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“One sip of this (tea) will bathe the drooping spirits in delight, beyond the bliss of dreams.”
John Milton - English Poet 1608-1674 |
THE SHERSTON TEA COMPANY TOU-CHA/PU-ERH SELECTION
Come gift packed in light blue boxes with a leaflet explaining all about the Tou-Cha/ Pu-erh Teas – the stories behind the making – and how to brew. The Tou-Cha/ Pu-erh teas are individually heat sealed packaged so they can be used at different times and will stay fresh for at least six months. |
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REVITALIZE - DETOXIFYING TEA
Revitalize provides a wonderfully smooth cup of tea with a double dose of anti-oxidant goodness. As the tea warms your body, hopefully you will feel waves of restoration and a subtle energy boost. It makes a superb pick-me-up after a late night out!
About This Tea
Much has been written about the restorative properties of herbs and flowers and the Hibiscus is a prime example. In Hindu worship, the beautiful and highly fragrant blossoms of the Hibiscus plant are used as offerings to the goddess of time and change, Kali, and the god, Ganesh, widely revered as the remover of obstacles. Maybe adding Hibiscus to your daily routine will open spiritual and mental blockages! If this sounds far-fetched, remember that Hibiscus was designed by Nature to make you feel good.
The Tou-cha are individually heat sealed packaged so they can be used at different times. There are 4 of Revitalize Tou-cha in the box. |
| Ingredients |
| Organic Green Tea from Zhejiang Province & Organic Natural Dried Hibiscus |
| Brewing Notes |
| Use 1 disc per 3-4 cup teapot, preferably in a glass teapot in order to watch the leaves unfurl. Bring your kettle to the boil with freshly drawn cold water and leave to just under boiling point (80C). Do not use boiling water as this may scald the leaves and prevent them from releasing all their flavour. Infuse for 3-5 minutes. Note this tea may be re-brewed 3-5 times. |
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| Packaged in a box with a total of four pieces. £5.50 |
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ENHANCE - DETOXIFYING TEA
Enhance is the perfect tea for an afternoon spent in quiet reflection, a cup to fall in love with. This amazing combination of organic green tea and natural dried lavender offers a soothing pick-me-up that is perfect for sipping any time of the day.
About This Tea
Lavender has inspired feelings of love and calming relaxation for millennia and in India the fragrant flowering shrub has long been associated with the Heart Chakra. Chakra is an ancient Sanskrit word for the seven centres of spiritual energy in the body and the Heart Chakra has a powerful association with love, joy, happiness, honesty, compassion and connection with other people. In the West, there has also been a long tradition between lavender and love. In England, on St Luke’s Day, young women looking for a husband would sip lavender tea and sing. The Romans prized the flower for its ability to soothe the body, calm the mind and restore the spirit.
The Tou-cha are individually heat sealed packaged so they can be used at different times. There are 4 Enhance Tou-cha in the box. |
| Ingredients |
| Organic Green Tea from Zhejiang Province & Organic Natural Dried Lavender |
| Brewing Notes |
| Use 1 disc per 3-4 cup teapot, preferably in a glass teapot in order to watch the leaves unfurl. Bring your kettle to the boil with freshly drawn cold water and leave to just under boiling point (80C). Do not use boiling water as this may scald the leaves and prevent them from releasing all their flavour. Infuse for 3-5 minutes. Note this tea may be re-brewed 3-5 times. |
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| Packaged in a box with a total of four pieces. £5.50 |
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TIBET - RHODIOLA TEA
Tibet Rhodiola tea helps the human body to overcome altitude sickness and cope with the lack of oxygen.
About This Tea
The first thing you will notice when you unwrap a Tibet Rhodiola tea is that it resembles a tiny bird’s nest. It is thought that this tea helps the human body to overcome altitude sickness and cope with the lack of oxygen. Buddhist monks who lived at the base of the Himalayan Mountains likened the sensation to that of a soaring Booted Eagle of Tibet, as this eagle could soar to great heights without hindrance and make its nest at high altitudes. In homage to this bird, the tea was manufactured to resemble the bird’s nest. Tibetan Rhodiola (Latin: Rhodiola rosea) is itself an extremely rare plant that grows at between 3500 & 5000 metres. In recent years, the popularity of the plant has soared throughout China and the West, particularly Western Europe. The plant is considered one of the world’s purest as the air and soil are at such altitudes some of the most clean on the planet. Tibet is produced using a 1st Grade Sichuan Black Tea has a pleasant rosy sweet taste, if slightly musty, add a dash of milk (and sugar) as this can enhance the flavour (in Tibet fermented Yak’s milk is usually added), but also can be drunk without!
