Samplebox - green tea

Een klein glazen theepotje met een inhoud van 500 ml. Het meegeleverde glazen filter geeft alle ruimte aan de thee en is uitneembaar. Het meegeleverde deksel is voorzien van het Eenhoornlogo.

An infusion of chamomile with a sweet and slightly bitter taste that stays in the mouth for a long time. You can drink this tea just before bedtime without any problems.

Chamomile is not a real tea but an infusion of the flowers of the herb Chamomile. Real tea contains caffeine and tannin, but this one hasn’t any. Although most Chamomile comes from Egypt, this herb is picked in Austria. She is also known under the name Matricaria Chamomilla. This herb is also found in the wild in Western Europe, but it is often grown to make tea.

Chamomile is a wonder drug that has been used since ancient times. She offers many health benefits. It has an analgesic, soothing and stress-relieving effect and helps against all sorts of disorders. The flowers are picked from June to September when the flowers are completely open and the hearts are pretty yellow. This happens first thing in the morning, after the dew is gone. The flowers are placed in a dry place to dry for a few weeks.

A soft and tasty tea with a delicate woody accent, absolutely worth a try. This tea hardly looks like the standard smoked tea. It tastes great with spicy and salty dishes and it is a great tea for drinking right after a meal.

The Lapsang Souchong is a black smoked tea from China. It is grown in the province of Fujian according to traditional methods and especially selected by Madame Tseng. The original name (Zhengshan Xiaozhong) means something like Zheng Mountains, small tea variety.

A black tea is completely fermented. The tea grows at high altitude and is picked by hand. It is manufactured with the machine. The picked tea is dried above a fire of coniferous wood for fading, until the first moisture is extracted. After this process the leaves are rolled and put in barrels, which are covered with rags for the fermentation process. Then the leaves are cooked and rolled again. Finally, the tea will smoke in bamboo baskets above glowing embers of dried spruce wood. This will take a few hours and will be monitored carefully.

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 2011 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 2011. 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.

Met deze waterkoker van Eva Solo kookt het water in een mum van tijd. Deze ketel is 100% lekvrij. Deze waterkoker heeft een prachtig design, die speciaal ontworpen is om de waterkoker rechtsreeks vanuit de keuken op de salontafel neer te zetten. Geen lelijke waterkoker op tafel maar een prachtige kan. Deze waterkoker kan 360° draaien, heeft geen lange snoeren en is geschikt voor 1,5 liter water. De waterkoker springt vanzelf uit zodra het water kookt en voorkomt droog koken. Bij aankoop van deze waterkoker krijg je een gratis doosje thee.

Een thee met een noot, karamelachtige smaak en een laag cafeïne gehalte. Genmaicha is een perfecte thee voor de late middag of de vroege avond en zeer geschikt voor koude dagen.

De Genmaicha is een melange van groene thee (Sencha) en gepofte, geroosterde bruine rijst (Genmai). De Genmai zorgt voor de smaak van noten en karamel en de rijst maakt de thee mild voor de maag. De uiteindelijke kwaliteit van de thee wordt bepaald door de kwaliteit van de sencha en de rijst. De versheid kan worden beoordeeld aan de knapperigheid van de rijst. Hij wordt geproduceerd door theemeester Tomita, een van de twee meest beroemde theemeesters uit Japan. De thee komt uit het district Kagoshima, in het meest zuidelijke puntje van Japan.