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Introducing our Australian Tea collection

By Kym Cooper. Posted April 21, 2016

This week we are pleased to launch a new tea collection featuring Australian grown and processed tea. Our aim for this collection is to showcase and support the talents of our Australian tea makers (tea masters) in producing teas that exemplify their growing region and production methods. Our initial Australian tea collection, whilst small, has brought together some of the finest green teas from around the country. We hope to encourage tea enthusiasts to experience Australian grown teas for themselves. The first two single-estate green teas to be added to our collection have been grown and processed by our friends...

Tasting Journal: 2015 Arakai Estate teas

By Kym Cooper. Posted January 27, 2016

Last week we featured Artisan Tea Maker: Arakai Estate. You can have a read of this post here. Today we are going to share our tasting experience with their award winning green and black teas. What happens when you combine Japanese tea cultivars, Bellthorpe’s terroir and Chinese and Taiwanese processing methods? Spectacular, bold, whole-leaf teas made for the Australian tea drinker! Green Tea Both of the 2015 green teas were a delight to drink. They are wonderfully complex, aromatic and sweet with detectable oolong influences both in flavour and appearance. Arakai Estate Premium Green 2015 First Spring Flush - Winner...

Artisan Tea Maker: Arakai Estate, Bellthorpe, Queensland, Australia

By Kym Cooper. Posted January 20, 2016

Australia is unlikely to spring to the top of your mind when thinking about the world’s tea producing regions. Not only do we grow and produce tea domestically there is some excellent tea coming onto the market. This week I am excited to feature Arakai Estate, an Australian artisan tea maker, located in the beautiful Conondale Ranges in South-East Queensland. This is a wonderful story about all the things I am passionate about when it comes to tea. A local, family owned and operated tea estate that produces small batch artisan tea. The estate maintains a sustainable approach to tea production...

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Introducing our Australian Tea collection

Tasting Journal: 2015 Arakai Estate teas

Artisan Tea Maker: Arakai Estate, Bellthorpe, Queensland, Australia

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