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Arakai Estate Premium Green
$14.00
The Steepery
Arakai Estate Premium Green
$14.00
Adding to our Australian tea collection we are bringing back one of the most easy drinking green teas in our catalogue following an excellent 2019/20 harvest from Arakai Estate.
Arakai Estate 2019/20 Premium Green is one of those teas you could drink and enjoy throughout the day. It is a rich, semi-sweet tea that is smooth on the palate. It has a distinct butteriness making for a soothing and delicious brew.
Awards
2018 Golden Leaf Awards
- Gold - Arakai Estate 2017/18 Spring Flush Black (Best Australian Black Tea)
- Gold - Arakai Estate 2017/18 Spring Flush Green Tea (Best Australian Green Tea)
- Bronze - Arakai Estate 2017/18 Spring Flush Green (Green Tea Worldwide)
2018 Royal Hobart Fine Food Awards
- Reserve Champion - 2017/18 Autumn Black Tea
- Silver - 2017/18 Autumn Black Tea (Australian Black Camellia Sinensis)
- Bronze - 2017/18 Spring Flush Green Tea (Australian Green Camellia Sinensis)
- Bronze - 2016/17 Premium Black Tea (Australian Black Camellia Sinensis)
2017 Golden Leaf Awards
- Gold - Arakai Estate 2016 Spring Flush Premium Black (Best Australian Black Tea)
- Gold - Arakai Estate 2016 Spring Flush Premium Green (Worldwide Green Tea)
- Gold - Arakai Estate 2016 Spring Flush Premium Green (Best Australian Green Tea)
Origin: Bellthorpe, QLD, Australia
Flavour profile: Semi-sweet | Bamboo | Vegetable
Harvest: Blended from late Spring (September) 2019, Summer and Autumn harvests.
Cultivar: The majority of the plantation is made up of Japanese varietals; Yabukita & Sayamakaori with smaller numbers of Meirokyu, Yutakamidori, Fushin & Okumidori.
Tea Maker: Brendon Collins
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Visit product page →Our Mi Lan Xiang is a single varietal Phoenix oolong with a distinct orchid fragrance and long lasting honey finish. A deliciously rich and complex tea with distinct stone fruit notes.
Whilst some care and attention needs to be given in brewing this tea we believe that it’s distinct fruitiness and sweetness make it very easy for many people to enjoy.
Our 2018 tea comes from the same village as our Mi Lan Xiang from last year but has been picked from tea bushes that are slightly older, over 100 years old, contributing to a well-balanced and thickness to the tea liquor.
Phoenix oolongs are traditional Chinese teas revered since the Ming Dynasty. The name applies to a group of oolongs that are grown in Feng Huang Shan (the Phoenix Mountains) of which Mi Lan Xiang is a famous cultivar.
Origin: Lizai Ping Village, Feng Huang mountain, Guangdong province, China
Flavour profile: Full Bodied | Stone Fruit | Honey
Picking standard: 2 leaves and a bud
Processing highlights: The consistency in the brown-black dry leaf shows the skill of the tea master in monitoring and controlling the level of oxidation. The oxidation level is 60-70%. Our Mi Lan Xiang has undergone a light-medium traditional charcoal roasting, repeated 3 times to finish the tea.
Harvest: 28.04.2018
Cultivar: Mi Lan Xiang
Tea Master: Mr Zhou
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Organic Hojicha - Roasted Green Tea
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Visit product page →Our Hojicha is rich and rounded with a sweet biscuity aroma reminiscent of roasted nuts and toast. Produced using first flush sencha that is slow roasted over low heat to preserve the amino acids and retain the umami flavours.
Hojicha was invented in the 1920’s when a tea merchant in Kyoto had surplus stock of green tea leaves that he did not want to waste. He roasted them in an effort to preserve them and resulted in a new style of green tea.
Origin: Yakushima Island, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan
Flavour profile: Biscuity | Toast | Roasted nuts
Processing highlights: Hojicha is processed like all other Japanese green teas, it is steamed, rolled and dried. However, at the drying stage Hojicha is subjected to a final roasting process. This roasting changes the leaf colour, taste, aroma and nutrient composition.
Harvest: Spring 2019
Cultivar: Kanayamidori
Tea Master: Watanabe family
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Tie Luo Han - Iron Monk
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Visit product page →Tie Luo Han is bold with a well-balanced traditional charcoal roast and smooth body that carries a long lasting sweetness. It has a complex character with a woodsy undertone, unique floral bouquet that finishes with stone fruit and cucumber notes.
When we first sampled this a couple of years ago we were impressed by it’s bold and complex body and long lingering finish. Despite it’s blunt upfront impressions it is this special character that makes this a delicious tea perfectly shared with friends.
We have been holding this batch of 2018 Tie Luo Han. It has mellowed beautifully and we consider that it is well balanced for enjoyment now.
Tie Luo Han is one of the most four famous and oldest of the Wu Yi oolongs. Compared to other cultivars it is renowned for its strong body.
Origin: Tian You Peak, Wuyi Shan, Fujian, China
Flavour profile: Bold | Woodsy | Floral
Processing highlights: The leaves undergo outdoor withering and are oxidised to around 60%. This tea is traditionally roasted over charcoal 4 times resulting in a higher than medium baking level.
Harvest: 10.5.2018
Cultivar: Tie Luo Han
Plucking standard: hand picked 3-4 open leaves
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Visit product page →A highly aromatic tea with notes reminiscent of sweet potato and dried fig that combine for a long sweet finish. This mouthfeel is smooth and rounded and the tea has a wonderful depth and complexity.
Our Honey Orchid Phoenix Red is produced from the mi lan xiang (“honey orchid”) cultivar typically used to produce the famed Chaozhou Honey Orchid Phoenix oolong tea.
This beautiful black tea is produced in limited quantities as tea makers can typically command a higher price for Phoenix Dan Cong oolong tea produced from the same cultivar. We are very pleased to have some of this red tea for our customers to experience.
Origin: Lizai Ping Village, Feng Huang mountain, Guangdong province, China
Flavour profile: Rounded | Sweet Potato | Dried Fig
Processing highlights: Produced from the same cultivar as our Mi Lan Xiang. Our Phoenix Dan Cong Red tea has been processed from younger tea trees, approximately 30 years in age, and at a lower elevation.
Plucking standard: 2 leaves and a bud
Harvest: 5.04.2018
Cultivar: Mi Lan Xiang
Tea Master: Mr Zhou
