Tea Information: Leaf Type: Green Where to Buy: Tea People Tea Description: From the famed Makaibari tea estate we bring you the highest grade of green tea. Appearing like streaks of silver on a canvas of green, these leaves when brewed produce a gentle golden liquor. The Silver green liquor transports you into a world…
Tea Information: Leaf Type: Black Where to Buy: Tea People Tea Description: In the early 1800s cheap tea was flavoured with bergamot by unscrupulous tea merchants and sold as expensive tea. Little did they know then that they were giving birth to one of the most popular flavoured teas of Britain. Not to worry, there…
Tisane Information: Leaf Type: Rooibos Where to Buy: Tea People Tisane Description: Dubbed ‘Rooibos’ meaning ‘red bush’ by the speakers of the Dutch Afrikaans language, this “tea” is only produced in South Africa. This one is from Cederberg mountains in South Africa, the home of rooibos where it is grown at an altitude of 1500…
Tea Information: Leaf Type: Black Where to Buy: Tea People Tea Description: A robust, full flavoured malty Assam blended with traditional spices like cardamom, cloves, cinnamon and ginger. When tea was first grown in India to break Chinese monopoly on tea, it was not a popular beverage among the locals. The usual practice was to…
Tea Information: Leaf Type: White Where to Buy: Tea People Tea Description: Makaibari tea estate is situated in a town called Kurseong in the district of Darjeeling. Kurseong means the land of the ‘white orchid’ in the local language. From the land of the white orchid is produced the exquisite ‘White Magnolia’. This tea is…
