Rare Tea Journal

Amba Gardens - a Sri Lankan Tea Estate

Amba Gardens - a Sri Lankan Tea Estate

Nestled in the Uva Highlands of Sri Lanka, high above the Ravanna Falls, sits the marvellous Amba Estate. Founded in 2006 by Simon Bell and three colleagues as a viable...

Amba Gardens - a Sri Lankan Tea Estate

Nestled in the Uva Highlands of Sri Lanka, high above the Ravanna Falls, sits the marvellous Amba Estate. Founded in 2006 by Simon Bell and three colleagues as a viable...

Why is Rare Tea such Speciality Tea?

Why is Rare Tea such Speciality Tea?

When Rare Tea was founded by Henrietta Lovell (the Rare Tea Lady) in 2004, one of the most important aims of the budding tea company was to re-introduce the true...

Why is Rare Tea such Speciality Tea?

When Rare Tea was founded by Henrietta Lovell (the Rare Tea Lady) in 2004, one of the most important aims of the budding tea company was to re-introduce the true...

Different Ways to Make Premium Loose Leaf Tea

Different Ways to Make Premium Loose Leaf Tea

When you’re having some exquisite, expensive wine, would you serve it in a plastic beaker? Maybe if there had been some sort of apocalyptic event and you really had absolutely...

Different Ways to Make Premium Loose Leaf Tea

When you’re having some exquisite, expensive wine, would you serve it in a plastic beaker? Maybe if there had been some sort of apocalyptic event and you really had absolutely...

China Travels in Spring with the Rare Tea Lady

China Travels in Spring with the Rare Tea Lady

It's not the rolling flow of green terraces below me, or the wide shade trees stretching above, the weave of wild flowers or even the song of strange birds that...

China Travels in Spring with the Rare Tea Lady

It's not the rolling flow of green terraces below me, or the wide shade trees stretching above, the weave of wild flowers or even the song of strange birds that...

How to Infuse Premium Loose Leaf Tea

How to Infuse Premium Loose Leaf Tea

Making loose leaf tea does not have to be complicated - here is everything you might need to know about infusing our tea. Whether it's your first time, or you're...

How to Infuse Premium Loose Leaf Tea

Making loose leaf tea does not have to be complicated - here is everything you might need to know about infusing our tea. Whether it's your first time, or you're...

Know Your Rare Tea - Five Loose Leaf Tea Terms Explained

Know Your Rare Tea - Five Loose Leaf Tea Terms ...

TEA Technically speaking, "tea" is leaves, buds and stems from the Camellia Sinensis plant that have been picked and processed. White? Green? Oolong? Black? That"s right – all from the...

Know Your Rare Tea - Five Loose Leaf Tea Terms ...

TEA Technically speaking, "tea" is leaves, buds and stems from the Camellia Sinensis plant that have been picked and processed. White? Green? Oolong? Black? That"s right – all from the...