Rat - Chinese Zodiac Blend
Regular price $6.50Style: Black
Origin: Blended at Westholme
Ingredients: Assam, Ceylon, Fennel, Peppermint
Description: An appealing and well-balanced black tea with refreshing notes of peppermint and fennel.
Year of the Rat - 1936 1948 1960 1972 1984 1996 2008 2020
Tasting Notes: Smooth and fresh on the nose, the cup is a rejuvenating blend of soothing peppermint and gentle natural fennel sweetness on the palate and tongue. These sweet, warming flavours meet the dark malt of black tea from Assam, and the crisp citrus notes of a tea from Sri Lanka. The warming, flavourful linger of the peppermint remains on the palate, complimenting the balanced astringency of the tea.
Brewing Instructions: 2g per cup. 100ºC water. steep 3-5 minutes
*This is the same tea blend as Black Mint*
Organic
China has a rich and ancient tradition of producing high quality teas of all varieties, and black tea is no exception. This is where tea culture and industry, as we know it, began nearly 2,000 years ago.
Known as ‘Red Tea’ in China, the tea leaves from the Camellia sinensis sinensis plant are smaller and finer than their Indian counterparts, the Camellia sinensis assamica, and prefer cooler mountainous regions. Usually plucked by hand and gently processed, the end result are exquisitely fragrant teas with lesser levels of astringency and a soft body.
Several Chinese provinces are famous for their regional tea selections: Fujian Province is home to the well-known, pine-smoked Lapsang Souchong, while Keemun tea, the official choice of the British Queen, is produced in Anhui Province. Yunnan province produces the ever-popular varieties of Yunnan black tea and is also the region where China started its tea cultivation.
We invite you to experience our very unique twelve artisan-blended, loose leaf teas inspired by the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac – Rat, Pig, Horse, Goat, Rooster, Ox, Snake, Monkey, Tiger, Dog, Rabbit, Dragon.
We crafted the line of teas so that there would be something for every palate. The final result is four black teas, four green teas and four herbal infusions each conforming to some degree to the characteristics of the animal they represent.
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