All About Black Tea Gift Box

Description

Curious Tea All About Black Tea Gift Box contains eight small pouches of 10g each of eight different black teas from around the world. This tea selection gift box is perfect for exploring the different types of black teas. We carefully handpicked these to showcase each tea and highlight how cultivation, terroir and processing play their roles in turning the camellia sinensis plant into so many different black teas with such varied taste profiles.

We recommend purchasing this tea selection in gift packaging. This consists of an embossed gift box lined with mulberry paper that makes for a fantastic tea gift. This is the perfect way to present this unique tea gift to any tea lover.

This All About Black Tea Gift Box contains the following black teas:

Ashikita Koshun Wakocha is a characterful black tea from Tsuge in Kumamoto Prefecture crafted from Kōshun cultivar plants to create a fruity profile with minimal tannins. Sweet floral notes are complimented by a lasting aftertaste that is sweet, malty and comforting.

Ceylon NV Silver Tips is a classic high grade Silver Tips black tea from New Vithanakande tea estate in Sri Lanka. Neat black and silver leaves produce a dark amber liquor. It has a smooth deep character with stony and malty notes of fruits and molasses. Winner of a 2* Great Taste Award in 2022.

Darjeeling Gopaldhara Golden Tips is a complex Second Flush black tea from Gopaldhara Tea Estate. Crafted from AV2 plants, it consists of small young tippy leaves. It produces a satisfying liquor with a malty aroma. The fruity and malty taste is smooth, sweet and comforting.

Dian Hong Feng Qing Classic 1938 is a classic tea from Fengqing, named after the year of the establishment of Yunnan black tea production. Made from the long leaves of local large leaf assamica variety, it produces a fruity, malty and tangy liquor with a lasting floral rose aftertaste.

Red Jade GABA is a unique take on a GABA-rich tea that is made from an organically grown ‘Ruby’ or ‘Red Jade’ cultivar. Tightly rolled leaves make a medium strength liquor that is crisp and smooth, with a lingering flavour of raisins, tart fruits and a hint of mint. Winner of a 1* Great Taste Award in 2018.

Sitio Shimada Cha Preto da Vovo or ‘Grandmother’s tea’ is a unique artisanal tea from the Shimada family tea garden in Brazil. Large assamica leaves produce a bold liquor with a smooth and malty profile. The flavours are malty, mineral and fruity with sweet citrus notes.

Tumoi Nandi Hills Gold is a classic tippy black tea from the Tumoi Teas Cooperative based high up in Nandi Hills, on the edge of the Great Rift Valley. The dark amber liquor has an Assam-like black tea profile. The fruity flavour is smooth and clean with a lightly tannic aftertaste.

Wild Forest Assamica is a rare tea made from wild assamica trees found in ancient forests of Chiang Rai, on the border with Burma. Tightly rolled, large leaves produce a dark amber liquor. The juicy, tart taste has fruity, floral and malty notes with a silky-smooth aftertaste.