Thee kop Tseng

A tea with an aroma of yellow flowers, like honeysuckle, mimosa and lily. The tea tastes like fruit, honey, vanilla and roasted grains. It tastes good with sweet old cheese and spicy food, like a curry.

The Si Ji Chun is an oolong tea from Taiwan and is also called a blue-green tea. This tea comes from an exclusive tea garden in the high mountains of Taiwan. Here it is grown according to traditional methods and especially selected by Madame Tseng for De Eenhoorn. The name of the tea means four seasons, because it can be produced in every season with the same quality.

An oolong is a half fermented tea. This tea has an oxidation of 35%. The plant has bright green leaves. After harvest, the leaves are spread out in the sun to wither. They are regularly shaken and rolled by hand to break the edges. Oxidation will take place at these spots. As soon as the edges turn red, they are cooked in a pan on the fire for 15 minutes to stop the fermentation.

A fresh sweet tea with a taste of walnuts and wood. In the fragrance you can also smell a hint of walnuts, straw and antique wood. This relatively young Pu Er has a kind of ripeness, which is so characteristic of vintage tea.

The Pu Er 1997 is a black vintage tea from China. It is grown on a plantation in the province of Yunnan. Here it is grown according to traditional methods and especially selected by Madame Tseng for De Eenhoorn.

A vintage tea is a black tea that is fully fermented and has to ripe for a long time. The leaves of this tea were picked in 1997. After picking, the leaves are dried in the air to extract most moisture. This is called withering. If the leaves are flexible enough to be processed, they are rolled by hand to start the oxidation process. The leaves have to ferment for a few hours and then are baked in convection ovens. In the end, the tea is stored in jars for a number of years to continue to mature.

Dit elegante witte theepotje is speciaal ontworpen door Madame Tseng en gemaakt van echt porselein. Dit theepotje heeft een inhoud van 300 ml. De pot heeft geen filter, de theeblaadjes blijven achter in de pot bij het uitschenken en kunnen gemakkelijk opnieuw worden opgeschonken.

Glazen filter geschikt voor het glazen theepotje van 500 ml.

An infusion of Rooibos with a sweet, spicy and fruity taste with a hint of honey. Rooibos is a perfect, tasty drink for everyone, at any time of the day. Rooibos can also be drunk very well before bedtime, without any sleeping problems. This tea is a delicious cold and warm drink.

Rooibos is not a real tea but an infusion of the Rooibos plant. Real tea contains caffeine and tannin, but this one has not any. This plant grows in the vicinity of the Cedermountain in South Africa and is also known as Aspalathus Linearis. It is planted for the production of a drink that looks like tea. This "herbal tea" is very popular nowadays.

Rooibos has a positive effect on various health problems. It is a low plant with small twigs which looks like needles. These needle leaves are picked by hand, stamped and placed in the sun to oxidize. This creates the red color. The high quality of this Rooibos is characterized by the proportion of needles compared to the twigs. The more needles, the better quality.