PLUM PEAR

Discover sweet notes with fresh fruit highlights. Especially exquisite when garnished with a cinnamon stick. A pleasing fruit aroma.

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100 g	$11.06 / per cup $0.22
250 g	$21.51 / per cup $0.17
500 g	$32.57 / per cup $0.13
1 kg	$61.45 / per cup $0.12

Category: Black

Type: Tea

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Brewing Instructions

The first incidence of a plum and a pear being added to a pot of steeping hot tea is thought to have occurred over a thousand years ago in China. China, you see, is the only country in which plum, and pear trees both grow in the wild. Everywhere else, one or the other has had to have been imported and cultivated. The ancient Chinese made great use of their natural bounty and were great culinary experimenters, a characteristic that saw the invention of many, many, tea variations. These early gastronomes, instead of using natural fruit extracts, as we have with this wonderful tea, may have simply mashed up the flesh of both fruits and added it to a fresh pot of tea before it was strained. They believed that both of these particular fruits when added to fresh tea had the ability to soothe and calm the nerves.

While this flavor combination was probably first brewed using green tea, our Master taster felt that it would also make an excellent black tea, especially when the base tea is our high grown Ceylon tea. (Ceylons are known to pick up the subtleties of fruit exceptionally well.) Brew yourself a pot today and savor the acidic subtleties of both fruits as they brew together. This is truly a wonderfully fresh tasting tea that is as good over ice as it is piping hot - either way it's delicious.
Tea Type: Black

Country: Sri Lanka

Region: Nuwara Eliya, Dimbula or Uva districts

Grade: OP (Orange Pekoe)

Altitude: 4800 - 7600 feet above sea level

Manufacturer Type: Orthodox

Ingredients: Luxury black tea, Natural dried pineapple, Freeze dried pear, Blackberry + lime leaves, Jasmine + Safflower petals, Mallow blossoms, Natural flavors.

Cup Characteristics: Discover sweet notes with fresh fruit highlights. Especially exquisite when garnished with a cinnamon stick. A pleasing fruit aroma.

Infusion: Bright and coppery.
Brewing Hot

Bring freshly drawn cold water to a rolling boil. Place 1 teaspoon of tea for each cup into the teapot. Pour the boiling water into the teapot. Cover and let steep for 3-7 minutes according to taste (the longer the steeping time the stronger the tea). Even though milk and a dash of sugar help enhance the flavor character on this tea, it is perfectly acceptable to consume this tea straight-up.

Brewing Cold

(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!