Limited Edition Teas
This is a collection of extremely rare teas curated by Henrietta Lovell.
On her travels she often finds exceptional teas that are only produced in tiny quantities. Many of these teas are exclusive to Rare Tea and demand is often far greater than the amounts we can supply.
Hand Rolled Sri Lankan Tea
A unique and exquisite, hand-rolled black tea with flowers.
Soft, floral notes with hints of chocolate.
Exquisite delicacy balanced by extraordinary richness.
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| • £10.85 | Hand Rolled Sri Lankan Tea - 30g |
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First Flush Darjeeling
The first leaves of Spring from the foothills of the Himalayas.
Delicate and floral black tea from Makaibari Estate- one of the most beautiful and one of the oldest organic tea gardens in India.
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| • £10.95 | First Flush Darjeeling - 50g |
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| • £175.00 | First Flush Darjeeling - 6 Month Subscription |
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Second Flush Muscatel Darjeeling
Indian black tea from the foothills of the Himalayas.
This second flush black tea comes from the most sustainable and ethically run estate in Darjeeling - Makaibari.
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| • £10.95 | Second Flush Muscatel Darjeeling |
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| • £175.00 | Second Flush Muscatel Darjeeling - 6 Month Subscription |
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Tregothnan Earl Grey Tea
The first ever English tea - zesty and refreshing
Grown within a walled garden at Tregothnan in Cornwall. Hand-made and carefully hand-scented with real bergamot oil. It has been blended with a top quality Assam to produce a wonderfully bright and subtle tea.
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| • £9.50 | Tregothnan Earl Grey Tea - 50g tin |
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| • £153.00 | Tregothnan Earl Grey - 6 Month Subscription |
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Leafy Pu'er
A remarkably complex yet soft Pu'er tea
Extremely rare epicurean tea from Malawi.
This is a very gentle fermented tea with warm, earthy notes.
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| • £12.95 | Leafy Pu'er - 50g |
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| • £206.00 | Leafy Pu'er - 6 Month Subscription |
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Lapsang Souchong
Delicately smoked, whole-leaf black tea
This is lapsang suchong like a fine Scots malt whisky rather than a super-market Scotch.
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| • £25.00 | Lapsang Souchong - 50g |
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| • £390.00 | Lapsang Souchong - 6 Month Subscription |
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Tarry Lapsang Souchong
A bold and smokey black tea from Fujian in China.
Smoked with pine over traditional wood fires.
Deep, dark and strong.
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| • £256.00 | Tarry Lapsang Souchong - 12 Month Subscription |
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| • £153.00 | Tarry Lapsang Souchong - 6 Month Subscription |
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| • £10.00 | Tarry Lapsang Souchong - 50g |
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Malawi White Peony
Fragrant, beautiful whole leaf white tea.
Picked from the same unique fields as Malawi Antlers.
Painstakingly hand-crafted to retain the most sublime flavours.
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| • £9.95 | Malawi White Peony - 25g |
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| • £160.00 | Malawi White Peony - 6 Month Subscription |
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Malawi Antlers White Tea
Exquisite white stem-tea.
Made from the velvety stems of finely plucked shoots. Only a few kilos are produced each year. So extraodinarily good it's served at The Fat Duck.
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| • £10.95 | Malawi Antlers White Tea - 20g |
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| • £175.00 | Malawi Antlers White Tea - 6 Month Subscription |
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Malawi Green Tea
An extremely unusual green tea from Satemwa estate in Malawi.
Steamed in the Japanese style.
The flavour is round, deep and extremely rich.
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| • £9.95 | Malawi Green Tea - 40g |
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| • £160.00 | Malawi Green Tea - 6 Month Subscription |
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Indian Meghalaya Cloud Tea
Fragrant black tea from "The Abode of Clouds"
From high in the cloudy hills between Assam and Darjeeling this unique tea really holds the best of both regions - light and floral with deep malty notes.
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| • £9.95 | Indian Meghalaya Cloud Tea- 50g |
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| • £160.00 | Indian Meghalaya Cloud Tea - 6 Month Subscription |
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Indian Summer Flush Cloud Tea
Summer flush tea from "The Abode of Clouds"
If you enjoy our Meghalaya Cloud Tea you'll adore this exquisite whole-leaf tea.
Picked later in the year for an extraordinary depth of flavour.
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| • £11.95 | Indian Summer Flush Cloud Tea - 50g |
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| • £190.00 | Indian Summer Flush Cloud Tea - 6 Month Subscription |
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Darjeeling White Peony
Whole leaf white tea from the award winning Makaibari Estate.
The flavour is extremely delicate and soft. The aroma is fresh and bright with a gentle sweetness and subtle apricot notes.
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| • £14.95 | White Peony – Darjeeling White Tea - 25g |
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| • £237.00 | White Peony - Darjeeling White Tea - 6 Month Subscription |
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Japanese Gyokuro Green Tea
Shade grown Japanese green tea.
A blend of 2010 gold medal winning teas.
Rich, silky and green as buttered asparagus.
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| • £35.00 | Japanese Gyokuro Green Tea - 50g |
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Hand Rolled Japanese Sencha
Hand Rolled Sencha.
It takes seven hours to produce just 200g of this most precious of teas.
We do hold a very small amount - please contact us if you are interested in trying it.