Sparkling tea box
Cold-brewed sparkling tea is the perfect way to steep tea in summer.
For our sparkling tea box, Anna has selected three of her favourite teas with floral or fruity base notes which are beautifully accentuated when steeped in cold, sparkling water.
Sparkling tea is the perfect alternative to champagne and is lovely to serve at the beginning of an event or to kick off Christmas morning!
The teas in our Sparkling tea box are:
Glenburn Summer Darjeeling, black tea, India
Flavour: floral & fruity
This second flush, July 2024 harvest black tea comes from Glenburn Tea Estate, Darjeeling, India. High in the Himalayas, Glenburn Tea Estate is located above the Rungeet river, overlooked by the Kanchenjunga mountain range. It was started in 1859 by a Scottish tea company who then passed it on to one of India’s pioneering tea families, the Prakashes, whose hands it remains in today.
Himalayan Beauty, oolong tea, Nepal
Flavour: floral, fruity, woody
This open-leaf, tippy oolong is a 2023 Spring harvest from the mountainous tea-growing district of Ilam in Nepal. Ilam sits at a similar altitude to the famous tea region, Darjeeling, just across the border in India. Himalayan Beauty infuses into a beautifully balanced, delicate and fragrant tea.
Jasmine Pearls, green tea, China
Flavour: jasmine, fresh cut hay - smooth and balanced
This Imperial Grade Jasmine Pearls green tea is made with 2024 ‘first flush’ leaves (the very first leaves to appear in spring after the winter dormancy) and fresh Jasmine petals. A unique steaming process is used to naturally draw out the petal’s fragrance into the tea leaves. The petals are then discarded and the tea leaves expertly hand-rolled into small pearls, sealing in the floral aroma. The result is an aromatic, fresh and fragrant tea.
Each tea is 20-grams (1 gram of tea per 100 mls sparkling water - the same leaves can be cold brewed multiple times). The teas are packaged in our small gift box. *please note you will need to purchase your sparkling water separately.*
The gift box includes a card to introduce the box to the gift recipient, instructions on how to cold-brew the teas in sparkling water (sparkling water is not included in the box), and our tea steeping and tasting guide. And of course, the teas can all be hot-steeped too!
Instructions:
1. Using a funnel, add 1 gram of tea per 100 mls* into a bottle of sparkling water. Screw the lid on tightly.
2. Place in the fridge and steep for 2 hours, then open the lid very slowly (it can bubble over) and gently pour through a strainer into a serving pitcher. When ready, pour into glasses (champagne glasses work well). Garnish with edible flowers or fruit if you wish, serve and enjoy!
If your bottle is 300mls, add 3 grams of tea; if it is 750 mls add 7.5 grams; if it is 1 litre add 10 grams and so on.
Tips: - you can quickly soak the leaves in hot water first as this can make them easier to get into the bottle.
- use the same leaves for a second infusion.
- fully sparking water, not lightly sparking, works best. If you have a Soda Stream, you can use this.
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