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Portuguese Cinnamon Basil Loose Leaf Herbal Tea

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$61.00
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11p per cup

Style

Ocimum Basiliucm – cultivar Cinnamon - also known as Mexican Spice Basil (and not to be confused with Thai Basil) makes a deliciously aromatic herbal tea that is naturally soothing.

This herbal infusion contains the stems, seeds and leaf – to capture all the delicious flavours contained in each part of the plant.

Naturally caffeine free.

Tasting Notes

A deliciously soothing herbal tea with deep cinnamon flavours and a subtle hint of strawberry.

Cost Per Cup

28p per cup based on 2g of tea per 150ml of water and 2 infusions.

Origin

Beira Baixa province, Portugal

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Recommended Infusion Guide

  • Quantity

    Use 2g of tea per 150ml of water.

  • Temperature

    For the optimum infusion use 100°C water.

  • Time

    Infuse for 1 - 2 minutes, tasting regularly.

  • Infusions

    You can infuse this tea at least twice. With each careful infusion, different subtleties of flavour are revealed.

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More infusion tips

How to infuse your tea is very personal, and these are just our recommendations based on experience. Please experiment with these variables to your heart's delight. These are our recommendations, not hard and fast rules. The most delicious tea is the one you love.

Our guide uses a standard tea cup size (150ml/5.5 oz) as a measure, please adjust the quantity of leaf accordingly for less or more water. Our whole loose leaves are of such a high quality that you can infuse our teas at least twice, and the second infusion is often better than the first, with different flavours revealed as the leaf softens. If you prefer your tea stronger, add more leaf, don’t leave it for longer (this will just make it bitter).

PORTUGAL

Beira Baixa Province

Grown on a small, family run, organic farm in the Beira Baixa Province of Portugal; between the The Tejo Nature Park and the Naturtejo Geopark - a UNESCO world heritage site.

The air is rich with the scent of pine, rosemary and wild lavender and the area is abundantly biodiverse.

The farmers Henrique and Rosário tell us that it can be used to relieve nervousness, headaches, coughs and a sore throat.

When we first tasted this infusion we were overcome with happiness. It is not well known and rarely cultivated for tea. We were very lucky to find it. The farm is wholly organic and has been since Henrique and Rosário began growing herbs in 2007. They left professional lives in the city with their young family

"with the wish and necessity to lead a life connected to nature and an activity which would truly be ours. We left a 30 year city life with a mission to contribute to the revival of the Portuguese ‘Beira Interior’ and rural world."

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Returns

The Rare Tea Lady believes that our teas are some of the greatest in the world, and that our range and service are second to none.

In the isolated case that you are not completely satisfied with any tea or teaware you purchase from our website, please get in contact with our customer services team to discuss returning your order.*

In most instances we will give you a full refund of the item’s cost excluding postage. We may ask you to return the item to us. Customers in the European Union have a statutory cooling-off period of fourteen days that is not affected by this guarantee, but any tea pouches much remained sealed for this to be in effect.

*We only accept returns/refunds for tea within two months of receipt, because it is impossible for us to know if the tea has been stored correctly.

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