Darjeeling refers to a hilly district in West Bengal state in northeast India, bordering Bhutan and Nepal. Teas grown here tend to use a small-leaved Chinese variety. Combined with high altitudes, the resulting drink is lighter than most black teas.
Welcome to our September 2017 edition of our tea subscription! As ever we have four new and exciting teas to share with our subscribers this month. The first light tea for September is Dong Cheon Daejak Nokcha, a wonderfully unique and unusual green tea from South Korea with a…
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Welcome to July 2017 Curious Tea subscriptions! As always we have some new and exciting teas to share with our subscribers this month. The first tea is a one-off Mi Xian ‘Honey’ GABA Oolong, an unusual find from Taiwan that acquired a lovely honey character from unique weather patterns…
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January 2016 Kirishima Matcha Genmaicha, Dong Ding, Red Thunder and Zhenyuan Gold February 2016 Xue Ya Snow Bud, Hunan Mao Jian, King Pu-erh and Emrok Nandi Royal March 2016 dsjkfklfjlkfjklfds April 2016 May 2016 June 2016 July 2016 August 2016 September 2016 October 2016 November 2016 December 2016 Tai…
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It’s time for another month of Curious Tea subscriptions! We have an intriguing selection for August for you to try. We have selected the following four teas for you this month: a Chinese tea straddling the divide between white and green, Xue Long Snow Dragon; some rather large Raw…
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It’s time for another month of Curious Tea subscriptions! We have a great selection for July for you to try. We have selected the following four teas for you this month: a real champagne of teas, a 2016 First Flush Darjeeling from Castleton Tea Estate; a delicate and floral…
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Welcome to another month of Curious Tea subscriptions! This month we have very interesting teas for you to taste and hopefully these will help along with any healthy New Year’s resolutions! For the opening month of 2016 we have a very tasty and fun genmaicha (mixed with matcha) tea…
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January 2015 We started this year off with Fukujyu, Snow Bud, Assam Doomni, Jun Chiyabari February 2015 Jade Oolong, Lu An Gua Pian, Castleton, Yunnan Golden Tip March 2015 Huoshan Huangya, Lelsa, Doomni, Autumnal Rohini April 2015 Dragon Well, GABA, Pine Needle, Singbulli May 2015 Mao Feng, Arunachal Green,…
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Our December 2014 boxes should be with all box subscribers by now. We hope you are enjoying your teas already! We have a lovely Jasmine Pearl, a sweet Kukicha, well-balanced Golden Monkey King and a delicate Darjeeling Thurbo First Flush. To help along with your tea tasting, we are…
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