These beautifully exquisite black pearls come from the Yunnan province of China, the area that is believed to be the birthplace of tea. The infusion produces a rich and smooth depth of flavor that is well-balanced. It has a slight sweetness with subtle earthy tones and cocoa notes. These pearls have little bitterness or astringency. Only two pearls are needed for each infusion, and you can re-steep them several times.

‘Panyong Wang,’ the king of high grade black teas, is among the finest black teas available from China. There are only certain varietals that can produce these golden leaves –  the color becomes apparent during the processing of the leaf. Only the bud and first leaf are picked for this tea. The leaf is beautiful with long, full golden buds with rolled thread-like curls and a consistent golden color. The infusion is a golden amber color with magnificent, full-bodied smooth flavors of sweet honey notes that linger intoxicatingly on your palate. Organic Golden Monkey grows at a very high elevation on precarious mountain peaks, and is difficult to pluck the leaves. Legend says that the local people trained monkeys to pluck the leaves. Others say it’s the golden curls of the leaf that resemble monkey claws or the golden hairs on monkeys. Rest assured that no monkeys were used in the plucking of these leaves!

The Darjeeling region in India is one of the premium tea growing regions of the world. Glenburn is located on the southern slopes of the Indian Himalayas. This First flush Darjeeling tea has an abundance of silver tips. This tea is made from a single batch of the finest tender shoots plucked at the onset of spring and has been vacuum sealed to retain freshness. It has a light liquor that is smooth on the palate. The aroma of this tea is exquisite and the liquor has mild undertones of peach or citrus.