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8 Suggestions to Take Your Tea Palate to the Next Level
While our collection of course has delicious examples of tried and true favorites like English Breakfast, Jasmine green tea, and Hibiscus, one of our favorite conversations with customers is how to take what they know they love and choose new teas to explore. With this in mind, we're going to suggest some next level teas for all your classic favorites.
If You Like
English Breakfast
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Black Tea from Africa or South America
Kenya Kangaita
Arriving to us from Kenya's Rift Valley and grown from the same varietal as India's famous Black Teas of Nilgiri, Kenya Kangaita is a gorgeous full-leaf Black Tea.
The temperate climate of the Rift Valley is ideal for growing tea, and many of the world's famous brands like Lipton, Tetley, and Twinings - to name a few - blend Kenyan teas with product from other tea growing areas like China, India, and Sri Lanka when creating their branded blends.
For this reason, it is rare to see a whole-leaf, loose leaf tea coming out of Africa, and we feel especially grateful to include the bold yet balanced Kenya Kangaita in our Black Tea collection. When we're feeling particularly fanciful, we taste the heat of the sun and the depth of the volcanic soil in this smooth, Black Tea. Perhaps this terroir is why Kenya Kangaita makes such a stunning iced tea.
Spicy, and fruity with a sweetness something like toast, Kenya Kangaita is tannic but balanced. This full leaf African Black Tea is sure to be a favorite with lovers of strong, smooth tea.
La Cumbre Bitaco
We think of Colombia for lush rainforests and gorgeous coffee exports, but high in the La Cumbre region of the Andes mountains, tea is flourishing.
Harvested from the mélange cultivar at 1850m, this bold black tea's tannin is edged with the sweetness of sugar cane, cocoa, and honey.
Highly caffeinated, this beautiful and bold black tea is the perfect morning tea for those who love a bracing cup of English Breakfast or Russian Caravan to start their day.
Caffeine Concentration: 53mg
If You Like
Jasmine Green Tea
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High Mountain Oolongs from Taiwan
High mountain oolongs from Taiwan like our Shan Lin Xi or Ali Shan are highly aromatic with notes of white florals. If you like Jasmine tea, these elegant and sophisticated teas from high elevation tea gardens are the perfect next level for days when you're feeling just a little fancy.
Shan Lin Xi
Our tea aficionados love this profusely aromatic oolong from high in the Taiwanese mountains. Produced by Mr. Chen and his team, this harvest of our favorite high mountain oolong is composed of mature leaves that have been tightly rolled in the characteristic style of Taiwan.
Over multiple infusions this tea produces an intensely aromatic cup with aromas of heady white flowers, ground cherry, wheat-grass and vanilla. Absolutely intoxicating.
Ali Shan
This high mountain oolong (1200m) comes from one of Taiwan's most famous tea mountains: Ali Shan, and this particular year is a stand out! Ali Shan is hand picked and produced in a small batch in Ruili, Taiwan - one of the most popular terroirs for this type of tea.
The tightly rolled mature leaves of our Ali Shan unfurl over multiple infusions yielding a profoundly aromatic cup with the delicate complexity of green vegetation, white flowers, and spice.
If you like...
Crimson Berry
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Fruit and Hibiscus Tisanes
Broadway Berry
A singular sensation with every little sip you take, this intoxicating blend of blueberries and rooibos ups the razzle dazzle factor with revitalizing schisandra berries, antioxidant rich elderberries and currants, and Vitamin-C rich hibiscus flowers.
If you're looking for an herbal tea for boosting your immune system or relieving stress Broadway Berry is packed with antioxidants, Vitamin-C, and the amazing stress and depression relieving schisandra berry. Stand aside, Mary Poppins. You won't need a spoonful of sugar to help this "medicine" go down!
Beautifully warming brewed hot and thirst-quenchingly refreshing iced, this naturally caffeine-free herbal tea is fruity without being cloying and interesting enough to keep you coming back to it time and again.
Naturally Caffeine Free.
Saratoga Sunrise
Our bright, tart, refreshing blend of citrus and hibiscus would be the perfect morning wake-up tisane for those who do not require the immediate caffeine. Brew hot or iced, or add to lemonade or liquor, because it just makes everything more lively and delicious.
Allergen warning: may contain peanuts or peanut shell pieces.
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Immunity Teas
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Pine & Holy Basil
We shy away from saying definitively that any one tea or tisane is the healthiest. But if we're forced to, we will probably point to our Seasons Tulsi (holy basil and stinging nettles make this one a powerhouse for your central nervous system) or our Wild Taiga (pine, fir, chaga and wild blueberries supercharge this tisane's immune-boosting potential).
Seasons Tulsi
This blend of organic medicinal herbals from Québec was created especially for the times when seasonal changes might bring us colds and allergies. A little bit spicy, herbaceous and floral, this infusion has the beautiful character of holy basil (tulsi). Rich calendula enhances the liquor with a rich and velvety texture. We think you'll love the ethereal softness and floral bouquet of the rose and oregano.
This tisane is an herbal adaptogenic blend which allows the body and the immune system to adapt to seasonal change or the effects of stress. Anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-cold, Seasons Tulsi may relieve headaches, stomach disorders and support digestion while restoring strength, fortitude and vitality.
Wild Taiga
Harvested in the Canadian north, this blend of wild leaves, shoots, berries, and mushrooms create a forest symphony of flavors. Cozy, pine, cabin, winter, and hearth are all words that come to mind as we sip this special tisane.
This beneficial blend may act as a flu breaker, an anti-inflammatory medicine, and a powerful release for the respiratory tract. You will also find this blend naturally energizing, bittersweet, peppery and earthy. Infuse and re-infuse with pleasure to fully enjoy its generosity!
Turn this delicious tisane into a show-stopping cocktail shrub with this recipe from our blog!
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