The Pu-erh are individually heat sealed packaged so they can be used at different times. There are 4 Tibet Pu-erh in the box. |
| Ingredients |
| First Grade Sichuan Black Tea, Rhodiola & Honeysuckle. |
| Brewing Notes |
| Brewing Notes Bring freshly drawn cold water to a rolling boil and place 1 Rhodiola nest per 3 cups of tea in a teapot. Let the water cool slightly too approx. 86C before pouring into the teapot. Do not use boiling water as this may scald the leaves and prevent them from releasing all their flavour. Cover and infuse the tea for 3-7 minutes according to your taste. This can be drunk with a dash of milk and sugar. |
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| Packaged in a box with a total of four pieces. £5.50 |
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THE WELL BEING COLLECTION
One of each of the above Revitalise, Enhance and Tibet.
These Tou-cha/Pu-erh are individually heat sealed packaged so they can be used at different times. There is one of following Tou-cha/Pu-erh in the box, with a total of three.
About This Tea
REVITALIZE - DETOXIFYING TEA
Revitalize provides a wonderfully smooth cup of tea with a double dose of anti-oxidant goodness. As the tea warms your body, hopefully you will feel waves of restoration and a subtle energy boost. It makes a superb revitalising pick-me-up after a late night out!
Ingredients: Organic Green Tea from Zhejiang Province & Organic Natural Dried Hibiscus .
ENHANCE - DETOXIFYING TEA
Enhance is probably the perfect tea for an afternoon spent in quiet reflection, a tea to fall in love with. This amazing combination of organic green tea and natural dried lavender gives you a tranquil and enhancing cuppa.
Ingredients: Organic Green Tea from Zhejiang Province & Organic Natural Dried Lavender.
TIBET - RHODIOLA TEA
These Pu-erhs shaped like bird’s nest are a blend of top quality Sichuan black tea, Rhodiola from the mountains of Tibet and honeysuckle from foothills of the Himalayas. Rhodiola is purported to reduce fatigue.
Ingredients: First Grade Sichuan Black Tea, Rhodiola & Honeysuckle. |
| Brewing Notes |
| Bring freshly drawn cold water to a rolling boil and place one Tou-cha /Pu-erh per 3 - 6 cups of tea in a teapot. Let the water cool slightly too approx. 86C before pouring into the teapot. Do not use boiling water as this may scald the leaves and prevent them from releasing all their flavour. Cover and infuse the tea for 3-7 minutes according to your taste. |
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| Packaged in a box with a total of three pieces. (one of each of the above) £5.00 |
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THE SHERSTON TEA COMPANY ARTISAN TEA BLOOMS SELECTION
Come gift packed in light blue boxes with a leaflet explaining all about the Blooms – the stories behind the making – and how to brew. The tea blooms are individually heat sealed packaged so they can be used at different times. |
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WILD ROSE
This Artisan tea is handmade and hand tied.
Wild Rose is a magical tea bloom that delights the eye as well as the taste buds. The bloom will unfurl when hot water is added revealing the delicate flowers hidden within! This tea bloom also has a sweet fragrance of roses.
About This Tea
These tea blooms were inspired by Tiffany lamps. There is a story that an American, when visiting a tea plantation owner, took a Tiffany lamp as a gift, which was then displayed prominently and visible to all who passed the house. One evening, an artisan, who worked on the plantation, became so mesmerised by the beauty of the light and colours emanating from it, that he was inspired to create something of his own. He took a handful of the finest green tea leaves and also some wild rosebuds and with great care tied them together with string, making them into a shape that evoked the lamp. |
| Ingredients |
| Ingredients: Green tea, Amaranth and Marigold blossoms and Osmanthus petals. |
| Brewing Notes |
| Place 1 ball in your teapot (ideally a clear glass for maximum visual effect) and add freshly boiled water that has cooled slightly to approx. 86C. Do not use boiling water as this may scald the leaves and prevent them from releasing all their flavour. Infuse tea for 3-5 minutes. |
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| Packaged in a box with a total of three pieces. £5.50 |
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WILD LILY
This Artisan tea is handmade and hand tied.
