Country of Origin: Sri Lanka
Grade: OP (Orange Pekoe)
Altitude:
4800 - 7600 feet above
sea level
Cup Characteristics: Deep black currant aroma and flavor. Just imagine a currant bush full of berries.
Stunning as an iced tea.
Infusion:
Bright and Coppery.
Ingredients: Luxury
black tea, Blackberry leaves, Mallow flowers, Sunflower + Cornflower petals, Natural flavors.
Information:
Black
Currant is also known as Cassis. It is both a propagated and wild grown berry which some claim originated in France. Cassis
is a very popular beverage throughout Europe, known for being aromatic in smell and in taste. This particular aspect of Black
Currant is very evident on this tea. Black Currant gained notoriety in 1712 for its beneficial properties, which were published
by the Abbot Bailly inferring that Black Currant was indeed an aphrodisiac and should be consumed with great care. On a hot
summer day Black Currant quenches one’s thirst very well.
Hot
tea brewing method:
Bring freshly drawn cold water to a rolling boil. Place 1 teaspoon of rooibos for each cup into the teapot. Pour the boiling
water into the pot, cover and let steep for 3-7 minutes. Pour into your cup; add milk and sugar to taste.
Iced tea-brewing method: (to make 1 liter/quart): Place 6 teaspoons of tea into a teapot or heat resistant pitcher.
Pour 1 1/4 cups of freshly boiled water over the tea. Steep for 5 minutes. Quarter fill a serving pitcher with cold water.
Pour the tea into your serving pitcher straining the leaves. Add ice and top-up the pitcher with cold water. Garnish and sweeten
to taste. [A rule of thumb when preparing fresh brewed iced tea is to double the strength of hot tea since it will be poured
over ice and diluted with cold water]. Please note that this tea may tend to go cloudy or ‘milky’ when poured
over ice; a perfectly normal characteristic of some high quality black teas and nothing to worry about!
