Our Selection of Teas

Teas

All the teas below are available as loose leaf teas. We are also delighted to offer you a bespoke range of teas, 'Cygnet Tea', which have been carefully and lovingly blended by The Black Swan Tea Company. The Cygnet Tea collection is available either as loose leaf tea or in 'tea cygnets'. If you happen to fall in love with one of the Cygnet Tea ranges, these can be purchased to take home with you. Please ask a member of staff for details.

 
Black Swan Blend - £3.50
Our own careful balanced blend of First Flush Assam and Ceylon teas that give a bright, full of flavour, exquisite tea
 
Decaffinated Blend Tea - £3.50
 
Assam 1st Flush - £3.50
Grown in the Brahmaputra valley, India. Rich, malty taste
 
Darjeeling 1st Flush - £3.95

The champagne of teas from the Himalayan foothills. Rich flavour and fine bouquet
 
Ceylon UVA - £3.50
Grown on the eastern slopes of the Sri Lankan Massif, 5000 feet above sea level. A fine, flavour, with delicate aroma
 
Organic Bohea Lapsang Souchong - £3.50
Grown in the Fujian region of China, exceptional quality, rich and smoky with an almost peaty warmth
 
Chinese Teas
 
China was the first country to grow tea (it was the British who took it to India) and has a huge variety of styles and methods of drinking. We hope you’ll try one or two from our selection. All usually served without milk or lemon.
 
White Teas
 
These are made from the youngest and most delicate growth of the plant. It is the rarest of tea, which undergoes little processing, so it’s very high in antioxidants
 
China White Ying Zhen Silver Needle - £3.95
Hand-picked needle-shaped buds. Superb aroma and prolonge sweet aftertaste
 
Green Teas
 
Fresh-picked green tea leaves are rolled and dried quickly to preserve their colour. Rich in vitamins, with a fresh, clean taste
 
China Organic Gunpowder Green - £3.95
Carefully selected leaves are rolled into pellets. Watch the leaves uncurl to make a strong dark infusion with all the grassy flavours you expect
 
Flowering Osmanthus - £3.95
An explosion of green tea leaves, unfolding the flame-coloured Osmanthus, warm peachy taste
 
Oolong Teas
 
The leaves are picked, rolled and left to partly oxidise. Very rich in antioxidants.
 
Phoenix Oolong - £3.95
Hand picked and twisted from the Phoenix mountains in China. Ultimate everyday luxury, a very special tea.
 
Herbal Infusions
 
Peppermint - £3.50
Quite possibly the best peppermint in the world, whole peppermint leaves create an incredible fresh cup
 
Camomile - £3.50
Best quality camomile flowers produce a pleasant and aromatic infusion
 

Cygnet Tea