Green teas

Tea in Japan is a world of its own with a great deal of tradition. Some teas are however picked by machine and others, such as Bancha, have characteristically straight leaves. Bancha is a course tea whilst others, such as Sencha, are more refined and have a more delicate taste. The best teas are picked by hand, steamed and then dried over a charcoal fire.

Green tea in China is a national drink - commonly drunk cold from a jam jar - portable and unspillable! We offer several green teas from China with quite different characteristics, from Jasmine, to Young Hyson (a fine Gunpowder variety) to the distinctive ' Steamed Green'. Zhejiang Province is most famous for its green teas.

Darjeeling produces some of the most distinctive and delicate green teas. It deserves more widespread recognition for these excellent teas for which China and Japan are more generally reknown.