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Baroness Grey

Baroness Grey

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Excellent Earl Grey notes accented with piquant lemon. Lively and full flavored.

INGREDIENTS:  Black tea, Orange pieces, Cornflower + Rose petals, Lime leaves, Natural flavors(organic compliant).

HEALTH PROPERTIES:  High in anti-oxidants

CAFFEINE LEVELS:  Medium

TEAS FROM: Sri Lanka / China / Turkey / Albania / Egypt / Thailand
REGIONS: Nuwara Eliya + Dimbula + Uva / Anhui Province / Anatolya / Tirana / Nile Delta + Fayoum / Petchabun

ETHICS:  Ethical Tea Partnership and GMO free

 

THE STORY OF BARONESS GREY TEA

British legend has it that Baroness Grey, who lived sometime in the 16th or 17th century, was married to a man who was a Ship's Captain in the Royal Navy. As the story goes, his ship never returned from a trading voyage to China. Refusing to believe that her husband would never return the Baroness would walk to the port lands every morning to greet each ship hoping for news of her husband. Sadly, she continued this practice until the day she died. In honor of the loyal Baroness Grey, we blended this tea with the traditional bergamot of an Earl Grey, with the addition of citrus to represent the bitter tears shed over her beloved. The dried citrus fruit pieces add an additional tartness, making it a fantastic alternative to traditional Earl Grey.

 

BREWING INSTRUCTIONS

BREWING INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOT TEA: Infuse one slightly heaping teaspoon for each 8 ounce cup with boiling water for 3-7 minutes.

ICED TEA BREWING METHOD (Pitcher): (To Make 1 Liter/Quart):
Infuse 6 slightly heaping teaspoons of tea with 1 1/4 cups of boiling water for 5 minutes.  Quarter fill a serving pitcher with cold water, and add the infused tea, straining the leaves, to the pitcher.  Add ice and top-up the pitcher with cold water. Add lemon and sweeten to taste. A rule of thumb when preparing fresh brewed iced tea is to increase the strength of hot tea since it will be poured over ice and diluted with cold water.

ICED TEA BREWING METHOD (Individual Serving):
Infuse 1 slightly heaping teaspoon of loose tea with 6 ounces of boiling water for 5 minutes. Add the tea to a 12 ounce glass, filled with ice, straining the leaves.  Add hot tea to a 12oz/375ml acrylic glass filled with ice, straining the tea or removing the bags. Add lemon and sweeten to taste.

NUMBER OF CUPS: 15-20 cups from each 50 grams of tea, with a single use of the leaves.  Loose leaf tea is traditionally infused 3 times, with a different flavor profile following each infusion.  Accordingly, each 50 gram bag can make up to 60 cups of tea.

 


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