{"title":"Chinese Loose Leaf Tea","description":"\u003cp\u003eLoose leaf Chinese tea is the beginning of tea's story. Millenia ago, the Chinese began crafting the indigenous mountain tea plant, Camellia sinensis, into a delicious drink. Thousands of years have been invested in perfecting the art of Chinese tea. \u003ca href=\"#collection-additional\"\u003eRead more...\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe have travelled across China over the last 20 years to select what we believe is the finest pure China leaf tea. Not just \u003ca href=\"\/en-de\/collections\/green-tea\/china\" target=\"_blank\"\u003egreen tea\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/en-de\/collections\/oolong-tea\/china\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eoolong tea\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/en-de\/collections\/puer-tea\" target=\"_blank\"\u003epu-erh\u003c\/a\u003e tea but also the most sublime \u003ca href=\"\/en-de\/collections\/white-tea\/china\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ewhite tea\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/en-de\/collections\/black-tea\/china\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eblack tea\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo this day in China, as it was until the 1970s in the UK, loose leaf tea is much more common than teabags. The best Chinese tea is made from whole leaves and buds that need room to unfurl and expand as they infuse. Chinese leaf tea deserves a little love and care in a teapot. You will be well rewarded with the taste.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"silver-tip-white-tea","title":"Silver Tip White","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe most delicate of all tea and loose leaf teas, unprocessed and crafted entirely from tender spring buds, high in the remote mountains of Fujian. Picked for only five days of the year, just before the buds unfurl to the first new leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAlso known as White Silver Needle and Baihao Yinzhen.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Tea Company Tea","offers":[{"title":"25g Bag","offer_id":55239316767106,"sku":"FT-BLN-WS-025-PO","price":14.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0249\/2265\/2724\/files\/Rare-Tea-Company-Silver-Tip-White-Tea-1000px-5.jpg?v=1759831645"},{"product_id":"chinese-emperors-breakfast-black-tea","title":"Chinese Emperor's Breakfast","description":"\u003cp\u003eA rare Chinese tea crafted by masters to produce an astonishingly sweet black loose leaf tea. Made from very young and tender spring leaves and golden buds that have been carefully kept whole during hand rolling.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Tea Company Tea","offers":[{"title":"50g Bag","offer_id":55239316668802,"sku":"FT-CHN-EM-050-PO","price":13.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0249\/2265\/2724\/files\/Rare-Tea-Company-Emperor_s-Breakfast-1000x1000px-2.jpg?v=1758796122"},{"product_id":"silver-tip-jasmine","title":"Silver Tip Jasmine Tea","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Chinese White loose leaf tea, also known as Jasmine Silver Needle, made entirely from the first tender leaf buds of Spring. Not flavoured but carefully scented over six consecutive nights with fresh jasmine flowers. Once the preserve of the Chinese Imperial family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Tea of this quality is extremely hard to find.\" \u003cem\u003eHenrietta Lovell.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Tea Company Tea","offers":[{"title":"Tin (incl. 25g Refill Bag)","offer_id":54996633944450,"sku":"FT-CHN-JS-025-20-RT","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"25g Refill Bag","offer_id":55239316636034,"sku":"FT-CHN-JS-025-PO","price":11.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"100g Bag","offer_id":56040233140610,"sku":"FT-CHN-JS-100-PO","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0249\/2265\/2724\/files\/Rare-Tea-Company-Jasmine-Silver-Tip-1000x1000px-1.jpg?v=1778059552"},{"product_id":"chinese-whole-leaf-green-tea","title":"Chinese Whole Leaf Green","description":"\u003cp\u003eA meticulously hand-crafted Chinese green loose leaf tea that has been made in the same way for over 3000 years. Pure, clean, soft and elegant. The antithesis of industrial, mass produced green tea.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eMade from the soft new leaves of spring it is also known as White Monkey Paw (Baimao Hou).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Tea Company Tea","offers":[{"title":"Tin (incl. 25g Refill Bag)","offer_id":30360599756852,"sku":"FT-CHN-GL-025-20-RT","price":7.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0249\/2265\/2724\/files\/Rare-Tea-Company-Chinese-Whole-Leaf-Green-1000x1000px-3.jpg?v=1778070431"},{"product_id":"chinese-tie-guan-yin-oolong","title":"Chinese Tie Guan Yin Oolong","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis Chinese oolong loose leaf tea is known as the Iron Goddess of Mercy (Tie Guan Yin). Crafted to an exact point at which the leaves reveal their hidden subtleties.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Tea Company Tea","offers":[{"title":"Tin (incl. 50g Refill Bag)","offer_id":30360444076084,"sku":"FT-CHN-OO-050-20-RT","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Rare Tea Tin (incl. 50g Refill Bag)","offer_id":56519549026690,"sku":"FT-CHN-OO-050-20-LTE","price":11.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"50g Refill Bag","offer_id":55239316144514,"sku":"FT-CHN-OO-050-PO","price":9.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0249\/2265\/2724\/products\/RTC-Oolong-Tin-2000px-1.jpg?v=1748623289"},{"product_id":"rare-lapsang-souchong","title":"Rare Lapsang Souchong","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a handmade whole leaf tea; singularly rich and profoundly delicious.