What makes Black Tea black?

What makes Black Tea black?

Jun 07 , 2022

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It all starts with a small ‘just-plucked’ green tea leaf, usually about 5 cm long, delivered fresh by the picker to the local factory for processin...

What is Green Tea?

What is Green Tea?

Jun 07 , 2022

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Just like Black Tea, it all starts with a small ‘just-plucked’ green tea leaf, usually about 5 cm long. The leaf pickers deliver their leaves to th...

Oolong Tea – Between a Black and a Green Tea

Oolong Tea – Between a Black and a Green Tea

Jun 07 , 2022

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Just like all the other teas [apart from White Tea], it starts with a small ‘just-plucked’ green tea leaf, usually about 5 cm long. The pickers del...

White Whiskers, White Tea

White Whiskers, White Tea

Jun 07 , 2022

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It doesn’t get much more simple that processing white tea. White tea is named after the tiny white or silver hairs that cover the new bud on a tea ...

Flowering Teas: Beauty & Taste Combined

Flowering Teas: Beauty & Taste Combined

Jun 07 , 2022

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We use the word ‘artisan’ to describe someone who learns their trade over a lifetime and handcrafts beautiful items to be admired or treasured. Und...

Darjeeling Tea - How it all started

Darjeeling Tea - How it all started

Jun 07 , 2022

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The British needed tea from an alternative source to China. They achieved this, to Darjeeling's benefit, thanks to 2 officers of The East India Com...

Citrus fruit, The East India Company & the Sicilian Mafia

Citrus fruit, The East India Company & the Sicilian Mafia

Jun 07 , 2022

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The need for citrus fruit on the ocean voyages of The East India Company fleet and its competitors generated a surge in demand for citrus fruit, wh...

A Gift to a King

A Gift to a King

Jun 07 , 2022

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Business for The East India Company was growing fast by the middle of the 17th century and a key factor was the continual renewal of the Royal Char...