During the year or plucking season, adverse weather conditions can affect the quality of any of the teas. The blender will then have to find other teas that will produce the same flavour and characteristics. To do this they will taste between 200 and 1,000 teas a day and adjust the recipe so we can enjoy our favourite cup of tea all day, everyday. Some tea places offer a ‘pot of tea’, others have a ‘pot of house blend tea’.

• The two main ingredients of this cold beverage are tapioca balls and milk tea.
• Green teas are lightly steamed, fixing their green color and fresh flavors.
• Choose one of our best-selling teas, available in 20ct or 50ct boxes.
• As an introduction to Harney & Sons Fine Teas, we suggest exploring our selection below.
• The bush he grew is said to have been the parent bush from which cuttings have been grown and leaf plucked over the centuries to make this very fragrant tea.
• Earl Grey tea is said to have originally been blended for the second Earl Grey by a mandarin after Britain had completed a successful diplomatic mission to China.
• Brothers Paul and Mike Harney of Harney & Sons Fine Teas have developed a range of products using hemp grown locally in Millerton, New York.

Unify Fruit Baskets

Choose from over 300 varieties featuring white, green, oolong, black, and herbal teas. Produced in China’s Fujian province and Taiwan, pouchong teas are more lightly oxidised that oolongs. The name means ‘the wrapped kind’ which refers to the fact that the tea was traditionally wrapped in paper after the manufacturing process when the tea was ready for sale. Long, stylish black leaves brew a very mild cup with an amber infusion and a very smooth, sweet taste.
The essence of early morning tea, or as the Indians call it “bed” tea, is its strength and ability to wake and stimulate the metabolism. Many English Breakfast blends also include tea from Africa to give a coppery brightness to the colour. This is a copper-coloured infusion with a very smooth, pronounced taste and a wonderful aroma. A black tea from the province of Yunnan in the south west of China. It has a rich, earthy, malty flavour similar to Assam teas and is best drunk with milk.

Classic Collection

In the United States Chai has caught on and is being sold as, ‘Tea Latte’ a popular alternative to its coffee namesake. It is generally made up of rich black tea, heavy milk, a combination of spices and some form of sweetener. In traditional Indian recipes the spices vary from region to region but the most common are, cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and pepper. The essence of Afternoon Tea blends is not their strength but their flavour.

• We share the same tea that the farmers share with their family and friends, tea that travels from farm to cup.
• To do this they will taste between 200 and 1,000 teas a day and adjust the recipe so we can enjoy our favourite cup of tea all day, everyday.
• Their fine silky mesh allows the blends to be seen and their shape helps protect the contents.
• When the soldiers left, the leaves needed to be dried quickly, so the workers lit open fires of pinewood to speed up the drying.
• Darjeeling Green is rare tea similar to Japanese Sencha with an exquisite aroma and delicate taste.
• Some blends are full bodied, others are light and delicate, but all are brisk, full flavoured and have a bright colour.

Blends

The bag is then opened and the leaf is spread out briefly to oxidise lightly. The leaf is repeatedly wrapped, rolled and oxidised until approximately 30% oxidation has been achieved. The tea is then dried to remove all but 2-3% of the remaining water. The most famous of these greener, light, fragrant oolongs is Tie Kuan YIn which has a hyacinth or narcissus character.
This tea is equivalent to – if not better than – the type of tea most people buy to use at home. In tea trade language, it is known as a ‘popular brand leading blend’ . It may be a loose leaf or tea bag, either way it’s a work of art and can contain different teas. Ceylon teas span the entire spectrum of tea production, from low to high grown teas. By blending teas from different areas of the island, Sri Lanka is able to offer a very wide choice of flavour and characteristics.

Featured Tea / Infusion

For best results, choose a method of browsing, like by packaging type or by tea type, to begin your journey. Within each category or collection, you’ll find our most popular teas as well as our most unique brews. We offer teas in loose leaf, teabags, sachets, iced tea pouches, and bottled. You’ll experience tea in its finest form when drinking loose-leaf tea.

Assam tea bushes start growing in March and the first flush is picked for 8 to 10 weeks, first flush Assams e.g. Bamonpookri, an excellent quality tea with a strong fresh flavour; are rarely marketed in the Europe, unlike first flush Darjeelings. China tea which has been dried with Jasmine blossoms placed between the layers of tea. The name means ‘Tea of the Iron Goddess of Mercy’ who is said to have appeared in a dream to a local tea farmer, telling him to look in a cave behind her temple. The bush he grew is said to have been the parent bush from which cuttings have been grown and leaf plucked over the centuries to make this very fragrant tea.

In addition we have our enviable Green Tea, a Mao Feng in the Keemun style and our fragrant hand rolled Jasmine Pearls. The Nilgiri region, situated in southern India, forms a high hilly tea soins plateau at the conjunction of the Eastern and Western Ghat mountains. More than 20,000 smallholders grow and pluck tea with some 106,850 hectares under cultivation. Most Nilgiri teas are used for blending, but there is a rapidly growing demand for the speciality tea of the area. Nilgiri has a bright amber colour and a refreshing, bright and delicate taste.
With our large selection of teas to choose from, we help everyday tea drinkers discover the world of loose leaf tea with ease. Elevate your tea ritual with our award-winning Ceremonial Grade Matcha, a premium blend crafted from the finest shade-grown tea leaves in Japan. Vibrant, smooth, and packed with antioxidants, this exceptional matcha delivers a perfectly balanced flavour with sweet, umami-rich notes. Explore a curated collection of spiced chai, antioxidant-rich herbal blends, malty rooibos, and earthy teas—crafted for flavour and ritual as the leaves turn and the air grows crisp.
Paul Harney has created some of the best-tasting iced teas out there. He’s also curated a selection of beverages to share with us that are delicious, healthy, and created by other small businesses (not large companies). Browse our selection of ready-to-drink iced teas, juices, ales, and elixirs. Whilst we love loose leaf tea, we love just a tiny bit more the simple convenience of the tea bag. Ours are made by Fuso in Japan who also make the clever machines that fill them.