Ocimum Basiliucm – cultivar Cinnamon - also known as Mexican Spice Basil (and not to be confused with Thai Basil) makes a deliciously aromatic herbal tea that is naturally soothing.
This herbal infusion contains the steams, seeds and leaf – to capture all the delicious flavours contained in each part of the plant.
Naturally caffeine free.

Rare Tea Company offers Rare and speciality Tea expertly sourced from around the world. Premium Loose Leaf and Whole Leaf Teas, Herbal Infusions, Teaware and Tea Gifts Sets.

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Portuguese Cinnamon Basil

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Wellness

Perhaps the finest oolong in China, grown from a unique and ancient loose leaf tea cultivar in the Wuyishan UNECSO world heritage site.  Da Hong Pao means "Big Red Robe" and the tea is steeped in legend.

Chinese Da Hong Pao Oolong Tea

Handmade British stoneware tea mug by ceramicist Charlie Collier.
All items are stoneware with a celadon glaze (satin finish with some light crazing), fired to 1280°C in a gas fired kiln. Dishwasher and microwave proof - but we'd always recommend to wash and rinse by hand.
300ml/10fl oz

Charlie Collier Tea Mug

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Coffee Mugs

A fine bone china mug with a bespoke leaf pattern decal designed for us by artist and friend Tom Berry.
Each decal is painstakingly applied by hand. This beautiful mug is made and decorated in the historic potteries of Stoke-on-Trent, UK. Crafted with hundreds of years of tradition and experience from fine bone china. It is both delicate, with an elegant lip-feel, as well as strong and robust. It's dishwasher safe and will stand up daily use.
Slightly bigger than a regular tea cup (250ml / 8.5 floz) it's the right size for when you're particularly thirsty or you just prefer more tea (who doesn't to be honest?)

Rare Tea Bone China Leaf Mug

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A deliciously bright mint from a small, family run organic farm in Portugal.
Naturally caffeine free.

Portuguese Peppermint

A fragrant, beautiful whole loose leaf white tea. Picked from a unique field and carefully hand-crafted to retain the sublime flavours.

Rare Malawi Peony White Tea

A rich, highly roasted oolong loose leaf tea from the Eastern Rift Mountains of Taiwan.

Taiwanese Sunset Oolong

A complete "Bingcha" - a pressed Pu'er (or Pu-erh) cake. This very mellow, ripe loose leaf tea has a soft, velvety texture.
This Pu'er was made from organically grown black tea in 2013 - so it’s a mere youngster - but it has a maturity far beyond its years.
Also known by a myriad of different spellings - Pu'er, Pu'erh, Puer, Puerh, Pu-er, and Pu-erh are all used.

Chinese Bingcha Pu'er Tea

The most elegant of mints, these gentle leaves make a remarkably smooth, well rounded infusion. Grown on the rolling, green hills of the Shire Highlands of Malawi; they have a delicate softness while still revealing intense layers of flavour.
This is an ideal mint to accompany food - working splendidly as a flavour pairing for both sweet and savoury dishes. It also works rather well as a digestif.
Naturally caffeine free.

Malawi Spearmint

An aromatic Taiwanese Oolong loose leaf tea with a smooth, creamy texture.

Taiwanese Golden Lily Milk Oolong

A delicious herbal infusion exquisitely crafted from the dried calyx (or sepals) of the hibiscus flower (Hibiscus sabdariffa.)
For every kilo of our Rare Hibiscus Flowers our farmers need to collect 12 kilos of fresh calyx.
Naturally caffeine free.

Rare Hibiscus Flowers

A unique herbal tea made with the leaves and stem of this rare New Zealand native, grown in an ancient Cornish botanical garden.
Naturally caffeine free.

English Manuka

Kashmiri Saffron (Shahi Saffron), is the strongest coloured and most intensely flavoured variety. It is the world’s finest saffron and the most difficult to obtain. Our Grade I: Red Gold Saffron comes direct from farmers in Kashmir.
Saffron Flower parts:

Purple petals.
Three yellow threads of stamen.
Three red threads of stigma (containing the most aroma and fragrance). This is the saffron.

