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Traditional British loose leaf tea at its finest - made by Henrietta as a bespoke blend for a Battle of Britain RAF navigator.
Calming in times of national peril. Fortifying when courage is required.
Tasting Notes
Tasting Notes
A more delicate flavour than a modern Breakfast tea, it has soft florals balanced by smooth, malty notes.
Cost Per Cup
Cost Per Cup
15p per cup based on 2.5g of tea per 150ml of water and 2 infusions.
Origin
Origin
Temi Tea Garden, Sikkim, India
Satemwa Estate, Shire Highlands, Malawi
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Recommended Infusion Guide
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Quantity
Use 2.5g of tea per 150ml of water.
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Temperature
For the optimum infusion use 85ยฐC water. If you enjoy your tea with milk, please use water at 100ยฐC.
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Time
Infuse for 1 - 2 minutes, tasting regularly.
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Infusions
You can infuse this tea at least twice. With each careful infusion, different subtleties of flavour are revealed.
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Quantity
Use 0.1 oz of leaf per 5.5 fl oz of water.
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Temperature
For the optimum infusion use 185ยฐF water. If you enjoy your tea with milk, please use water at 212ยฐF.
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Time
Infuse for 1 - 2 minutes, tasting regularly.
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Infusions
You can infuse this tea at least twice. With each careful infusion, different subtleties of flavour are revealed.
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Quantity
Use 1 heaped tsp. per 150ml of water.
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Temperature
For the optimum infusion use 85ยฐC water. If you enjoy your tea with milk, please use water at 100ยฐC.
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Time
Infuse for 1 - 2 minutes, tasting regularly.
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Infusions
You can infuse this tea at least twice. With each careful infusion, different subtleties of flavour are revealed.
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, donโt leave it for longer (this will just make it bitter).
Brewing up a storm with the RAF

RAFA
Breakfast Tea
RAFA Tea for Heroes is a very traditional English Breakfast tea of the like we haven't seen for many years. A bespoke blend created for the RAF - when only the best will do.
50p of the price you pay goes to the Royal Air Forces Association Wings Appeal repaying just a little of what so many of us owe to so few.

India & Malawi
This tea comes from two beautiful, independent tea gardens; the Temi Tea Garden in Sikkim, India and Satemwa Estate on Thyolo Mountain in Malawi. Both are committed to creating the finest tea using sustainable practices to benefit both the land and the people who live on it.

Rare Tea & the RAF
Rare Tea & the RAF
Henrietta first created this tea for a wonderful man called Terry Clark, a veteran of the Battle of Britain.
"It was a great honour and pleasure to meet him when I made this short film about tea and the RAF. It was an even greater honour to make tea for him.
Terry thought it was rather good. I've been making it for him ever since. We thought you might like it too."
Don't just take our word for it - here is comedian Alexander Armstrong explaining why RAF Tea is worth it.
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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 itemโs 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.