Here you can learn all about the amazing history and wonderful health benefits of tea, browse our range of designer teas and discover some tantalising tea recipes for any occasion.
The necessary climate for successful tea harvest is wet and warm weather with substantial rain falls during the year. The best conditions are sunny days followed by rainy nights, combined with the location of high altitudes. A freshly harvested tea leaf consists up to 80% of water. About 10% of the whole leaf contains chlorophyll, starch, salts and resin.
Tea lovers of this world only consume and brew there favourite variety using loose leaves. Generally, large leaves are not used for the production of tea bags. By "dusting" the tea vital elements are destroyed and therefore loose leaf tea is the only way to enjoy the healthy benefits of regular cups of tea. Tea is the second most consumed beverage world wide, following water. The greatest tea gardens on our planet are to be found in Assam, Ceylon, China, Darjeeling, Formosa, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Vietnam and South Africa.
If you are cold, tea will warm you; if you are too heated, it will cool you; if you are depressed, it will cheer you; if you are excited, it will calm you. Herbert John Gladstone, Premier Minister of Great Britain, 1854-1930.
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