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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.

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 sweet tea with hints of autumn leaves, wet humus and wood. This tea is popular among connoisseurs of single malts and cigars.

The Pu Er 1992 A 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 mature for a long time. The Pu Er 1992 A is a variety with small gray-brown tea leaves that were picked in 1992. After the leaves have been picked, they have to dry in the air to extract the moisture. If they are flexible enough to be processed, they are rolled by hand to start the oxidation process. After this, the leaves must ferment for a few more hours. Then the leaves are baked in hot air ovens and stored for years in barrels of clay to ripen further, just like old wines. The older, the better. This Pu Er tea can continue to mature for at least 30 years.

Een delicate, maar volle Sencha met een zoete nasmaak. Hij is mild, toegankelijk en fris met tonen van Citrus en asperges. Een verfrissende groene thee.

De Sencha is de meest bekende, wat algemenere groene thee in Japan en wordt geproduceerd door de familie Otsuka, in Kakegawa in het Shizuoka district. Otsuka’s thee is meerdere malen uitgeroepen tot beste Sencha van Japan.

Fijne Japanse thee komt meestal uit berggebieden, waar het verschil tussen dag en nacht groot is. Door de bergvalleien stromen riviertjes en het vocht uit de rivieren stijgt op en zorgt voor mist en nevel. Dit is voor de theestruik de beste manier om vocht op te nemen. Ook zorgt dit voor gedimd zonlicht, waardoor de plant chlorofyl aan moet maken. Zo ontstaat er een natuurlijk schaduwdek. Voor groene thee kunnen de theeblaadjes in meerdere fase van het seizoen geplukt worden. Een vroege pluk geeft een ander resultaat dan een late. Hoe vroeger geplukt, hoe zachter en zoeter de smaak wordt. Deze eerste pluk wordt first flush genoemd. Omdat het zonlicht tijdens de tweede pluk sterker is worden de aminozuren omgezet in tannine waardoor er een bittere smaak ontstaat.

De blaadjes worden maximaal twee keer per jaar geoogst, omdat dit beter is voor de kwaliteit van de theestruik. Na de oogst worden de theeblaadjes licht gestoomd.

A refreshing infusion of Verveine with lemon flavor and scents of citrus. Verveine is excellent to put in a tonic and surprisingly refreshing together with mint. This tea is a delicious cold and warm drink. You can drink this tea perfectly in the evening, because it has no effect on the night's rest. Verveine is also often used in desserts.

Verveine is not a real tea but an infusion of the herb Verveine. Real tea contains caffeine and tannin, but this one has not any. This herb comes from Chile and is also known as Verbena Citriodora. This plant grows in sheltered places with mild winters and start blooming late. Verveine has long narrow green leaves that are lancet shaped and white flowers. A drink similar to tea is made from these leaves. This tea is raising popularity.

This herb is widely used by experts for digestive complaints and certain health problems. It has a healthy effect at the body. This herb was also considered by the Romans and Druids as one of the most magical herbs, because this is a love herb. Verveine has been used since ancient times.