Rare & Limited Editions
Our Rare & Limited Editions category contains some of the best and unique offerings from Curious Tea.
Some are limited edition teas, for example Ming Qian green teas from China. For these, once the current harvest is sold out, it will not be available again until next year.
Others are one-off edition teas, for example aged tea and special one-off batches, especially from Taiwan. For these, once the current batch is sold out, it will not be repeated again.
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An aged black tea picked from Jin Xuan cultivar plants, grown to organic standards. The delicate flavour has sweet, creamy, fruity and malty notes with a smooth and lightly savoury aftertaste.
Taiwanese Black
Aged Jin Xuan Hong Cha
£3.50 – £12.00 Select options -
Taiwanese Oolong
Alishan Competition Jin Xuan Oolong (Fine Grade 2022)
£4.00 – £140.00 Select options -
A beautiful Fine Grade competition grade oolong from the famous Alishan Scenic Area. It has a light and aromatic liquor with creamy and buttery notes that are floral and refreshingly tart.
Taiwanese Oolong
Alishan Competition Qing Xin Oolong (Fine Grade 2023)
£4.60 – £160.00 Select options -
An early spring version of the famous green tea from Anji County of Zhejiang Province. The bright liquor has a fresh verdant flavour with sweet and savoury vegetal notes.
Chinese Green
An Ji Bai Cha (Ming Qian)
£6.60 – £23.00 Select options -
An early spring green tea, hand crafted in a Long Jing style from the famous Anji Bai Ye Yi Hao tea plants. It has a complex taste that is creamy and vegetal with an umami finish.
Chinese Green
An Ji Long Jing
£9.20 – £32.00Out of stock
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A completely handmade pan-fried green tea made from old native tea bushes that grow semi-wild on a steep rocky slope. The smooth liquor has floral, herby and berry notes with a sweet aftertaste.
Japanese Green
Ashikita Heritage Kamairicha
£4.60 – £16.00Out of stock
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A top grade, early spring White Peony tea from Jinping Village. The smooth taste has a sweet, creamy mouthfeel with lightly woody and herbaceous notes and a refreshing aftertaste.
Chinese White
Bai Mu Dan White Peony (Ming Qian)
£4.60 – £16.00Out of stock
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A delicate yet powerful Thunder Struck oolong from a fully organic tea plantation. It has a strong mouthfeel with light mineral, baked, floral and fruity notes that give way to a bold and lasting aftertaste.
Chinese Oolong
Dan Cong Organic Lei Kou Chai
£5.80 – £20.00 Select options -
An exquisite Song Zhong oolong from a fully organic plantation. It has a complex thick flavour with fruity, sweet, creamy and toasted notes and a powerful lingering aftertaste.
Chinese Oolong
Dan Cong Organic Song Zhong
£5.80 – £20.00 Select options -
A sweet and complex Almond Fragrance tea from an organic tea garden. The syrupy liquor has mineral and creamy notes of raw almonds with a persisting sweet and fruity aftertaste.
Chinese Oolong
Dan Cong Organic Xin Ren Xiang
£5.80 – £20.00 Select options -
A rare Second Flush muscatel oolong, crafted exclusively from select AV2 clonal plants. The heavily oxidised tippy leaves produce a rich liquor with malty, tart, fruity notes and a mineral honey aftertaste.
Indian Oolong
Darjeeling Gopaldhara Clonal Ruby Oolong
£4.00 – £13.50 Select options -
A wonderfully complex First Flush white tea from Gopaldhara Tea Estate. Simply dried in the sun, it produces a fruity and floral liquor with notes of light wood, hay, vanilla and honey.
Indian White
Darjeeling Gopaldhara Clonal White
£4.00 – £17.00 Select options -
Indian White
Darjeeling Gopaldhara White Peony
£5.50 – £19.00 Select options -
Indian White
Darjeeling Rohini Garden of Spring
£4.30 – £15.00 Select options -
Indian Black
Darjeeling Rohini Spicy Black 2022
£4.20 – £14.50 Select options -
A rare Darjeeling white tea from Rohini Tea Estate crafted from wild tea plant clones of unknown origin. The complex bold flavour has notes of capsicum and hay with a lasting finish.
Indian White
Darjeeling Rohini Spicy White 2021
£4.00 – £14.00 Select options -
A wonderfully light and sweet bug-bitten oolong with a honey liquor similar to a Taiwanese Beauty tea. The smooth taste has notes of citrus and red berries with a sweet finish.
Indian Oolong
Darjeeling Rohini Summer Beauty Oolong
£2.90 – £10.00 Select options -
‘Third Grade' tea from a 2021 Competition. Expertly roasted using handpicked Jin Xuan cultivar leaves, it has a classic complex profile with creamy, toasty and fruity notes.
Taiwanese Oolong
Dong Ding Competition Oolong (3rd Grade 2021)
£4.30 – £150.00 Select options -
‘Three Flowers' tea from a 2022 Competition. Expertly roasted using handpicked Jin Xuan cultivar leaves, it has a classic complex profile with creamy, toasty and fruity notes.
Taiwanese Oolong
Dong Ding Competition Oolong (Three Plum Blossoms 2022)
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A smooth and refined oolong made from a Four Seasons cultivar that achieved top grade at the 2023 winter competition. It has a complex floral liquor with buttery and sweet toasty notes.
Taiwanese Oolong
Four Seasons Competition Oolong (Top Championship Grade 2022)
£4.80 – £75.00Out of stock
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A smooth GABA Oolong, hand crafted from the Qing Xin Gan Zi cultivar plants. The sweet taste has notes of fruits and honey with a lasting juicy aftertaste.
Taiwanese Oolong
GABA Green Heart Oolong
£4.00 – £14.00 Select options -
An early spring Gong Mei white tea from from Jinping Village. The smooth fruity taste has herbal and creamy notes with a lasting sweet aftertaste.
Chinese White
Gong Mei (Ming Qian)
£4.30 – £15.00 Select options -
A supreme ‘Fine Grade’ Oriental Beauty tea from a 2020 Competition. It was carefully selected and processed for a typical ‘bug-bitten’ flavour with notes of acacia honey and sugared red fruits.
Taiwanese Oolong
Gui Fei Competition Oolong (Fine Grade 2020)
£3.30 – £115.00Out of stock
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A superb 2021 Competition 'Silver Grade' Gui Fei bug-bitten honey oolong. Grown in Shan Lin Xi, the hand picked Qing Xin cultivar leaves are carefully crafted to produce a delicate liquor with floral honey notes.
Taiwanese Oolong
Gui Fei Competition Oolong (Silver Grade 2021)
£4.60 – £85.00Out of stock
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