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A fresh, spicy tea with notes of citrus fruit and pink pepper. This tea is best when it is drunk pure.

The Darjeeling Snowview is a black tea from India. The tea is grown on a plantation in Darjeeling in Northwest India in the Himalayas. This village is surrounded by 20,000 hectares of tea plantations. The plantation is located at an altitude of 2200 meters. The tea plant is descended from the Camellia Sinensis which is better resistant for the climate in the high mountains. Darjeeling tea is considered the best, most prestigious, rarest black tea in the world. The leaves are picked by hand. About 2000 leaves are needed for one hundred grams of tea.

A black tea is a fully fermented tea. The Darjeeling can be harvested twice, a first picking "First Flush" and a second picking "Second Flush". This tea is from the second harvest. After the harvest, the leaves are laid to dry and rolled by hand. This is how the oxidation process begins. After a few hours of fermentation, the leaves will get baked in a hot air oven.

A high quality tea with fruity elements and a scent of sugarcane syrup and Jasmine. A sweet, soft tea with a fresh aftertaste.

The Xiu Qiu is a white tea from China. It is grown in the province of Fujian, according to traditional methods and selected by Madame Tseng. The name Xiu Qiu means embroidered ball, because the white leaves are rolled up like pearls. This is the best tea in Europe.

A white tea is an unfermented tea. Only the buds and first two leaves are picked. The Jasmine blossom is picked in the evening because of the strong scent. A kilo of Jasmine tea requires ten kilos of blossom.

To add the taste of Jasmine to the tea, the blossom is placed on top of the spreaded tea for 24 hours. It is has to be refreshed constantly. The old blossom is removed before the scent disappears. In this way, the tea leaves absorb the scent of the Jasmine blossom, which obtain the Jasmin flavor. A natural process to make Jasmin tea.

A sweet tea with notes of honey and yellow fruit and a hint of liquorice in its aroma. This tea tastes great with chocolate, sweet dishes and beef broth. This tea is nice as iced tea.

The Dian Hong Mao Feng is a black tea from China. The tea grows at a high location in the Himalayan Mountains and is grown at a plantation in the province of Yunnan. Here it is grown according to traditional methods and especially selected by Madame Tseng for De Eenhoorn. The name of the tea means Black Hair Point from Yunnan.

A black tea is a fully fermented tea. The plant has black leaves with bright yellow tips. After harvesting these leaves, they are dried in the air. This is called fading or withering. As soon as the leaves are flexible enough to be processed, they are rolled by hand. The oxidation or fermentation process begins. After rolling, these leaves have to ferment for a few hours to get a good taste and color. To prevent rotting, the leaves are also baked in a hot air oven in the end.

A complex, fresh, full tea with a scent of seaweed and fruit, such as papaya and watermelon. This tea tastes great with an oriental meal or a meal with fish.

The He Feng Fu Xi is a green tea from China. It is grown on a plantation in the province of Hubei. Here it is grown according to traditional methods and especially selected by Madame Tseng for De Eenhoorn. The tea looks a bit like a Japanese tea. The colour of the tea is dark green.

A green tea is an unfermented tea. For green tea, only the buds and upper leaves of the plant are used. This can be done several times in the season and is harvested completely manually and very carefully. Every pick is completely different. After picking and fading the leaves, they are steamed or cooked, so the green color will retain and the leaves will not oxidize or ferment. After this process, the leaves go through hot or cold rollers to break them. Finally, the leaves have to dry and get sorted.

This tea tastes the best after 12-18 years, it becomes soft, full and powerful with scents of humus and forest. Although you can drink her already at this age, the tea will show its true potential after years of storage. In the first years the tea will have a slightly flat taste.

The Pu Er Cake 2009 is a black pressed vintage tea from China. It is grown on a plantation in the Chuang Cheng District, according to traditional methods and especially selected by Madame Tseng. The tea grows on old trees that are more than 100 years old.

A vintage tea is a black, fully fermented tea. The leaves were picked in 2009. The tea is made in a small factory in Yunnan, according to the Sheng Cha method. After picking, the leaves are dried until they are flexible enough to be processed. They are rolled by hand to start the oxidation process. The leaves must ferment for a few more hours. Finally, they are baked in convection ovens and stored in jars for maturing. The tea is pressed into blocks with a unique number.

Een grote glazen theepot met een inhoud van 1,2 liter. Het meegeleverde glazen filter geeft alle ruimte aan de thee en is uitneembaar.