An exceptionally rare white tea, these Rare Ceylon Silver Tips from the Imboolpittiya garden impart a delicate flavour with notes of pine and honey.
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SKU: TTMSILTAS025
Our Rare Ceylon Silver Tips are made with carefully handpicked, single origin, un-opened buds that are sun-dried in the misty hills of Ceylon. The velvety silver lined leaf contains a very high level of polyphenols, antioxidants and are low in caffeine.
This 'virgin’ Ceylon white tea is grown in the Imboolpittiya garden, located in the town ‘Nawalapitiya’ in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. Nawalapitiya lies in Sri Lanka’s beautiful mountains that are world-renowned for their exceptional teas. This vast area is made up of extensive high-elevation mountain ranges and beautiful valleys that are shaded from monsoon winds. Imboolpitiya’s silver tips tea is famed amongst tea connoisseurs for its outstanding quality and sublime flavour complexity.
The tea imparts a delicate and very light liquor with exquisite notes of pine and honey. Its brew provides a wonderful mix of subtle and delicate flavours that are very soothing and relaxing. These luxurious silver tips are rich in fragrance and possess an alluring quality with a hint of natural sweetness.
One of the few white teas produced outside of China, Ceylon silver tips is a delicate treat for all the senses and is usually enjoyed on special occasions.
Ingredients: Pure Ceylon White Tea.
This tea is harvested all year round in the Imboolpittiya Estate, located in central hills of Sri Lanka (Ceylon).
Long single tips of silvery buds
Fresh and fruity
Sweet and gentle with notes of pine and honey
Light golden hue
2g of tea
200ml, use filtered water to enhance the flavour
70°C
3-4 minutes. Suitable for 1re-steeping
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