Tseng Theepot 600 ml

An elegant tea with dashes of liquorice and fruit. It has a dominant element of chocolate, which remembers of the smell of real cocoa powder. This tea is delicious at breakfast, but also nice with a stew and a chocolate dessert.

The Su Hong is a black tea from China and is processed in a small tea factory in the province of Jiangsiu. The tea is grown according to traditional methods and especially selected by Madame Tseng for De Eenhoorn.

A black tea is a fully fermented tea. The plant has crooked black leaves with some golden tips. For this tea only the bud and first two leaves are picked. After the harvest, these leaves are laid to dry in the air for withering. As soon as the leaves are flexible enough to be processed, they are rolled by hand. In this way the oxidation or fermentation process starts, this will influence the taste and color of the tea. After rolling, the leaves have to remain for a few hours to ferment, where they are regularly shoveled. Finally, the leaves are baked in hot air ovens to prevent rotting.

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 green Japanese icetea. A box with 10 pyramid bags to create your own fresh iced tea. 

A mild tea with an aroma of fruit and flowers and a subtle taste of smoke. This tea is delicious at breakfast. It tastes good with spicy or salty meals and is also a good combination with a piece of cheese.

The Zheng Shan Xiao Zhong 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 tea is also known as Lapsang Souchong.

A black tea is completely fermented. The tea grows at high altitudes and is picked and manufactured completely by hand. The plant has black twisted leaves. The picked tea is dried above a fire of coniferous wood until the first moisture has been extracted (fading). 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.

A sweet, fresh and sparkling tea with a small tone of Jasmine blossom. This tea is wonderful to drink with a light fruit dessert.

The Yin Zhen is a white tea from China. It is grown in the province of Fujian, according to traditional methods and especially selected by Madame Tseng. The name of this tea means silver needle.

A white tea is an unfermented tea. Only the buds are picked, for a pure and elegant tea. 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.

Maak kennis met onze verschillende soorten Taiwanese oolong. Het proefpakket bestaat uit drie blikjes van 15 gram thee. De volgende half zitten in het proefpakket:

•  Wen Shan Bao Zhong
   Een frisse thee met bloemige en fruitige tonen. Een combinatie van de fruitige tonen van een oolong en de frisse tonen van een groene
   thee. 
  
  
•  Beaute Academique
   Een donkere, volle thee met een aroma van honing en geroosterd brood. Je proeft tonen van karamel en bruine suiker.
  
  
•  Cui Yu
   Een bloemige thee met een aroma van acacia en magnolia. Daarnaast hinten van een honing. Een subtiele en delicate oolong.