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New Zealand Waikato Green Loose Leaf Green Tea

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$41.00
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57p per cup

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A sublime, beautifully balanced, smooth green tea from one of the most extraordinary terroirs on the planet.

The first tea garden in New Zealand, drawing on generations of Taiwanese expertise, local ingenuity and the purity of the natural environment to produce a world class green tea to rival even the most famous.

The unique flavour of one of the rarest and most exquisite green teas is reminiscent of sweet gooseberries and pineapple cake. It has a velvety soft mouth feel with subtle notes of honeydew melon and tonka bean.

57p per cup based on 2g of tea per 150ml of water and 3 infusions.

Zealong Estate, Waikato, New Zealand

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Recommended Infusion Guide

  • Quantity

    Use 2g of tea per 150ml of water.

  • Temperature

    For the optimum infusion use 70°C water.

  • Time

    Infuse for 1 - 2 minutes, tasting regularly.

  • Infusions

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

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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).

As with all our exquisite loose leaf green teas, we recommend using lower temperature water. For Waikato Green we'd recommend trying a lower temperature (around 65°C/149°F) and a longer steep (around 2 minutes), but please do experiment with higher temperatures and a shorter infusion to bring out the flavours you most enjoy.

Hamilton, New Zealand

The Zealong Tea Garden, Waikato

The precise pick and crafting of the leaf is overseen by a third generation tea master from Taiwan.

Expertise, local ingenuity, pure air, incredibly rich biodiversity and state-of-the-art production facilities combine to create a green tea to rival those of the most famous terroirs in the world.

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CR
01 March 2025
Cassandra R.
United States

Original Green Tea Flavour

I absolutely loved the Waikato Green tea! The notes of pineapple really come through and it blew me away that just tea leaves from a specific terroir could bring such a tropical flavour while still maintaining that beautiful green tea taste. Very comforting to drink, slightly roasty. Overall a great time.

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RW
18 January 2025
Ruth W.
United Kingdom

Sublime

Sublimely well balanced, elegant, subtle but flavoursome. Love it despite the huge expense.

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CL
06 July 2024
Caro L.
United Kingdom

exquisite

This tea has a particular richness which stays long in the mouth, making you enjoy the moment a little longer than some other green teas. The fruitiness is delicate but still very present.

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JM
01 November 2023
Jane M.
United Kingdom

New Zealand Waikato green - balanced subtle flavours

Very delicious, long lasting, subtle tasting and worth the miney

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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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