Umi Tea Sets Blog

Teas from the highest region on the island are described as the "champagne" of Ceylon teas. Until the 1860s, the main crop produced on the island of Sri Lanka, then...

Today, tea is grown on both sides of the Brahmaputra Valley, the largest black tea- producing region of the world. In 1993, approximately 155 years after those first chests of...

One of the world's largest producers of tea, with more than 13,000 gardens. A Dutch explorer who sailed round the Cape of Good Hope to Goa on India's west coast...

Quality of tea varies according to the altitude and plucking standards. German settlers were the first to grow tea at Amari and Rungwa in Tanzania in about 1905, but commercial...

Zulu tea has found a niche market in Europe and the U.S. The first tea plants in South Africa,brought from Kew Gardens in England, were planted south of the Limpopo...

A recent program of clonal replanting has led to an improvement in quality. Malawi is Africa's second most important tea producer after Kenya .The first tea was introduced, to what...

Quality teas grown in the lush Kenya highlands. The first tea bushes were planted at Limuru in Kenya in 1903 and production increased slowly in the highlands of Kericho and...

Interesting teas for connoisseurs who are looking for something a little eccentric. Between 1884 and 1914, German planters cultivated numerous crops which included coffee, oil palm, tobacco, kole nuts, and...

Africa CameroonThree estates produce three very different teas - one clonal, one high-grown, and one low-grown—all of very good quality. KenyaCTC teas grown here are normally sold as Kenya blends...

Serves 4 • 4 sprigs fresh mint • freshly squeezed juice of 2 oranges and 4 lemons • 4 cups freshly brewed strong Ceylon tea • 1 small piece fresh...

The advantages of tea bags are: • ease of brewing one cup of tea at a time.• speed and lack of fuss in brewing.• ease of removing the tea from...

In 1992, the American tea industry launched its first ready-to-drink (RTD) teas. The major tea companies joined up with large soft drinks manufacturers to create a range of tea-based drinks,...