Wild Lily is a magical tea bloom that delights the eye As well as the taste buds. The bloom will unfurl when hot water is added revealing the delicate flowers hidden within! This tea bloom also has a sweet fragrance.
About This Tea
These tea blooms were inspired by the Tengchong volcano! The story goes that one day, an artisan who lived near the volcano, felt a tremor and decided to appease the universal forces in order to save his life and business. Wisely, he worked with local plants, believing their roots in the region’s volcanic soil would lend power to his creation. He tied exceptional green tea leaves from one of Yunnan's finest tea gardens with Amaranth, Hibiscus and Lavender blossoms. He believed that concealing the floral burst within the tea would spiritually represent his hope that the volcano's lava would be forever trapped inside the mountain, since when the volcano has not erupted. |
| Ingredients |
| Green Tea from Yunnan Province with Amaranth, Hibiscus and Lavender Blossoms |
| Brewing Notes |
| Place 1 ball in your teapot (ideally a clear glass for maximum visual effect) and add freshly boiled water that has cooled slightly to approx. 86C. Do not use boiling water as this may scald the leaves and prevent them from releasing all their flavour. |
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| Packaged in a box with a total of three pieces. £5.50 |
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JASMINE
This Artisan tea is handmade and hand tied.
Jasmine Tea Bloom is exquisite & delicate tea bloom with a beautiful fragrance as the bloom unfurls and produces jasmine blossoms that have been ensnared inside the green tea leaves! This bloom produces a beautiful and intensely delicate cup which fills the mouth with a bright Jasmine character over the grassy green tea with a lightly sweet honey taste. It is handmade and hand tied with premium Green Tea, Jasmine and Arabian Jasmine blossoms, making pale infusion with hints of sunshine yellow.
About This Tea
The tea is steamed and then dried with fresh Arabian Jasmine flowers, which impart a delicate flavour and aroma.
The dry leaf appearance of the tea balls is tending towards a mottled and white appearance, indicating very early new season tea and extremely careful plucking and manufacture. (New season tea of this quality is rare and only available for 2-3 weeks each year!) When you place a Jasmine Tea Bloom in your cup you will see the leaves begin to uncurl and transform.
In China Jasmine Tea Blooms are highly prized and given as special gifts:
- On the birth of a son - The shape signifies a well-rounded life and as the boy grows into man fullness to life emerges.
- Upon a marriage - The bloom signifies the coming together of two people and their desire for a long and happy life together.
- To highly esteemed guests and friends - the cost of these special teas signifies respect and the desire to remain a friend in the fullness of life.
- For health, long life and luck - the health benefits from regular drinking of green tea has been well known for centuries and a gift of this tea bloom is said to impart good luck. |
| Ingredients |
| 1st grade green tea from Fujian Province, Marigold, Jasmine, & Arabian jasmine blossoms. |
| Brewing Notes |
| Place 1 ball in your teapot (ideally a clear glass for maximum visual effect) and add freshly boiled water that has cooled slightly to approx. 86C. Do not use boiling water as this may scald the leaves and prevent them from releasing all their flavour. |
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| Packaged in a box with a total of three pieces. £5.50 |
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THE FRAGRANT COLLECTION
The Tea Blooms are gift packaged in a light blue box with a leaflet explaining all about the Blooms – the stories behind the making – and how to brew. The blooms are individually heat sealed packaged so they can be used at different times. There is one of each bloom in the box, with a total of three Blooms.
About This Tea
WILD ROSE
Wild Rose is a magical tea bloom that delights the eye as well as the taste buds. The bloom will unfurl when hot water is added revealing the delicate flowers hidden within! This tea bloom also has a sweet fragrance of roses.
Ingredients: Green tea, Amaranth and Marigold blossoms and Osmanthus petals.
WILD LILY
Wild Lily is a magical tea bloom that delights the eye As well as the taste buds. The bloom will unfurl when hot water is added revealing the delicate flowers hidden within! This tea bloom also has a sweet fragrance.
Ingredients: Green Tea from Yunnan Province with Amaranth, Hibiscus and Lavender Blossoms.
