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The name of this popular blend results from the time when tea was, apart from the quick transport by sea, also sometimes transported to Europe via caravans on the Silk Road and, later, also via Mongolia, Sibiria and Russia. Our quality consists mainly of the finest Chinese leaf teas and its scent is delicately smoky and aromatic.
Our East Frisian friends have always used this tea for their traditional “East Frisian Tea” with rock sugar and cream. A finely shaped and roughly broken tea with a lot of light-colored leaf tips. This classical tea with a malty and rich cup, dark infusion and a strong, malty and doughy note leaves no desires unfulfilled.
Long before black tea was imported from China and until the end of the 17th century, people living at the time of the czars had been drinking “Smitten”, a brew made with hot water, honey, and herbs. Today, tea is the most popular non-alcoholic drink in Russia. Our black tea blend, not to be confused with the Gruziya tea of former times, is based on an old Russian recipe and is perfectly suitable for being served from a samovar. An aromatic and soft tea with a slightly smoky note.
Select broken teas from Assam and other origins form the base of our breakfast composition of controlled organic cultivation. It is equally powerful and aromatic and shows a dark, copper-brown cup with a full, spicy aroma, making it a high-yielding blend, which can surely compete with the East Frisian blends. Milk or cream, as well as a couple of pieces of rock sugar are the perfect supplement for this blend.
Select broken teas from Assam and other origins form the basis for an extremely yielding quality which is strongly reminiscent of East Frisian blends. It presents a marvellously dark infusion with a malty spiciness, which is at its best when slightly sweetened with a dash of milk or cream.
These blends were originally created especially for the soft Scottish water. This blend is a combination of special, carefully selected organic broken teas from Assam, the African continent and northern Indian highland varieties. The tea enthusiast already knows that each single origin speaks for itself, but this combination truly unfolds an exceptional taste experience in the cup: well-balanced, flowery, slightly malty and with a full body.
With an annual per-capita consumption of more than 6.6 lbs. (3 kg), the Irish are still the world champions when it comes to drinking tea. They have a special preference for very strong blends, which may happily contain a good portion of local whiskey. Following this tradition, we are producing a special quality inhouse which only consists of the season’s strongest broken teas. A deep infusion with a spicy and malty character — a definite must for each lover of such tea types and, of course, for all our friends of the Emerald Isle.