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Bhutan Himalayan Black Loose Leaf Black Tea

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An incredibly smooth and comforting black tea, with exquisite honey aromas from Bhutan's first commercial tea garden. Grown at 1,800 metres in the Bhutanese Himalayas by a collective of 34 women farmers.

This tea has the bright freshness of a beautifully made spring tea from the world's only carbon-negative country, the Land of the Thunder Dragon.

Tasting Notes

Flavours of chocolate, oat biscuits (reminiscent of Hobnobs for the British out there), and roasted pineapple. It has the bright freshness of an exquisitely crafted spring tea with a smooth, rich depth of character. If you love the idea of sweet, milky tea but prefer to drink your tea black and unadulterated - this tea will give you all the feels - all on its own. No need to add anything.

Origin

Samcholing, Trongsa District, Bhutan

Cost Per Cup

$0.33 per cup based on 2.5g of tea per 150ml of water and 3 infusions.
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Recommended Infusion Guide

  • Quantity

    Use 0.1 oz of leaf per 5.5 fl oz of water.

  • Temperature

    For the optimum infusion use 185°F water.

  • Time

    Infuse for 90 seconds, tasting regularly.

  • Infusions

    This tea can be infused at least three times. 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).

With carbon-negative status enshrined in Bhutan’s constitution, this terroir is possibly unmatched in organic agriculture and immaculate environmental purity.

You can taste the clean, bright freshness of the Bhutanese Himalayas in this tea.

Samcholing is a smallholder Cooperative in Bhutan, run by 34 women tea farmers. Together they grow, harvest and craft Bhutan's first commercial tea, from the world’s first carbon-negative country.

Nestled in the high Himalayas at 1,800 metres above sea level, the Samcholing Tea Cooperative is a remarkable terroir spanning approximately 80 hectares of organically grown gardens. What makes this tea truly extraordinary is its heritage: every plant has been grown from seeds traced back to just five original bushes found in the garden of Bhutan's second King.

Led by the indomitable Rinchen Lhamo, the Samcholing cooperative was founded with a clear and powerful purpose - to make world class tea while fulfilling a wider societal purpose: to empower local women, promote equal income, and secure sustainable livelihoods for their families.

The tea is handpicked and hand-crafted in one of the world's most pristine natural environments. It is grown organically among ancient forests with an unwavering commitment to quality and sustainability.

When you drink Samcholing tea, you are supporting a community of dedicated women and a living piece of Bhutanese history.

Watch our interview with Rinchen below:

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In the isolated case that you are not completely satisfied with any product 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 UK & European Union have statutory rights not affected by this guarantee, but any bags of tea must remained sealed for this to be in effect.

*We only accept returns/refunds for tea within 30 days of receipt, because it is impossible for us to know if the tea has been stored correctly.

**We will endeavour to ask for pictures where possible - but if you have changed your mind and are outside of any statutory rights time period, return postage is payable by you.

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