JASMINE
Jasmine Tea Bloom is exquisite & delicate tea bloom with a beautiful fragrance as the bloom unfurls and produces jasmine blossoms that have been ensnared inside the green tea leaves! This bloom produces a beautiful and intensely delicate cup which fills the mouth with a bright Jasmine character over the grassy green tea with a lightly sweet honey taste.
Ingredients: 1st grade green tea from Fujian Province, Marigold, Jasmine, & Arabian jasmine blossoms. |
| Brewing Notes |
| Place 1 ball in your teapot (ideally a clear glass for maximum visual effect) and add freshly boiled water that has cooled slightly to approx. 86C. Do not use boiling water as this may scald the leaves and prevent them from releasing all their flavour. |
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| Packaged in a box with a total of three pieces. £5.50 |
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JASMINE SILVER HEART
This Artisan tea is handmade and hand tied
Jasmine Silver Heart blooming tea has been woven with Jasmine around the flower of the Globe Amaranth. The Amaranth is a symbol of unending affection for the recipient. The heart shape of the blooming tea bulb simply adds to the romance with its stunning appearance and scents of Jasmine this is an exquisite experience. It is handmade and hand tied with premium Green Tea, Jasmine and Amaranth, making pale green infusion.
About this Tea
Jasmine Silver Heart is a wonderful romantic tale, look at the night sky and the constellation called Aquila (in China it is the Cowherd) and then to the Milky Way (in China it is the Silver River) in there is a star known as the Weaving Maid. The seventh daughter of the Mythical Jade Emperor was the weaving Maid. One day she caught sight of a passing Cowherd and fell in love, when he visited her, she would stop weaving and soon they forgot their work completely! The Jade Emperor become angry that they shirked their duties, and banished them to opposite sides of the Silver River. The Weaving Maid and the Cowherd were devastated so the Jade Emperor related a little and to soften the blow let them meet on the bridge over the Silver River for one night every year on the seventh day of the seventh month. This is by the Chinese calendar on August 2nd when these two stars do actually meet! So this tea bloom was created to represent the flowing stars of the Silver River. |
| Ingredients |
| 1st grade Green Tea from Anhui Province, Amaranth, and Jasmine blossoms. |
| Brewing Notes |
| Place 1 ball in your teapot (ideally a clear glass for maximum visual effect) and add freshly boiled water that has cooled slightly to approx. 86C. Do not use boiling water as this may scald the leaves and prevent them from releasing all their flavour. |
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| Packaged in a box with a total of three pieces. £5.50 |
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THE POET'S
This Artisan tea is handmade and hand tied
The Poets Tea Bloom is a pod that grows in your teapot into an intricate tower of flowers, it makes wonderful centre piece to any table as well as being a great tasting tea. The original Poet's Tea Bloom found its inspiration in a Chinese fable about love; the bloom symbolizes flowers picked by the maiden and representing the warmth in her heart. He picked the blossoms of finest jasmine, amaranth and lavender and tied them inside delicate green leaf tea. The Poet's Tea Bloom has a glorious fresh bright taste punctuated with floral notes and the wonderful warm undertones of honey.
About This Tea
Has its muse from one of China's foremost poet's Tu-Fu who lived from 712– 770A.D. and he wrote many poems on the subject of life, sadness and the longevity of love. One of his poems in particular was titled Alone in her Beauty and it is this poem that served as the inspiration for this tea, it is a love sonnet to a beautiful maiden from a smitten suitor, who thinks his love is not enough.
Who is lovelier than she? Yet she lives alone in an empty valley.
When trouble arose in the Kuan district, her brothers and close kin were killed.
Understandably, the maiden is heartbroken, she has nothing left, or does she? Tu-Fu continues:
She picks a few flowers, no longer for her hair, and lets pine needles fall through her fingers
And forgetting her thin silk sleeve and the cold, she leans in the sunset by the tall bamboo.
In the midst of her sorrow, the suitor notices the maiden picking the flowers, this act symbolises hope for the future and the intangible aspect of life we all search for even in the deepest sorrow - the beauty of love. The Tea Artisan found inspiration in the tale realising that the flowers picked by the maiden could represent a glimmer of warmth in her heart, and so he hoped his tea bloom could also help warm the heart.
