Japanese tea producers have been combining green tea with flavours and aromatics for thousands of years, and we're proud to offer a variety of the most beautiful blends.
We stock high-quality real leaf teas enhanced with exotic flowers, fruit pieces and herbs - popular fruity and fresh green teas and herbal aromatic blends that offer exciting nuances in every cup.
The best flavoured green teas are those that achieve the perfect balance of ingredients. There must be just enough flavour to complement the tea without overpowering its own characteristic taste.
Our new Springtime Organic green tea is a welcome new addition to our flavoured green tea range. It is characterised by natural organic lemongrass and spearmint, creating a delightfully refreshing and vibrant tea that will undoubtedly become a best-seller.
Here are our favourite flavoured green teas, which will excite, enliven and maybe even surprise you.
Enjoy!
Springtime Organic – Loose-leaf tea
A delightfully refreshing flavoured green tea with flavours of lively lemongrass and aromatic spearmint. This expertly blended organic green tea is ideal for those who need a gentle pick-me-up during the day.
Notes on Herbs
Lemongrass – Lemongrass is a herb that has been researched for wellness compounds. It is proven that the herb detoxifies the body and improves skin health. It can increase the frequency of water release from the body and avoid its retention in the body system.
Mint - There are over thirty mint plant varieties, and they’re all appreciated for their aroma and high content of essential oil. Mint is said to improve breathing and soothe cramps within the digestive system. Mint also contains Vitamins A and C and a collection of minerals to boost health.
Colombian Sun – Loose-leaf Tea
Our Colombian Sun tea is a harmonious blend of loose-leaf green tea and wild berries grown in Colombia's Valle del Cauca region. The climate in which this tea is produced is unique in which the southwestern part hugs the Pacific Ocean, while inland, the majestic Andes tower above. This topography offers wonderful nuances to the tea and berries, where the climate is generally fairly cool, thanks to the breezy mountain peaks.
Colombian Sun is blended with blackberry leaves, elderberries, currants, turmeric, strawberry, pink pepper and raspberry. The berries are sun-dried to keep their flavour locked in. The tea is refreshing and vibrant, with a hint of peppery spice taking inspiration for salsa music, which the region is so famous for.
Green Ginger and Lemon – Loose-leaf Tea
Our Green Ginger and Lemon loose-leaf tea is a refreshingly citrusy infusion with fiery ginger and zingy lemon. A perfectly balanced blend of Chinese green sencha tea with enlivening fire and fruit. This is an elegant, fresh and very fine flavoured sencha tea is comprised of green tea, real ginger pieces, lemon peel and sunflower blossoms.
Our customers say, "This tea is light and refreshing with a nice aroma."
Our Morning Dew is our best-selling and award-winning flavoured green tea. The blend is expertly composed of large-leaf Sencha green tea with sunflower, rose, and cornflower blossoms with mango and citrus nuances. It’s delicious and refreshing, and once you try it, you’ll never go back!
Our customers say, "Great tea! Quality is outstanding, and the flavour is delicious. "
Sencha Earl Grey Loose-Leaf Tea
If you love Earl Grey tea and want to try something a little different, then give our Earl Grey Sencha a go. This loose-leaf tea is a lovely combination of green tea a bergamot flavour you’d expect with a classic black tea Earl Grey.
Our customers say, "What I really love about this tea is the complementary combination of sencha and Earl Grey's bergamoty smell and taste. Lovely combination! Works for me!"
Lotus Blossom - Loose-leaf Tea
Our Lotus Blossom loose-leaf tea is a blend of classic sencha with fruity mango flavours. Added to the Japanese style green Sencha are rose, cornflower, marigold and blue mallow petals, making it fruity, revitalising and aromatic.
Our customers say, "The aroma is heavenly, the taste sublime!"
Jasmine Xian Yu - Loose-leaf Tea
Our Jasmine Xian Yu is an award-winning green tea enhanced with jasmine flowers. The freshly picked jasmine blossoms offer this Chinese green tea a wonderfully delicate, sweet and flowery character.
Our customers say, "A noticeably superior tea with a delicate jasmine flavour and no bitterness - even if you accidentally over-brew it!"
How to Brew the Perfect Cup of Green Tea
To make the perfect cup of green tea, make sure that you pour only boiled water that has cooled slightly to 80-85 Celsius. This ensures that the tea tips do not burn when brewing.
• Boil filtered cold water
• Place the tea leaves in a tea strainer or filter basket
• Pour over the hot (80 degrees) water
• Steep the tea for the appropriate amount of time (2-3 minutes)
• Strain the tea
• Sweeten with sugar lumps or honey the tea to taste (we don’t recommend adding milk!)
• Sit back and enjoy
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Posted by cup of tea admin
17th March 2021