Khongea Estate Golden Tips FTGFOP1 is consistently voted one of the best Assams. This tea, from the Prakash family who also own Glenburn Tea Estate in Darjeeling, has very nice leaf appearance with plenty of golden tips which brew a smooth medium cup to robust cup with good rich flavor. Drink alone or with milk for a morning treat.
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Organic Black Dragon Black Tea is a true tea lovers tea. As soon as we tried this excellent tea, we had several kilos air freighted in from Taiwan. Hand rolled long wiry leaves brew a reddish honey colored liquor with sweet aromas and a depth of taste that is remarkable.
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ORGANIC. One of the famous teas of China, Yun Wu means "Cloud-mist" because these teas are grown in high mountain cloud forest areas where the alternating misty and sunny weather produces more developed fragrances and tastes in the teas. The Cloud Mist Supreme is fragrant, light, and full of taste.
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Hooray for Coconut Heaven! Premium Ceylon Black Tea blended with real pieces of shredded coconut. The coconut aroma and flavor is quite delicious making this tea a self drinker, dessert tea, or compliment to most any meal.
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Goomtee Estate Darjeeling First Flush 2013 FTGFOP1. Goomtee has produced an excellent classic First Flush again this year. Full muscatel and citrus notes stand out in this 'bright' tea. Well rolled, small dark green leaves yeild a golden liquor with light to medium body, and medium astringency. All Darjeeling fans will love this tea.
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Castleton Estate First Flush 2012 Black Tea is possibly the best First Flush (1F) Darjeeling of the year. We have added a new trial pack at a really affordable price for this quality tea in case our customers just wanted to try a 1st Flush Darjeeling.
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Darjeeling First Flush 2013. The Darjeeling first flushes are eagerly awaited and Glenburn Tea Estate has produced another great tea. Gentle muscatel flavor, medium body, with little astringency and not as 'greenish' in character makes this first flush well worth the price.
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Our Organic GABA Super Oolong Tea is flown to Strand Tea Company in Oregon straight from Taiwan for freshness and quality. Premium High Grown tea plants are selected for production, shaded for about 15 days prior to harvest, then moderately oxidized in stainless steel containers where oxygen is replaced with nitrogen while the temperature and PH is carefully controlled. The result is a very pleasing light to medium tea, with almost no bitterness, which is high in the super anti-oxidant, GABA.
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Green Dragon Tung Ting Oolong from Formosa is one of our top 5 favorite teas here in the Strand Tea office and is highly acclaimed by tea professionals. New leaves and budsets are moderately oxidized and dried with perfect application of heat to bring out delicious buttery notes and wonderful aromas. Brew the leaves two to three times.
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Box of 20 Teabags
Organic Holy Basil (Tulsi) Tea. Most Holy Basil (Tulsi) teabags contain 1.2 to 1.4 grams of Holy Basil tea leaf. We decided to have larger teabags made and put 2 grams of Holy Basil in every teabag to produce superior taste and benefits.
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Irish Twist Dessert Tea: A delicious blend of naturally grown high mountain black tea with hints of cacao, coffee, mint and jasmine. It almost perfectly brings out a hint of cocoa and a little mint in a smooth cup good just about anytime, but especially after the meal or paired with snacks. Staff have rated it a must try.
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Island Dream flavored black tea is premium Ceylon tea blended with naturally dried coconut, mango and passionfruit bits and yellow marigold blossoms.
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This is an exquisite Jasmine made from only the finest Green Tea. The two top leaves and bud are hand-rolled around a Jasmine flower into a tight ball or "pearl." When steeped, the leaves unfold for a divine fragrance and flavor. Highly recommended. Steep 2 to 3 times.
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Jiao Gu Lan (Jiaogulan) also known as Gynostemma Pentaphyllum is known throughout the far east as "the immortality herb". Naturally grown and caffeine free Jiao Gu Lan brews a light golden, slightly sweet tasting tea. It is often taken as a good tasting daily tonic.
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Milk Oolong is one of those rare finds enjoyed by tea beginners and experts alike. It indeed has a light creamy flavor layered in on top of its great orchid like notes and smooth taste.
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Kabuse Cha is our newest Premium Limited production Japanese Green Tea. Delicious.
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Keemun Mao Feng Supreme from the mountain slopes of Anhui Provence is a great tasting whole leaf black tea. Typically Keemuns are breakfast teas, but the Mao Feng Supreme is a great self drinker or stands milk well so can be taken any time of day.
