BLACK TEA: Lumbini Black Strings, Sri Lanka

Lumbini Black Strings
Black tea, Sri Lanka

Flavour: malt, fruit, spice ~ medium-full bodied

This beautiful tea is made with leaves that were hand-harvested on 22 September 2025 then carefully processed and twisted to create Orange Pekoe 1 grade ‘tea strings’.  When infused, they produce a brisk and astringent, medium-full bodied tea with a sweet fragrance and notes of malt, pepper, orange and wood.

Preparation: Steep for 2 minutes at 100°. Two infusions. If adding milk, increase the steep time to 3 - 4 minutes. 

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Infusions: specialty tea leaves can all be steeped at least twice, and often more, so each 3 gram serve (150 mls - a standard teacup size), will give you two cups ('infusions') if you steep the leaves twice. On the back of your pouch under 'Steep', you can find the number of infusions for your tea.

If you infuse your leaves at least twice, your pouch will give you the following cups of tea (or more if you infuse your leaves more times):

50 grams - 33 cups
100 grams - 66 cups
200 grams - 133 cups

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