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Loose Leaf Black Tea

Black Tea

Aromatic, sweet, strong, seductively delicious, fruity, malty, chocolate, to hints of smoke—all are apt descriptions of our wide selection of black teas.

We source our top grade black teas in various provinces—many of which are made “fresh” or in local style and typically found in the United States. These teas are harvested early in the season, crafted by local farms to offer flavors and aromas often far richer and complex in taste than more widely distributed black teas.

Our black teas are sourced from Fujian, Anhui, Zhejiang, and Yunnan Provinces. 

Black Tea
  • 3 Lands Sampler

    3 Lands Sampler

    3 Lands Sampler: In many countries, tea is a signature beverage. Distinct cultivars have been created and farmed, methods of processing developed bringing forth aromas and flavors that are delicious and widely enjoyed. Our sampler offers a taste...
    3 lands, 3 teas & 3 flavors

  • organic Organic

    3-Box Pack: Keemun Organic Tea Sachets (45 sachets)

    10% discount when you order 3 or more. Keemun is known as the "Burgundy" of black tea. Carefully crafted leaves, uniform in size, steep to a bright red liquor, thus the notation of a burgundy. The taste is full-bodied, brisk,with hints of...
    Hints of cocoa and a lingering, sweet bouquet.

  • Assam

    Assam

    Our Assam is grown in a rainy tropical plain that is one of the largest tea growing regions in the world. Assam tea is known for cultivating some of the world's strongest and full-bodied teas. Assam has long been prized for its range of flavors...
    Hearty, bold with a citrus finish.

  • Black Bud  - Rare Lot

    Black Bud - Rare Lot

    First buds of the harvest offer the most pronounced flavors and aromas of the season. As late winter temperatures begin to warm, particularly in the mountains, dormant tea bushes awaken and sprout dense, compact buds, the first new teas. Harvested by...
    Sweet, coppery, clean flavors

  • Black Cloud

    Black Cloud

    This Meizhan cultivar is made to customs of processing known in China as "fresh tea" denoting it is made to local timing of harvest, processing and flavor profile. Not made to a standard and certainly varied in its taste each season, this tea well...
    Malt, chocolate & molasses!

  • Black Dragon

    Black Dragon

    Our "Black Dragon", a Congou, is made in the style of classic Fujian Province blacks. "Congou" is a name used in the tea trade for "gongfu" which means skill and patience, attributes needed to make a really good black. The leaves are mix of black and...
    Softly sweet cocoa, malt, hint of fruit.

  • Black Fragrance

    Black Fragrance

    Black Fragrance is in the class of spring teas known as "fresh tea". These are early harvest teas made using longheld traditions of farming and processing of the leaves to create aromas and flavors favored in the local area. Typically, they are made in...
    Notes of molasses & fruit, with a lingering finish.

  • Black Leaf

    Black Leaf

    This lot was harvested in the 2nd pluck of the spring harvest in the WuYi Mountains. The leaves are quite aromatic and with oxidization – now a deep black color. While the name Gong Fu typically is used to describe a method of steeping tea, the...
    Flavors - molasses, caramel, hints of fruit

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    Black No. 6

    The Fu'An area along the coast near the border with Zhejiang Province is mountainous and famous for rich tasting teas. The cultivars developed in these mountains over a period of hundreds of years, now produce a variety of black teas that are...
    Malty, sweet flavors of chocolate!

  • Black Peony

    Black Peony

    Golden Peony classes as a "Fresh Tea". Plucked early in the season and crafted to local taste and aroma preferences, this black cups to a bright red color with a sweet, floral aroma. Using the Da Bai cultivar, the leaves are skillfully shaped, then fully...
    Thick leaves , lush, notes of fruit.

  • Black Tea Traveler

    Black Tea Traveler

    Our sampler is your introduction to black teas from 3 different provinces and the opportunity to taste their finest offerings. Three cultivars have been crafted to distinctive leaf appearances and rich, lush flavors. Grown at varying elevations,...
    3 provinces, 3 cultivars, 3 wonderful flavors!

  • Blue Flower Earl Grey

    Blue Flower Earl Grey

    A full-bodied Sri Lankan black tea forms the base for this classic English beverage.  Flavored with Bergamot oil and garnished with beautiful, bright-blue Cornflowers, a classic English breakfast beverage brings flavor to a new level. Tea Notes...
    Full-bodied, citrusy & delicious.

  • organic Organic

    Chai - organic

    Our Chai is a "mixed spice tea" made of a robust Indian black and traditional masala spices. Unapologetically spicy, Chai offers fragrant aromas and pungent, lively flavors. In the cup, it will nourish the palate and stimulate.  Lot Notes...
    Unapologetically spicy !

  • China Caravan

    China Caravan

    Toward the end of the 17th century, caravans of camels often called "ships of the desert" were transporting chests of tea across the great plains into Russia. Varieties of black teas were very often the primary cargo. In China, tea makers - ever...
    A traditional black tea blend with origins in the time of travel by camels.

  • Darjeeling

    Our Darjeeling is a 2nd flush, from the Margaret's Hope Estate. The estate was formerly known as Bara Ringtong, but was renamed after Lady Margaret, the daughter of the garden manager, who died on her way back to the garden from England.  Lot...
    Smooth, flowery notes

  • organic Organic

    Dragon Ball

    Black teas from Yunnan Province are widely recognized for their sweet, malty flavors and enticing aromas. Ever inventive, our tea maker has taken 1st grade leaves and rolled them into balls of flavor. Lot Notes. Pearl is made using a 1st grade...
    Decidedly sweet , flavors of caramel & malt

  • Fujian Black

    Fujian Black

    This local-style black offers a distinctive flavor! High-fired, this cultivar cups to a dry, lightly sweet flavor reminiscent of a Keemun tea. Leaves are long, thin and wiry. The telling characteristic of this tea from other Fujian Congou is its "dry"...
    High-fired to winey, naturally sweet notes..

  • Golden Eyebrow - Rare Lot

    Golden Eyebrow - Rare Lot

    At traditional tea gatherings, Golden Eyebrow is held as a prestigious tea, one to be served proudly, knowing it will enhance friendship. A fine pluck, using buds and the top two leaves, our lot harvested early in spring 2021. The leaves are carefully...
    Aroma of orange, light fruitiness, finish is honeysuckle.