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FTGFOP1 - Finest Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe First Grade Leaves
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TGFOP - Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe
GFOP - Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe
GFOP1 - Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe First Grade Leaves
FOP - Flowery Orange Pekoe
FOP1 - Flowery Orange Pekoe First Grade Leaves
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Black Teas
The whole range of these handmade teas deserves to be tried. They are intriguingly varied in character but are all surprisingly rich, sweet and malty with subtle chocolatey undertones and make wonderful breakfast teas. Amongst them you will find teas seldom seen outside of China and batches made to our specific specification. Most of them are suitable for taking with milk but are equally at home without. The brewing procedure is quite different though, depending which method you opt for. If you take them with milk brew them like an Assam, for between 5-7 minutes. If you prefer it without milk, brew for two minutes and then using the same leaves you can brew once or twice again. The difference in flavour is most beguiling.
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'Black Monkey Fur' Mao Hou of Wang Fu  |
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£11.00
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100g |
| Grown at a high altitude of 1200 meters, Wang Fu Mao Hou tea is a high quality black tea with large leaves and an abundance of golden tips. Golden amber in color with a hint of chocolate and honey flavor, this tea is full of yellow hair which looks like the hair of Golden Monkeys. It is from Zhejiang province. |
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| 'Black Swan' |
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£13.00
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100g |
| This tea treasure is from the fertile gardens in the high mountains that cross the borders between the famous tea growing provinces of Zhejiang and Fujian. The tightly twisted, shiny black leaf with fine golden tips gives a deliciously sweet, exceptionally malty flavoured drink with hints of fruit. Natural growing methods are another bonus to this very rare tea, the total crop being only 200kgs picked around April and May. It is made entirely by hand from young tips that are withered, twisted, oxidised then dried and shaped before the final sorting is done. |
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| Bai Lin Jin Zhen |
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£12.20
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100g |
| Bai Lin Jin Zhen is a famous Gong Fu black tea grown on Tai Mu Mountain in Fuding, Fujian. It is made with tender tea buds, shaped into long spirals with elegant golden tips. It is believed to one of the original black teas. It is still made according to ancient manufacturing techniques in a tiny village by an old tea master. Its flavour is sweet and creamy, with subtle floral notes and a soft, chocolate like texture. This is due to the abundance of fine orange hairs which hold any fine teas flavour and a great deal of the antioxidants too. The effort made to keep these fine hairs during production requires 'great skill' which is one of the meanings of 'Gong Fu'. In common with other Fujian or 'Fuchow' teas from our range it is well able to take milk if desired, producing a luscious, almost pudding like drink. It can also be taken without milk, when multiple, shorter infusions are possible. |
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| China Rose |
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£4.50
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100g |
| A light Chinese black tea with the subtle and natural fragrance and flavour of rose petals. |
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| Dschuan Tea Brick |
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£16.95
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100g |
| Small tea leaves are compressed into a traditional patterned mould. They were used as a means of paying taxes during the Song dynasty. The tea can be drunk but most are preserved as decorative gifts. |
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| Fuchow Golden Monkey |
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£11.50
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100g |
| Beautiful hand worked bud and leaf, which has a powerful, juicy, mellow liquor and fresh, pure fragrance with hints of dark chocolate and raspberries. Another great breakfast tea with milk. |
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| Fuchow Monkey King |
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£13.00
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100g |
| This is the best grade of the black teas called Fuchow, hence the name 'Monkey King'. You can tell from its appearance with the abundant tips and golden hairs that it will be a rich, smooth tea with a complex character. It is predominantly malty in character with notes of cocoa and according to some of our customers a hint of ginger. That is the beauty of great Chinese black teas, they seem to taste different each time you make them. It is produced in the mountains of Fujian province and can only be created on a few days of the year and in very small quantities. Extremely exclusive and a current Imperial favourite. |
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| Guandong Tea Braids |
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£2.00
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100g |
| This is a plait of five balls of tea each of which makes two pints of thirst quenching tea. They are believed by the Chinese to have medicinal qualities, both for drinking and when used in a hot relaxing bath! |
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| Keemun Black Tiger |
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£7.00
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100g |
| This very rare tea is grown organically in the Qimen, or Keemun county of China’s Anhui Province. It is grown on a variety of bush that in early spring sprouts long, tender golden buds. It is one of China’s famous ‘Gongfu’ teas, which means made with great skill. The resulting tea is wonderfully smooth with a honeysweet, orchid aroma and gentle, sweet chocolate, malty tones with hints of rose. The leaves have a lovely black bloom and the infusion is a clear and brilliant red. |
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| Keemun Hao Ya |
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£12.00
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100g |
| One of the world's best black teas and one from our range with a deeply devoted following. It is deliciouly complex in flavour with a rich liquor that makes it a perfect breakfast tea. This is Lion Mountain's finest offering, although only a very small quantity is made. It has a complex, smooth, malty flavour and golden infusion, with a beautiful hand crafted leaf. A superb tea that can take milk and makes a delightful afternoon drink. Hao Ya is one of China’s ‘Famous Ten’ teas and along with the best Darjeeling offerings considered one of the best black teas in the world. |
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