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Black Currant
Organic black teas from India are blended with dried black currant berries, leaves and essence of black currants. While ...Price: $ 6.00 (2 oz.)
About Black Teas
The curious case of “black” teas, perhaps nothing divides East-West taste preferences more than our western affinity for black teas. In the thousands (some say 5,000) years of tea drinking, black teas only date back a few hundred years to the Ming dynasty (1368-1644 A.D.) when new tea processing techniques were developed to be able to export teas that could survive the long journey from China to Europe and the North America.
Black teas are made from leaves of the same tea plant that also can produce green, white, oolong and other teas. The difference between the tea types is in the processing of the leaves once harvested when black teas go through withering, rolling, oxidation (sometimes called fermenting) and drying or firing. Black teas can either be hearty single estate and blended black teas that hold up well to western traditions of adding milk and sugar, or more nuanced black teas like Darjeeling and Keemun whose flavor profile is refined and are best apprec
Our Selection of Black Teas
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Almond Cookie Black Tea
Inspired by Chinese almond cookies, this tea pairs a medium bodied black tea with almonds and a hint of cinnamon. Almond...Price: $ 7.00 (2 oz.)
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Assam Black Tea, Puthajhora Estate
The Assam Valley is located in northeast India approximately 120 miles east of Darjeeling near the border with China, Bu...Price: $ 6.00 (2 oz.)
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Black Currant
Organic black teas from India are blended with dried black currant berries, leaves and essence of black currants. While ...Price: $ 6.00 (2 oz.)
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Bolivian
Efforts to successfully grow, produce and export quality teas from Bolivia have been ongoing in fits and starts since th...Price: $ 5.00 (2 oz.)
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Ceylon Venture Estate
Sri Lanka was previously known as "Ceylon" and this name carries on in the famous Ceylon black teas. Our tea is grown at...Price: $ 6.00 (2 oz.)
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China Breakfast
Either history, a marketing ploy, or both are responsible for what is now called Chinese Breakfast tea. The influence an...Price: $ 6.00 (2 oz.)
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Chocolate Chip Cream
Maybe the best way to describe this tea is to quote one of our customers - "It's amazing, like a cup of hot chocolate wi...Price: $ 6.00 (2 oz.)
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Coconut Cream
Let this tea take you to your personal tropical beach with an island blend of coconut and vanilla accented black tea. Th...Price: $ 6.00 (2 oz.)
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Darjeeling 1st Flush
In higher elevations the tea bush is dormant during the winter months. As spring arrives in March at the Darjeeling teas...Price: $ 11.00 (2 oz.)
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Darjeeling 2nd Flush
Darjeeling teas are grown in a very defined district at the foothills of the Himalyan mountains. Tea which has been pluc...Price: $ 8.00 (2 oz.)
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Decaf Earl Grey
Our Decaf Organic Earl Grey black tea is a traditional blend of teas from India and Sri Lanka infused with true bergamot...Price: $ 7.00 (2 oz.)
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Earl Grey
Charles Grey (An Earl), also known as Viscount Horwick, served as British Prime Minister from 1830-34. As the story goes...Price: $ 6.00 (2 oz.)
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Earl Grey with Blue Flower
This Earl Grey blend is a full-bodied organic Indian black tea from Nilgiri with blue Malva flowers and natural bergamot...Price: $ 7.00 (2 oz.)
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Earl Grey with Lavender
Our organic Earl Grey with Lavender is a distinctive black tea blend that appeals to both Earl Grey and lavender lovers....Price: $ 7.00 (2 oz.)
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Earl Grey with Rose
The floral aroma of rose petals are the perfect complement to the full-bodied citrus bergamot flavor of traditional Earl...Price: $ 6.00 (2 oz.)
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English Breakfast
The British, black tea, and the preference for adding milk and sugar to a cup of tea all come together in the ubiquitous...Price: $ 6.00 (2 oz.)
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Golden Yunnan
This certified organic black tea is harvested from the ancient tea tress of Yunnan, China. Its deeply flavored infusion ...Price: $ 8.00 (2 oz.)
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Golden Yunnan Special
This wonderfully nuanced tea is organically grown and harvested from the ancient tea tress of Yunnan, China. This specia...Price: $ 9.00 (2 oz.)
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Irish Breakfast
There may be historical and cultural reasons why England, Ireland and Scotland all felt the need to have their own break...Price: $ 6.00 (2 oz.)
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Keemun
Keemun is the westernized name of one of the premiere black teas from China (called Qi Men or Qimen). It is a type of te...Price: $ 6.00 (2 oz.)
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Kenyan (Loose)
Ajiri black tea is grown in Kenya and is Rainforest certified at the Nyansiongo Tea Factory - a cooperative ow...Price: $ 10.50
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Kenyan (Tea Bag)
Ajiri black tea is grown in Kenya and is Rainforest certified at the Nyansiongo Tea Factory - a cooperative ow...Price: $ 9.50
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Lapsang Souchong
A long time ago, in a land far, far away (China), a worker tending the drying of tea leaves was either not paying much a...Price: $ 7.00 (2 oz.)
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Lychee Black Tea
The lychee fruit is native to Southesast Asia and the Indian sub-continent. Harvested in the peak of the summer,&nb...Price: $ 7.00 (2 oz.)
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Metropolitan Black
A sophisticated tea for the city that blends a full-bodied black tea with a combination of subtle fruit and floral notes...Price: $ 7.00 (2 oz.)
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Meyer Lemon Black Tea
A lemon black tea probably seems like a no-brainer but it took us a long time to find a way to create a perfec...Price: $ 7.00 (2 oz.)
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Nilgiri Black Tea
This organically grown black tea is from the Korakundah Estate in the Nilgiri Mountain region of southern India. This h...Price: $ 6.00 (2 oz.)
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Orange Spice Black Tea Blend
A wonderful black tea blend that you are sure to get constant comments about whether served in the morning or afternoon....Price: $ 7.00 (2 oz.)
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Royal Afternoon Blend
A black tea blend that is perfect for afternoon tea. Medium bodied this royal tea blends carefully selected single estat...Price: $ 7.00 (2 oz.)
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Russian Caravan Black Tea
Russian Caravan is a smoky black tea that helps warm up a cold winter day and bring back memories of times spent around ...Price: $ 7.00 (2 oz.)
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Tropical Black Tea
Enjoy this medium bodied organic black tea from India blended with organic orange peel, orange rooibos red tea from...Price: $ 7.00 (2 oz.)
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Vanilla Black Tea
A smooth and fragrant black tea blend with captivating vanilla, perfectly balanced, not cloyingly sweet. A rewardin...Price: $ 7.00 (2 oz.)