Tea Varieties
Gold & Tea offers five varieties of exclusive, the most popular around the world to combine with the purity of gold. We are more than happy to bring the option to combine the 24 K
Gyokuro Asahi
Gyokuro Asahi is made only with the earliest leaf buds of the spring harvest in Japan. The tea is grown under shade cover (using a reed, bamboo mats or straw screens) for 2 or 3 weeks before harvesting begins. Growing the tea in diffuse sunlight reduces photosynthesis and minimal oxidation which allows this tea’s leaves to keep more of their natural nutrients and
Rooibos
Our Rooibos is produced in a small mountainous area in the region of the Western Cape province of South Africa as Cyclopia intermedia plant. Most of the teas are produced from the Camellia sinensis plant, but rooibos is a whole other story. The name “rooibos” or “red bush” tea refers to the deep russet colour of the leaves after the process of oxidation
Silver Needle
Silver Needle is a white tea that grows in Fujian Province in China. Amongst white teas, this is the most expensive variety and the highest prized. Silver Needles are made from cultivars of the Camellia sinensis plant, only top buds and the youngest are picked, being left to wilt in the sun and used to produce the tea. The best productions are from the first harvest,
Milk Oolong
Milk Oolong tea is produced in the south of Fujian China. The tea has a small pearl-like or curl shape and imparts an unusually creamy tea liquor. Oolong tea is traditionally created using a unique process of withering the tea under strong sunlight before oxidation of the dried leaves. The tea is then twisted into little curls and pearls. The leaves are very delicately
Earl Grey
Known as the champagne of the teas. Our Earl grey is produced in Darjeeling a town situated along the slopes of the beautiful, towering Himalayas in West Bengal, India. The most popular tea in England and widely exported. Our Earl grey tea is made from the small-leaved chinese variety of Camellia sinensis. The town and the tea plantations that stretch around it are often