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The Tea Lady's Personal Collection

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The absolute pinnacle of gift sets from Rare Tea.

Curated and blended by the Rare Tea Lady from her private collection of teas collected on her world travels, and exclusively available in this set only.

This collection includes a handmade tea set created for Henrietta by the celebrated British potter Trevor Lillistone.

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Explorer

The Rare Tea Lady

Collected from her travels across the world these teas are only to be found in very small quantities or have been blended exclusively by @raretealady for her personal use. Ever the explorer, these adventures don’t stop at her journeys but continue once Henrietta returns to London, ensconced in her blending room.

Japanese Breakfast Blend

Moriuchi Tea Garden, Shizuoka, Japan

The art of English Breakfast is to combine black teas to create a blend that is better than the sum of its parts. This tea takes some very rare Japanese black teas and combines them with a little Hojicha (toasted green tea) - which is a little outlandish, to say the least. The result is rich, nutty, deep and delicious (Best enjoyed without milk).

Jun Chiyabari 2024 Blend

Jun Chiyabari Tea Garden, Nepal

A blend of harvests from across the seasons at Jun Chiyabari Tea Garden in Nepal. This black tea blend tells the story of a truly unique terroir. Henrietta took the best from each season and meticulously blended the perfect expression of this extraordinary tea garden through the year. Unrepeatable and incomparable.

Autumn Cloud

Lakyrsiew Tea Garden, India

A black tea from the tiny but exquisite, Lakyrsiew garden, in Meghalaya - the bushes that are usually picked in early summer to make our Rare Cloud Tea have been left until just before winter dormancy. The result is an intense cocoa, malt, stone fruit, honeyed infusion.

Elevenses Tea

Fuding, Fujian Province & Qimen, Anhui Province, China

A blend of two precious Chinese teas. The sweet, rich, black Keemun tea is from one of the most beautiful tea regions in the world where the terraces are shaded by ancient forest. Perfectly married with tender spring buds of white silver tip tea, handcrafted high in the remote mountains of Fujian.

Vanilla Earl Grey

Satemwa Estate, Malawi; Reggio Calabria, Italy; Fujian Province, China & Ndali Estate, Uganda

A delicious take on the classic flavours of Earl Grey. A handcrafted black, loose leaf tea from Satemwa blended with pure bergamot oil from ancient citrus groves in Calabria, southern Italy. To this, Henrietta added some elegant Emperor’s Breakfast black tea from Fujian and pure Ugandan vanilla pods from Ndali.

Noma Game Season Blend

Moriuchi Tea Garden, Shizuoka, Japan & Satemwa Estate, Shire Highlands, Malawi

This truly exceptional blend of black, pu’er and green teas showcases Henrietta’s most extraordinary powers of blending. Created for the autumnal game season at Noma Restaurant in Copenhagen - this tea pairs beautifully with game and mushrooms.

Saffron Blend

Lakrysiew, Meghalaya, Temi, Sikkim & Kashmir, India

Fragrant and luxurious black, Indian Himalayan tea from the tiny gardens of Lakyrsiew and Temi blended enhanced with sublime saffron. Our direct trade Kashmiri Saffron (Shahi Saffron) is the strongest most intensely flavoured variety, just a few delicate strands add incredible depth and complexity.

Rare Oolong Blend

Waikato Tea Garden, Hamilton, New Zealand & Taitung, Taiwan

A rather unconventional combination of Oolongs from across the globe. Only the Tea Lady would have the temerity to take some of the most valuable teas in the world and blend them. Conformity of opinion, however, is not the best arbiter of taste. Sometimes a little ingenuity can lead us to new heights of deliciousness.

Steamy Green

Waikato Tea Garden, Hamilton, New Zealand, Satemwa Estate, Shire Highlands, Malawi & Moriuchi Tea Garden, Shizuoka, Japan

A blend of Waikato Green, Malawi Steamed Green and Japanese Sencha results in a complex green tea that is silky smooth. This blend celebrates the diversity of green tea from all corners of the world, bringing sensational flavours together in one delicious cup.

Stressless Blend

Slavonija & Podravina, Croatia & Fuding, Fujian China

A personal blend for stressful moments; a fusion of white teas, lemon herbs and chamomile. This makes a lovely tea to quiet the mind, designed to not just taste wonderful but also leave you relaxed and calm. It is also rather good with a splash of gin if things are really bad - we won’t judge.

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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.

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