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The teas listed below represent the finest teas available around the world. We have not recommended which you should drink with milk as it is entirely a matter of personal taste.
Most require one level to heaped teaspoon per cup, depending on the strength you enjoy. All should be infused for three minutes before drinking. As with wine, tea is sold either as a blend or from a single estate known as a Tea Garden. Blends are designed to be constant in taste, year after year, while single estate teas may show seasonal changes due to climactic variations.
About different grades of tea....
The name 'Pekoe' refers to the presence of whole leaves which are large and intact. 'Orange Pekoe' is an historic aristocratic reference to the Dutch House of Orange. Both thus refer to quality rather than flavour.
'Tippy' or 'Flowery' refer to use of the very top shoots or leaves, thus denoting superior quality. 'Broken' or 'Small Leaf' may be a smaller grade of tea or torn leaf. Finally, the fragments of leaf and dust left over from processing go to fill tea bags. (You're right to say "Ugh").
Darjeeling Tea
Darjeeling is known as the 'champagne of tea'. This exotic tea, grown in the hills of the Himalayas has a unique taste, ideally suited to a variety of foods and can be drunk any time of the day or night.
F.T.G.F.O.P = Flowery tipped golden flowery orange pekoe. It's the way that tea grading is expressed. 1 at the end (FTGFOP1) denotes 1st or top quality. Easily remembered as Far Too Good For Ordinary People! |
Breakfast Tea 'Special Blend' ***25% OFF*** |
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TEA TOTAL'S OWN BREAKFAST BLEND Superior quality large leaf Orange Pekoe Ceylon Taste: MEDIUM strength and well balanced with good cup colour |
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Ceylon OP Uva OP1 Dyraaba ***25% OFF*** |
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High grown first flush from the Dyraaba gardens in Sri Lankas Uva district. This large leaf tea produces a mild and light cup. Taste: WEAK |
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Afternoon Tea ***25% OFF*** |
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TEA TOTAL'S OWN AFTERNOON BLEND! Large leaf high grown Ceylon Orange Pekoe combined with China Yunnan. Taste: MEDIUM with lovely malty flavour |
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Assam CTC 'Soongachi' |
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Cut Torn and Curled leaf (CTC) produces a really strong brew. From the Soongachi Tea Garden. Soongachi means Golden Tree in Bengali. Taste: STRONG a very robust cup with dark colouring |
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Assam FTGFOP 'Mokalbari' |
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Premium quality Assam Flowery Tipped Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe from the Mokalbari Tea Garden Taste: MEDIUM - STRONG with a well balanced cup |
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Assam FTGFOP1 'Mangalam' |
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Premium quality single estate full leaf tea with lots of golden tips from the Mangalam tea gardens, this tea represents the finest available from Assam. Teas this good aren't cheap but they taste great. Taste: MEDIUM with a golden amber cup |
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Assam GBOP 'Sibbari' |
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Golden tipped, broken leaf tea. Excellent tasting tea from Sibbari Tea Gardens of Northern India Taste: VERY STRONG malty brew, ideal for mornings or as a pick me up. |
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Assam Organic Breakfast Tea |
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Certified organic breakfast tea from the Banaspaty tea gardens in Assam, northern India. Whether you're into organic teas or not, the taste is something special. Taste: MEDIUM - STRONG with good colour |
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Assam TFGOP |
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Tippy Flowery Golden Orange Pekoe, large leaf tea blended from selected Assam tea gardens to produce a consistent cup. Taste: MEDIUM |
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Breakfast 'Extra Strength Blend' |
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Finest North Indian teas blended at Tea Total to brew quickly and create a full bodied and richly coloured breakfast tea - at a great price Taste: STRONG |
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Ceylon BOP 'Lovers Leap' ***25% OFF*** |
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Broken Orange Pekoe with a heart breaking name from the famed Lovers Leap Tea Garden in the Nuwara Eliya region of Sri Lanka Taste: STRONG |
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Ceylon FBOP Organic ***25% OFF*** |
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Flowery Broken Orange Pekoe premium quality organically grown presenting a large leaf Taste: WEAK - MEDIUM with a light cup |
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Ceylon OP ***25% OFF*** |
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Full leaf Orange Pekoe tea offering a pleasant flavoured cup. Taste: MEDIUM |
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Ceylon OP 'Kenilworth' ***25% OFF*** |
