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ea offers more taste profiles than any other beverage in the world. Singularly, a tea and a
wine would share most of the taste spectrum. However, when you begin to blend teas, the number
of tastes becomes endless.
We have listed a few of our favorites. Blending
tea is easy when you begin to understand the characteristics of different teas. Some teas are
used for color, others for sweet taste, while another may be used to give a blend a full-bodied
liquor. Again, these are just a few of our favorites; there are literally thousands of different
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Non-clouding Specialty Iced Tea Blends India Assam FOP 25%
China Black FOP 50%
China Jasmine 25%
China Black FOP 80%
China Jasmine 20%
China Black FOP 90%
China Keemun 10%
Non-Blends: Flavored OPs (Apricot, Mango, etc.) Kenya China Black FOP Formosa Choice Oolong Formosa Keemun China Keemun China Black BOP English Breakfast Blends Kalgar, India BOP 48%
Chester, Ceylon BOP 48%
China Jasmine 4%
Chester, Ceylon BOP 40%
Kalgar, India BOP 40%
India Darjeeling BOP 20%
Ceylon OP 25%
India Darjeeling FOP 25%
China Keemun 50%
Non-Blends: China Keemun Decaffeinated Black BOP Yunnan Kenya |
Irish Breakfast Blends Kalgar, India BOP 70%
Chester, Ceylon BOP 30%
India Assam FOP 60%
Yunnan 40%
Non-Blends: India Assam TGFOP India Assam GBOP Keemun Russian Caravan Blends Ceylon OP 75%
Lapsang Souchong 25%
Vanilla OP 50%
Lapsang Souchong 50%
Exotic Blends Earl Grey 25%
China Jasmine 75%
Earl Grey 87%
Lapsang Souchong 13%
Young Hyson 50%
Rose Congou 50%
Rose Congou 50%
China Jasmine 50%
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What is the secret to a good tea blend? First,
be certain to mix teas of similar leaf size; if a small broken-leafed tea is blended with a
large fluffy full-leafed tea, the smaller tea particles will settle to the bottom of the container
and the two teas will separate. Finally, mix teas in proportions determined by weight, not by
sight alone. This is the secret to consistency in good blended teas.
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