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Malawi White Silver Tip Loose Leaf White Tea

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£12.49
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£0.33 per cup
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A rare and exquisite loose leaf white tea from Satemwa in Malawi (East Africa).

From a region so well known for its extraordinary black tea, comes a remarkable and groundbreaking whole leaf white tea.

Rich, complex fruit notes and precise, elegant tannins. The wet leaf has an entrancing aroma of petrichor.

Tasting Notes

A gentle, sweet start leads to a savoury green middle with a deep peachy note and precise tannins. Clean and fresh with a lovely minerality, drinking this elegant tea is like cupping your hands in a bubbling stream passing through a stone fruit orchard. The wet leaf has an entrancing aroma of petrichor.

Cost Per Cup

£0.33 per cup based on 2g of tea per 150ml of water and 3 infusions.

Origin

Satemwa Estate, Shire Highlands, Malawi

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Recommended Infusion Guide

  • Quantity

    Use 2g of tea per 150ml of water.

  • Temperature

    For the optimum infusion use 75°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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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).

Alex and his late father Chip began experimenting with loose, whole leaf white teas in the early 2000s after three generations of making purely black tea.

They found that the best flavours came from using fast oxidising varietals usually used to make black teas. This was a revelation, and brings very unique flavours not found in white teas from anywhere else in the world.

They are only able to produce tiny amounts of white silver tip buds, and only when conditions are exactly right. A good winter rain, just at the crucial moment before the spring flush, is critical to produce the best silver tips.

Crafted only from delicate leaf buds before they unfold into the new flush (fresh set of leaves). The hand harvesting is meticulous - to catch the best tea leaf buds, just at the point of maturity but before it bursts open.

Whilst holding all the soft, sweetness you’d expect from a silver tip tea, these buds have remarkable complexity and depth - testament to the nutrient-rich soil and the remarkable terroir where the tea bushes flourish on Satemwa.

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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 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 tea pouches 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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