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Mangnificent large leaf tea from the famous Kenilworth gardens offering a premium cup with well rounded flavour Taste: WEAK - MEDIUM |
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Ceylon OP 'Pettiagalla' ***25% OFF*** |
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Another spectacular example of premium large leaf tea from the high grown Pettiagalla tea gardens in Sri Lanka Taste: MEDIUM |
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Ceylon Uva 'High Forest' FBOP ***25% OFF*** |
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Aromatic high grown small leaf broken orange pekoe from the High Forest in Sri Lanka. Taste: MEDIUM |
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China Keemun Congou |
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Traditional small leaf and delicate Chinese tea Taste: WEAK |
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China OP Yunnan |
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Orange Pekoe tea from the Yunnan province in China, a classic style tea with earthy tones Taste: MEDIUM |
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China Rose |
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Delicate small tea leaves blended with rose petals to deliver a light sweet flavour Taste: WEAK |
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Darjeeling 'Makaibari' Organic |
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Organically grown Darjeeling tea from the Makaibari tea garden. Top quality single estate tea with lovely tippy leaves making a well balanced cup Taste: MEDIUM |
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Darjeeling FTGFOP |
Flowery Tipped Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe, easier to remember as Far To Good For Ordinary People. Traditional Darjeeling taste best described as a green and black tea flavour combination. Taste: MEDIUM
Temporarily Out of Stock until mid October |
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Darjeeling FTGFOP1 'Gopaldhara' |
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Fabulous Autumnal Darjeeling from the Gopaldhara Tea Garden. This tea has a sweet, mellow muscatel flavour (Autumnal or third flush teas are picked around September each year) Taste: WEAK |
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Darjeeling FTGFOP1 Premium 1st Flush |
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Direct from the tea gardens to the Tea Total warehouse, we bring you the lightest, brightest and freshest premium quality Darjeeling from the tea garden that most closely matches our requirements. Picked during the prime first flush. (When the camelia bushes are picked for the first time in a season, around March each year). This delicious tea is light in colour with a clear, clean finish Taste: WEAK |
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Darjeeling TGFOP 'Margarets Hope' First Flush |
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Delicate flowery tea with a clear cup and lingering muscatel taste from one the most renowned tea gardens in north east India. Taste: MEDIUM |
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English Blend BOP |
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Broken Orange Pekoe blend of Assam, Ceylon and Kenyan teas. Taste: STRONG |
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Formosa Oolong |
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This semi fermented tea from Taiwan presents a classical oolong cup with slightly earthy and sweet flavours and lovely light amber cup Taste: WEAK |
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Irish Blend |
Cut, torn and curled leaf tea blended from North & South Indian teas Taste: VERY STRONG with good malty flavour
Temporarily Out of Stock until Early August |
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Java O.P. 'Malabar' |
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Orange Pekoe tea from the Malabar Tea Garden on the Indonesian island of Java, similar in taste to Ceylon tea Taste: WEAK - MEDIUM |
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Kenya G.F.B.O.P 'Milima' |
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Golden Flowery Broken Orange Pekoe from the Milima Tea Gardens in Kenya Taste: VERY STRONG |
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Lapsang Souchong |
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Chinese tea with large twisted leaves, traditionally flavoured with Spruce smoke. Drink it weak and black or add a pinch to another black tea for a more subtle smokey flavour. Taste:WEAK |
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Rangitoto Blend |
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The taste of velvet - top quality golden tipped full leaf Assam tea combined with finest cuts of Bourbon vanilla pods. Taste: MEDIUM-STRONG |
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Russian Blend |
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A fusion of Chinese black and green teas producing a delicate and almost sweet cup that's light in colour. Taste: WEAK |
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Russian Caravan Blend |
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A fusion of Chinese black and green teas with smokey overtones Taste: WEAK - MEDIUM |
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