Tea for Christmas day box

Tea has a diverse and interesting flavour profile – one that is as complex, if not more so, than wine. And in the same way that you can pair wine with food, you can also pair tea with food. 

With our Tea for Christmas Day box, you can add a little extra sparkle to Christmas Day and enhance your Christmas meal with a tea pairing for each course. These teas are an excellent alternative or accompaniment to your wine selection. 

Our Tea for Christmas Day box includes: 

~ three 20-gram single-origin loose-leaf teas
~ a little note card to introduce the teas and our pairing suggestions, and
~ our tea steeping and tasting guide

The three teas are:

Early Spring Snow Buds, White tea, China 
Flavour: Flavour: sweet citrus, summer hay ~ light-bodied
A special, early Spring white tea harvested from mid-February to mid-March 2025 in Simao, Yunnan province. This tea is made entirely of the freshest, plumpest, downy leaf buds. After harvest, they are lightly heated, rolled and air-dried.

Serve Snow Buds: cold-brewed in sparkling water either as an aperitif or paired with your appetisers - particularly light seafood such as scallops, prawns and oysters. *please note you will need to purchase your sparkling water separately*.

Lumbini Golden Breakfast, Black tea, Sri Lanka
Flavour: malt, wood, spice, caramel ~ full -bodied
This tea is made with broken ‘orange pekoe’ leaves and a sprinkle of golden leaf buds, hand-harvested on 22 September 2025. These produce a strong, astringent and full-bodied tea with notes of malt, wood, pepper, and a hint of caramel. This tea works well alone or with milk.

Serve Lumbini: hot-steeped with your mains - the body and astringency of this tea work well with meat as well as vegetarian dishes. The food pairing works best when the tea is served without milk.

Imperial Beauty, Oolong tea, Vietnam
Flavour: malt, wood, rose, honey - light bodied & smooth
This delicate, handmade tea comes from the high mountains of Northern Vietnam. The leaves infuse into a light bodied liquor that releases a floral, malty aroma and flavour notes of malt, wood, dried rose petals and honey. May 2025 harvest.

Serve Imperial Beauty: hot with your dessert or cheese board. 

Each tea is 20 grams (enough to serve seven people hot steeped or make 2 litres when cold-brewed in sparkling water. However, each tea can be steeped at least twice providing tea for even more).

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