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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Tag: green tea
Green tea has been more commonly drunk in Asia. It is made from unoxidised leaves that have either been steamed or baked to prevent enzymes from breaking them down. It can be flavoured naturally like Jasmine Dragon Pearls.
Gourmet Loose Leaf Tea Subscription Archive 2015
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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November 2015 boxes: Wild tea month!
Welcome to a ‘wild’ month for our gourmet tea club subscribers! This month we have some very unusual teas revolving around the same theme: they are all from wild tea plants. We have an unusual and delicate Korean semi-wild green tea – Dong Cheon Daejak; a green tea from…
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October 2015 boxes: Yin Zhen, Rohini Green, Smoked Oolong, Tuo-cha
In October 2015 we are featuring the following four very different gourmet teas: A delicate Yin Zhen white tea; the rare Rohini Green tea and complex Smoked Oolong, both from India; and our first dark tea – Tuo-cha, a type of pu-erh. Light: Yin Zhen Silver Needle and Darjeeling…
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September 2015: Purple Varietal, Harendong Green, Black Pearl, Doke Black
In September 2015 we are featuring the following teas for our tea club subscription: a great purple tea from Kenya, two Indonesian teas from Harendong and a very rare Doke Black fusion. Light: Purple Varietal Green Tea and Harendong Green Oolong; Dark: Harendong Black Pearl and Bihar Doke Black…
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August 2015: Monkey Picked Oolong, Bi Luo Chun, Mist Valley, Mao Jian
In August 2015 we are featuring the following teas for our tea subscribers. We have Monkey Picked Oolong, Bi Luo Chun, Mist Valley First Flush and Mao Jian. Light: Monkey Picked Oolong and Bi Luo Chun; Dark: Black Mao Jian and Mist Valley First Flush; Mixed: Monkey Picked Oolong…
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July 2015: Jin Zhu Mao Jian, Jin Shan Shi Yu, Silvertips, Gopaldhara
In July 2015 we are featuring the following varieties for our tea subscription club: two special greens from Anhui in China – Jin Zhu Mao Jian and Jin Shan Shi Yu; there is the outstanding Silvertips from Sri Lanka and a strong dark oolong from Gopaldhara estate in Darjeeling….
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May 2015 boxes: Mao Feng, Arunachal Green, Sikkim Temi
In May 2015 we are featuring the following teas for our tea club: a very rare and special Arunachal green, a delicate Sikkim Temi black tea and finally, two Keemun Mao Fengs – one green and one black! We hope you enjoy this month’s selection of gourmet teas. Light:…
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April 2015 boxes: Dragon Well, GABA, Pine Needle, Singbulli
In April 2015 we are featuring the following gourmet loose teas for our subscriptions: A mood-lifting oolong from Taiwan, the famous Dragon Well and interesting Ping Needle from China, then a lovely darjeeling from the Singbulli estate. Light: Dragon Well (Longjing) and GABA Oolong; Dark: Pine Needle (Song Zhen)…
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February 2015 Boxes: Jade Oolong, Lu An Gua Pian, Castleton, Yunnan Golden Tip
Our February boxes should be with all our UK subscribers by now and our international subscribers should be receiving them very soon. We hope you enjoy what we have selected for you this month. We have three teas from China; Jade Oolong, Lu An Gua Pian and Yunnan Golden…
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