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CHINA, INDIA, CEYLON... THE MAP OF TEAS INVITES YOU TO DISCOVER THE GREAT ORIGINS OF TEAS THROUGH A FEW RENOWNED REFERENCES.



   Tea is a journey that offers everyone a unique experience. Because there is a thousand origins, a thousand flavours and as many ways of enjoying it, tea is an infinite world.


   Would it be pretentious to refer to tea not even keeping ten varieties to draw a first map of teas ? We lent ourselves to the play to offer you a first journey among the best gardens, a voluntarily restricted choice but one thought like an invitation to travel...


   Honour to whom honour is due, Darjeeling can be a startling entrance into the universe of tea. Ripening on the Himalayan foot-hills, our Margaret’s Hope garden provides all its Lord’s wealth. It offers a well-rounded woody flavour and a nutty taste like a dream that will charm both the tea lover and the uninitiated.


Darjeeling Margaret's Hope

Margaret's Hope

   With a noteworthy Assam, we proceed towards more tonic regions. This tea from another Indian region is famous for its full-bodied brew. This is the case with Greenwood and its rich but bitterless cup.
Proceeding on our way to the South, we will enjoy Orange Pekoe (large leaves) from Ceylon, with Kenilworth, one of the most perfect examples of this tea, transparent but slightly full-bodied.



Chine Grand Yunnan

Grand Yunnan

   Going North towards China, the genuine empire of tea, enjoying Breakfast Royal will offer us the richness of Blends; here a full-bodied but subtly flavoured blend that a drop of milk will smooth out.
Still in China, the finest classic teas come into sight: Grand Yunnan is one of their princes. Its leaf is akin to the Indian plantations of Assam but it produces a fuller flavour with a warm and rich note.


   Those who enjoy smoky tea will appreciate Lapsang Souchong with its light pinewood aroma that makes it a really perfect tea with meals. China also presents wonderful green teas such as Lung Ching, rich in vitamin and invigorating with a jade-coloured brew.


   To conclude this magical panorama of the universe of tea, we will discover two remarkable flavours. Grand Oolong from Formosa, semi fermented, which large leaf with glints of silver has a chestnut-like aroma.
Finally, Sencha Natural Leaf from Japan also called “Guest tea”, brings its fresh infusion within lips-reach, within our pleasure-reach all day long.


Formose Grand Oolong

Grand Oolong

 
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