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Rare Ceylon Silver Tips - Loose Leaf Tea

Ceylon White Tea

A rare example of a Sri Lankan white tea, Ceylon Silver Tips is a luxurious infusion: light-golden, low in caffeine and delicately redolent of pine and honey.

From: Imbulpitiya, Sri Lanka

LOOSE LEAF TEA
Delivery Info

Shipping policy

 

 UK Deliveries

Method

Cost

Carrier

Transit time

Standard

£3.50, Free - over £35

Royal Mail

2-5 days, Tracked

Tracked

£6.50, Free - over £100

DPD

1-3 days, Tracked

Next-Working-Day

£9.95

DPD

Orders placed before 2pm, Delivered Monday - Friday, Tracked

Saturday

£15.00

DPD

Orders placed before 2pm, Saturday delivery, Tracked

 *Most deliveries will be made within the usual time frame, but some areas and services may experience delays.

 

European Deliveries


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Please note that a tracking number is not provided for EU Standard deliveries. 

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Method

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Carrier

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Standard

From £5.50

Royal Mail

3-7 days, up to 21*, Not Tracked (Offered for orders less than £50 only)

Economy

From £5.50

Royal Mail

3-7 days, up to 21*, Not Tracked (Offered for orders less than £50 only)

Tracked

From £15.95

Fedex

3-5 days, up to 8*, Tracked

*Most deliveries will be made within the usual time-frame, but some areas and services may experience delays.

Customers Ordering From Ireland - Please Note: Due to recent restrictions we are unable to ship Chinese teas to Ireland at this present time.

 

Rest of the World

 

Method

Cost

Carrier

Transit time

Standard

From £4.00

Royal Mail

8-15 days, up to 30*, Not Tracked (Offered for orders less than £50 only)

USA tracked

From £15.00

Fedex

2-3 days, up to 7*, Tracked

ROW Tracked

From £18.95

Fedex

1-5 days, up to 5*, Tracked

 *Most deliveries will be made within the usual time frame, but some areas and services may experience delays.

 

International Buyers (Including EU) – Please Note:


Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be before buying.

Customers Ordering From Ireland - Please Note: Due to recent restrictions we are unable to ship Chinese teas to Ireland at this present time.

If you have any questions, please contact us via sales@theteamakers.co.uk | 01322284923

*We aim to dispatch all orders within 1-2 days of receiving your request. However, this can vary during peak times and other conditions outside of our control. Therefore, the below estimates of shipping times have been provided by our couriers.

The origins of our Rare Silver Tips Tea


A true original, this Rare Silver Tips loose leaf tea is made with high quality, carefully handpicked, single-origin, unopened buds that are sun-dried in the misty hills of Sri Lanka. Notable for its long and velvety silvery leaves, this incredibly rare white tea has a gently sweet flavour with pine, honey, and orchid notes. Exceptionally low in caffeine, it's an ideal special occasion tea for an afternoon or early evening drinking.

Rare Silver Tips is harvested all year round at Imbulpitiya estate, located at 500-600m altitude close to the town of Nawalapitiya in Central Province. World-renowned as a tea-growing district, this vast area comprises extensive high-elevation ranges and beautiful valleys that are sheltered from the monsoon winds and produces the finest teas. Among its most famous estates is Imboolpitiya, which has built a reputation for Ceylon teas of outstanding quality and flavour complexity. This luxury tea is one such brew: light golden in colour, with an alluring fresh fruit aroma and a delicate mouthfeel.

Read more about our Rare Silver Tips Tea

Like other white teas, Silver Tips is harvested young and produced with minimal intervention, a process that helps to preserve all the health benefits of its natural antioxidants and essential oils. One of only a few white teas produced outside of China, it's soothing, relaxing and a delicate treat for both body and senses.


Alternatives to this rare white tea


For another rare example of a white tea from outside China, see our Glenburn White Moonshine – a 2021 first-flush tea from Darjeeling packed with fresh, subtly sweet spring-like notes. Alternatively, check out our range of white teas that hail from their original home: the coastal province of Fujian in south-eastern China. Among our favourites are the outstanding White Peony, with its delightful fruity notes, and Jasmine Silver Needle from the revered Fuzhou tea-growing district. Fujian is also renowned for its green teas, and our Jasmine Dragon Pearls is a lovely floral example of the style.

For the full range of The Tea Makers of London white teas, browse our Tea Shop, where you'll find some available in our convenient Triune tea bags.

Ingredients


Pure Sri Lankan white tea

Tasting notes


This tea offers a fresh floral aroma and champagne hue infusion. A light cup packed with complex flavours with notes of pine, pear hints of honey and clean floral sweet mouthfeel.

Region


Nawalapitiya Municipality, Mid elevation Tea Growing Region

How to brew

1 - 2g

1 - 2g

70°C

70°C

200ml

200ml

2 - 4mins

2 - 4mins

Rare Ceylon Silver Tips - Loose Leaf Tea has a rating of 4.7 stars based on 51 reviews.