Fresh and Vibrant Teas for Spring
As the days get warmer and spring is in full flow, why not treat yourself to some of our lovely, fresh and vibrant teas. These teas are perfectly suited to the blooming spring season, showcasing delicious flavours and revitalising aromas that are sure to awaken the senses.
Our favourites include light, delicate green teas and aromatic sencha teas that are perfect to enjoy on a spring day.
Green Teas
Green tea undergoes a unique process during production, whereby an additional drying period is included in order to halt the oxidation of the leaves. This process preserves the vibrant green, leafy appearance of the leaves, helps to retain antioxidant levels, and inhibits the development of caffeine. Because of this, green teas are often chosen for their healthy qualities and, as they are low in caffeine, are perfect to enjoy all through the day.
Sencha Teas
Sencha is the most common type of Japanese tea, invented in the 18th century by a tea farmer, Nagatani Soen, who devised a way of drying tea leaves using steam, resulting in leaves that are notably fresh and fragrant, and ideal to enjoy throughout the warm and breezy spring days.
Fresh, vibrant and very refreshing, this China green tea is harvested during the Spring seasons, when the abundant leaves are packed full of vitamins and amino acids.
Known for their delightfully light and fresh flavour, green teas are made from the leaves of the Camellia Sinensis plant and are picked, withered and quickly heated to stop the oxidation process, which helps to preserve the lovely green colour of the leaves.
Made from leaves that are plucked in spring and steamed lightly before rolling, this fine green tea produces a lovely deep olive green colour and reveals smooth, slightly sweet flavours. Subtle, mild and refreshing, Japanese Fukuiya Green Tea can be enjoyed all through the day.
Sencha Fukuju tea is produced in Japan, in areas where tea leaves are grown in the shade for several weeks before being harvested in early spring. The leaves are then steamed, rolled, and dried through a process known as "Asamushi", resulting in a tea that is delicate and refreshing.
Rose Green Tea – From £11.99
Delicately scented with rose, this China Gunpowder tea is layered with rose petals and reveals a wonderful rose aroma, making a great base for iced tea.
Produced in the Zhejiang Province of China, gunpowder tea is prepared by rolling the leaves into small pellets, at which point they are withered, steamed, rolled and dried. The resulting tea is beautifully golden in colour, and packed full of flavours and wonderful aromas that can be enjoyed all through the day.
Sencha Japanese Cherry Tea - £10.99
This delicious blend of sencha green tea, rose blossoms and cherry flavouring offers up distinct flavours of deep cherry for a tea that is slightly sweet, fruity and very refreshing, and that can be enjoyed all through the day.
Sencha teas are rich in antioxidants, which may help to protect the body from damage caused by free radicals, and contain compounds that have been shown to promote heart health and boost the immune system.
Gunpowder Tea – From £9.99
Produced in the Zhejiang Province of China, this green tea is prepared by rolling the leaves into small pellets, at which point they are withered, steamed, rolled and dried. The resulting tea is beautifully golden in colour, and packed full of flavours and wonderful aromas that can be enjoyed all through the day.
Also known as Chinese Temple Tea, Gunpowder tea reveals a slightly smoky flavour and a lovely, yellow-green colour. Picked during spring and early summer, the dried, withered leaves, which resemble gunpowder in appearance, slowly unfurl when they are brewed, releasing their flavour and wonderful aroma.