“Thank you Roughage for this Sample Tea Ah Saturday morning, and this morning looks more like Spring than Summer. Another one to throw open my oversized windows and let the sun dappled breeze push...” Read full tasting note
“Still loving this one. Possibly even more than before! I’ve increased its rating now that I have sampled more teas, with which to compare it and have fiddled with my rating system a bit. I may have...” Read full tasting note
“The dry leaf doesn’t smell of much, but when the hot water hits, it releases the citrusy aromas promised. The liquor is sweet, fruity, and smooth with a lovely, lightly floral aftertaste. There’s...” Read full tasting note
“This is a fantastic Oolong tea which I unfortunately only get an adorable sample given by Adagio Breeze. thank you very much for sharing. The Oriental Beauty teas come from Taiwan and are quite...” Read full tasting note
Available only in a 50g Gift Tin, this very special tea has a dedicated following among aficionados. The processing of this tea is a story of man and insect in symbiosis. The farmers nurture their tea bushes and then, just before the harvest, they rely on these little crickets- or tea jassids to emerge and start eating the young new season leaves. This kicks off a reaction in the plant and it releases an enzyme to defend itself from further attack. Also the nibbled edges of the leaves start to oxidise .
The resulting tea has a distinctive, highly desirable aromatic flavour that carries the bright citrus notes for which it is so well known. But it is still an oolong, so the light oxidation softens the freshness of the leaves and it has an untimately smooth, refreshing quality.
Just the top nibbled leaves of the tea bush are picked, so the tea comprises a beautiful mix of small dark green and golden brown leaves and some pale silvery tips.
Canton Tea Co is a London-based tea company trading in high grade, whole leaf Chinese tea. We have exclusive access to some of the best jasmine, white, green, oolong, black and authentic puerh teas available. In our first year, we scooped Six Golds at the 2009 Guild of Fine Food Great Taste Awards. Our Jasmine Pearls won the top three star gold award, endorsing it as the best available in the UK.