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| Ingredients |
| 1st grade Green Tea from Yunnan Province China, Amaranth, Jasmine and Lavender blossoms. |
| Brewing Notes |
| Place 1 ball in your teapot (ideally a clear glass for maximum visual effect) and add freshly boiled water that has cooled slightly to approx. 86C. Do not use boiling water as this may scald the leaves and prevent them from releasing all their flavour. |
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WILD DRAGON
This Artisan tea is handmade and hand tied
At some point in the early part of the last century (precise date unknown!) a Tea Artisan from Fujian province was visited in a dream by a Fucanglong dragon. This dragon told him to craft a tea to represent his protective powers, and if he did this he would achieve success and wealth. The tea bloom he created used 3 flowers all wrapped inside full leaves of fresh green tea. The tea depicted the dragon's scaly skin and the flowers are his treasure, he took his tea blooms to market where they were an immediate success. Brew this tea bloom and watch the visual spectacle not unlike the dragon bursting forth from the volcano! Wild dragon tea bloom brews a bright golden infusion that has a smooth green tea flavour with a slight peach character of osmanthus and hints of jasmine and lily.
About This Tea
Wild Dragon is a fabulous example of the unique teas produced in the Chinese province of Yunnan which is generally regarded by many as the birthplace of tea. It stands to reason that a growing region with over 2000 years of history would produce many interesting variations.
This is the legend and background of the Wild Dragon Tea Bloom. In ancient China dragons were thought to be exceptionally flamboyant creatures and their physical form commonly incorporate characteristics from many different animals all of which were considered sacred. Dragons have the body of a snake, scales of a fish, antlers of a stag, face of a camel, eagle's talons, ears of a bull, feet of a tiger, and the eyes of a demon! So by harnessing the power of all these animals together, the dragon could perform wonderful magical feats. The Fucanglong dragon was a very special and particular kind of dragon, that guarded treasure and lived in the under world. Here the dragon protected the treasures of nature and man, the treasure could be gold, jewels, state secrets, magical potions and many things in between. These dragons were so powerful that it was said that a volcanic eruption was a Fucanglong dragon bursting forth from the centre of the earth. A Tea Artisan from Yunnan province had a dream about a Fucanglong dragon who told him to craft a tea bloom to represent his protective powers, and if he did this he would achieve success and wealth. The tea bloom he created used 3 flowers all wrapped inside full leaves of fresh green tea and depicts the dragons scaly skin and the flowers is his treasure, |
| Ingredients |
| 1st Grade green tea from Yunnan Province, Lily, Jasmine and Osmanthus blossoms. |
| Brewing Notes |
| Place 1 ball in your teapot (ideally a clear glass for maximum visual effect) and add freshly boiled water that has cooled slightly to approx. 86C. Do not use boiling water as this may scald the leaves and prevent them from releasing all their flavour. |
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THE SPECTACULAR COLLECTION
The Tea Blooms are gift packaged in a light blue box with a leaflet explaining all about the Blooms – the stories behind the making – and how to brew. The blooms are individually heat sealed packaged so they can be used at different times. There is one of each bloom in the box, with a total of three Blooms.
About This Tea
JASMINE SILVER HEART
Jasmine Silver Heart blooming tea has been woven with Jasmine around the flower of the Globe Amaranth. The Amaranth is a symbol of unending affection for the recipient. The heart shape of the blooming tea bulb simply adds to the romance with its stunning appearance and scents of Jasmine this is an exquisite experience. It is handmade and hand tied with premium Green Tea, Jasmine and Amaranth, making pale green infusion.
Ingredients 1st grade Green Tea from Anhui Province, Amaranth, and Jasmine blossoms.
THE POET'S
The Poets Tea Bloom is a pod that grows in your teapot into an intricate tower of flowers, it makes wonderful centre piece to any table as well as being a great tasting tea.
Ingredients 1st grade Green Tea from Yunnan Province China, Amaranth, Jasmine and Lavender blossoms.
WILD DRAGON
Brew this tea bloom and watch the visual spectacle not unlike the dragon bursting forth from the volcano! Wild dragon tea bloom brews a bright golden infusion that has a smooth green tea flavour with a slight peach character of osmanthus and hints of jasmine and lily.
Ingredients 1st Grade green tea from Yunnan Province, Lily, Jasmine and Osmanthus blossoms. |
| Brewing Notes |
| Place 1 ball in your teapot (ideally a clear glass for maximum visual effect) and add freshly boiled water that has cooled slightly to approx. 86C. Do not use boiling water as this may scald the leaves and prevent them from releasing all their flavour. |
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