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso known as Zhengshan xiaozhong our Rare Lapsang Souchong is crafted to exacting traditional methods. It is grown in the Wuyi Mountains in the heart of the protected forests. Carefully smoked over barkless pine wood, the tea takes on a subtle smokiness without heavier tarry notes. It is rather more elegant than the rapacious punch of our \u003ca title=\"Tarry Lapsang Souchong\" href=\"\/en-de\/products\/tarry-lapsang-souchong\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTarry Lapsang Souchong\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Tea Company Tea","offers":[{"title":"50g Bag","offer_id":55239315882370,"sku":"FT-CHN-LP-050-PO","price":26.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0249\/2265\/2724\/files\/Rare-Tea-Company-Rare-Lapsang-Souchong-1000x1000px-5.jpg?v=1770717182"},{"product_id":"tarry-lapsang-souchong","title":"Tarry Lapsang Souchong","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Lapsang Souchong smoked using the resinous bark of the pine trees, as well as the fragrant wood.  Deep, dark, and strong this is not for the fainthearted.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003ePicked, rolled, fired and then smoked, this loose leaf tea epitomises hand-made orthodox crafting. In an age of artificial chemicals and flavourings, these are real wood-smoked leaves.  Unlike the subtlety of our Lapsang Souchong, this loose leaf tea is more of a Laphroaig than a Springbank.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Tea Company Tea","offers":[{"title":"50g Bag","offer_id":55239315816834,"sku":"FT-CHN-LS-050-PO","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0249\/2265\/2724\/files\/Rare-Tea-Company-Tarry-Lapsang-Souchong-1000x1000px-5.jpg?v=1770715594"},{"product_id":"chinese-da-hong-pao-oolong-tea","title":"Da Hong Pao Oolong","description":"\u003cp\u003ePerhaps the finest oolong in China, grown from a unique and ancient loose leaf tea cultivar in the Wuyishan UNECSO world heritage site.  Da Hong Pao means \"Big Red Robe\" and the tea is steeped in legend.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Tea Company Tea","offers":[{"title":"25g Bag","offer_id":55239315390850,"sku":"FT-CHN-DA-025-PO","price":14.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0249\/2265\/2724\/files\/Rare-Tea-Company-Da-Hong-Pao-Oolong-1000x1000px-2.jpg?v=1755793802"},{"product_id":"chinese-emerald-green-tea","title":"Chinese Emerald Green","description":"\u003cp\u003eA painstakingly pan-fired, loose leaf green tea from Fanjing Mountain in Guizhou province in southwestern China.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Tea Company Tea","offers":[{"title":"200g Bag","offer_id":43044801413367,"sku":"FT-CHN-EGYM-200-PO","price":43.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0249\/2265\/2724\/files\/Rare-Tea-Company-Emerald-Green-1000x1000px-1.jpg?v=1760432112"},{"product_id":"chinese-longjing-green-tea","title":"Chinese Longjing","description":"\u003cp\u003eLongjing* (also known as Dragon Well), this is the most succulent and fragrant of green China Loose Leaf Teas. Picked in the early spring before the first rains, it has a fresh sweetness.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003csmall\u003e*Sometimes spelled Long Jing\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Tea Company Tea","offers":[{"title":"25g Bag","offer_id":55239315128706,"sku":"FT-CHN-CJ-LC-025-PO","price":11.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0249\/2265\/2724\/files\/Rare-Tea-Company-Chinese-Longjing-1000x1000px-2.jpg?v=1748623254"},{"product_id":"green-tea-mint","title":"Green Tea \u0026 Mint","description":"\u003cp\u003eA delicate, pan fired Spring green loose leaf tea that’s been combined with an uplifting blend of Spearmint from selected small holders in Malawi.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Tea Company Tea","offers":[{"title":"25g Bag","offer_id":55239315030402,"sku":"FA-BLN-GMT-025-PO","price":7.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0249\/2265\/2724\/files\/Rare-Tea-Company-Green-Tea-and-Mint-1000x1000px-1.jpg?v=1748623251"},{"product_id":"extremely-rare-chinese-emperors-golden-eyebrow-black-tea","title":"Extremely Rare Chinese Emperor's Golden Eyebrow","description":"\u003cp\u003eEmperor's Golden Eyebrow, also known as Golden Beautiful Eyebrow and Jin Jun Mei.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an extremely rare exquisite black loose leaf tea - quite possibly the rarest of them all.  Hand rolled from the most delicate spring buds by Master Wen in the protected forests of Wuyishan.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eNever will you have a deeper, richer, more complex black tea.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Tea Company Tea","offers":[{"title":"50g Bag","offer_id":55239314866562,"sku":"FT-CHN-EMGE-050-PO","price":300.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0249\/2265\/2724\/products\/Emperors-Golden-Eyebrow-1-2000px.jpg?v=1748623246"},{"product_id":"rare-english-breakfast","title":"Rare English Breakfast","description":"\u003cp\u003eBlended in the style of the original 19th century English Breakfast from only the finest leaf. 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The result is the perfect afternoon pick-me-up.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Tea Company Tea","offers":[{"title":"32g Bag","offer_id":55239309263234,"sku":"FA-BLN-OTB-032-PO","price":17.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0249\/2265\/2724\/files\/Rare-Tea-Company-21st-Century-Afternoon-Tea-1000x1000px-5.jpg?v=1761312521"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0249\/2265\/2724\/collections\/Rare-Tea-Company-Chinese-Loose-Leaf-Tea.jpg?v=1654867561","url":"https:\/\/rareteacompany.com\/en-de\/collections\/chinese-loose-leaf-tea.oembed","provider":"Rare Tea Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}