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Iyerpadi Organic and Fair Trade tea comes from the pristine Anamallai Hills on the Western slope of the Nilgiri Mountains in South India. We have chosen this BOP (Broken orange Pekoe) Grade for its flavor, particularly for making iced tea.
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POABS Estate Organic and Bio-Dynamic Nilgiri black tea is back. POABS is a rich smooth medium bodied tea with a unique taste.
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POABS Estate Organic and Bio-Dynamic Nilgiri Green tea is back. POABS is a medium bodied Green tea with a slightly nutty taste.
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Tiger Hill Estate FOP (Flowery Orange Pekoe) from South India Nilgiri mountains produces a brisk, robust cup that is smooth with faint citrus notes.
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Osmanthus Oolong from the High Mountain Growing Areas of Taiwan is a new edition to our Oolong category. Fresh Formosa Jade Oolong leaves in a Ti Kwan Yin style are scented with Osmanthus Flower Buds for a great taste.
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Time to put some passion in your tea drinking! Passionfruit tea is our newest flavored tea and already extremely popular hot or iced. Blended in Germany from Premium Ceylon Black Tea and pieces of dried Passionfruit and Marigold petals. It has a light tea taste and sweetness with a vibrant aroma.
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Pu-Erh is a true specialty tea, the exception to the rule in that it gets better with age. Premium tea leaves are partially dried then buried in clay according to the ancient and still secret tradition, to make this highly distinctive tea with rich earthy tastes and aromas which are hard to describe.
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In China Pu Erh is considered a TRIBUTE TEA, a tea of such exceptional taste it is used for gifting or paying tribute to someone. A true specialty tea, this Pu-Erh is 10-11 years old and is supplied in individually wrapped 4 gram compressed "bird's nests" called Tuo Cha.
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Our Formosa Extra Fancy high mountain Jade Oolong is perfectly scented with rose petals. Fabulous aromas and buttery tastes delight the senses. Fantastic tea for afternoon and evening entertaining or simply treating yourself. Pairs well with sweets and light savories.
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Kyoto Sencha has a fine deep green leaf appearing almost like Gyokuro Jade Dew. It brews a light green liquor with nuanced flavors and is an exceptional grade of Sencha.
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A fabulously pretty tea blended from a flat Dragon Well-type of leaf and naturally flavored with pieces of Mango. Sundew tea is then graced with Marigold, Sunflower Blossoms, Rose, Cornflower and Safflower Petals. This is an excellent tasting tea, delicately flavored and scented.
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*ORGANIC* This excellent tea is grown by a local farmer in the Wuyi Mountain region; sales of this tea directly support his family farm. Our customers rate this as one of the best overall Green Teas for smoothness, body, mouth feel, and pleasant taste.
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Three Treasures Oolong is a delicious treat from the famous Anxi Region of Fujian Province, home of the Ti Kwan Yin and Hairy Crab Oolongs. Three Treasures refers to the tea itself and then to its very pleasant coconut and pineapple flavors. The taste of this wonderful tea lingers on the palate and is perfect alone or paired with light food and snacks.
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Green Leaf varietal Organic Tulsi (Holy Basil) has a mild, pleasantly minty, basil taste with a hint of clove.
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The Purple Leaf Organic Tulsi (Holy Basil) varietal has a mild, pleasantly minty, basil taste with a hint of cinnamon and clove. It is slightly stronger than the Green Tulsi Varietals.
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Vana Wild Forest Organic Tulsi (Holy Basil) loose leaf is an exceptionally fragarent varietal and has a unique citrus taste.
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White PeachTM is a lovely combination of Bai Mu Dan (White Peony) White Tea blended with Peach Pieces, Vanilla Bits, Marigold and Chrysanthemum petals.
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Yunnan Golden Needles is back! We haven't had this tea for some time but recently found some that is just too good to pass up. High elevation grown Yunnan (known as Jin Zhen Wang) from Feng Qing province. Good Dian Hong flavor and nice sweetness. Steeps to a beautiful coppery gold color.
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Golden Snail is one of those wonderful hand crafted black teas made in small production lots by a farm family in the mountains of Yunnan province. The aroma is magnificent, and the tea liquor is rich and smooth.
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Imperial Golden Snail is a competition grade Yunnan Black Tea made in small production lots by a farm family in the mountains of Yunnan province. Using only one new leaf and one bud, this hand crafted tea is one of the finest Yunnans available. The aroma is magnificent, and the tea liquor is rich, layered, and smooth. This is a tea lover's tea and a special treat to give as a gift.
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