( On average ~ 300-350 strands for Kashmiri saffron to a gram depending on thread lengths and thickness.)
Naturally caffeine free.

Rare Kashmiri Saffron

A silky, fragrant blend of black loose leaf teas with delicate rose petals.
The rose petals give this tea a luxurious scent without drenching the leaf in synthetic perfumes. We use Indian rose petals and a blend of rich black tea from Malawi to give depth and bright floral top notes.

Rose Pouchong

Pantry & Food

Hand rolled black loose leaf tea with a surprising depth and intensity.

Malawi Huntingdon Hand Rolled Black Tea

A blend of organic matcha loose leaf tea. Not as precious as our ceremonial grade but intensely vegetal and deep. Perfect for cooking.

Japanese Culinary Matcha

We’ve taken our Rare Masala Chai loose leaf tea to a whole new level of flavour and complexity, by blending in whole pieces of Himalayan turmeric sourced from small holder farms in the state of Sikkim, India.
Bright, spicy and stimulating.
Shake well before use to distribute the spice and leaves evenly. Due to the size of the grind, some sediment from the spices may get through and we would suggest using a fine strainer.

Golden Chai

A beautiful blend of black loose leaf teas – specially created to be a bright, refreshing and deliciously rich iced tea.
We have combined harvests from Taitung in Taiwan, Satemwa in Malawi and Cloud Tea from the foothills of the Himalayas in India. They have been expertly blended to enhance each harvest and make each tea sing in wonderful harmony.

English Breakfast Iced Tea

A rare black Japanese loose leaf tea hand-crafted in Shizuoka by the revered master Moriuchi-san.
Black tea was first grown in Japan at the end of the 19th century in response to the growing fashion for darker tea in Europe, particularly the UK.  As cheaper black tea and a patriotic preference for "colonial" tea grew to dominate, the market demand dwindled. We have not had access or enjoyed Japanese black teas outside of Japan for many generations - which is a huge shame, as you will discover when you try this exquisite loose leaf tea. This is a truly rare tea.

Japanese Moriuchi Koucha Black Tea

A classic iced tea – re-imagined.
This iced loose leaf tea is perfect on its own without the need for any additives or sweeteners. Its elegant versatility also allows it to work deliciously infused with fresh fruit; added to your daily juice blend or used as a superior mixer when making a stiff drink.

Black Iced Tea

A remarkably complex and deep Sencha from Shizuoka, Japan.
Crafted by Moriuchi-san - one of the most revered tea-masters in Japan on his 200 year old tea garden. The tea is crafted on this tiny estate by Moriuchi-san with his wife and daughter.
This loose leaf tea goes wonderfully with sweet and savoury food. You might try this tea with buttery shortbread or oily fish like salmon.

Japanese Sencha Green Tea

This is one of our most rare and precious teas; a unique hand rolled black loose leaf tea from the Amba Gardens, Sri Lanka.

Sri Lankan Hand Rolled Black Tea

A hand rolled Nepalese green loose leaf tea picked in early Spring. Leaves from one specific field, one specific harvest.
This very rare Nepali loose leaf tea comes from a tiny and exquisite tea garden which produces just a few kilos of some of the finest tea in the world.

Nepalese Himalayan Spring Green Tea

An extraordinary hand-rolled black loose leaf tea, smoked in the Thyolo Mountains of Malawi, over guava leaf. It's unique to this innovative tea-garden – making use of the rich biodiversity of the lush African Estate.

Malawi Mountain Moto Smoked Black Tea

A breakfast blend with a difference.
An innovative twist on a grand tradition that enhances delicious black loose leaf tea with the golden glow of pure Himalayan turmeric.

Golden Breakfast Tea

Organic matcha green loose leaf tea - specifically blended for milk.
This matcha power is a lovely blend of organic tea from Wahoken garden, in Kagoshima Prefecture. It is comprised of Saemidori, Yabukita, Yutakamidori and Okumidori cultivars.

Japanese Latte Matcha

All the taste, none of the calories.
Certain to satisfy both your tea and chocolate craving, this new loose leaf tea blend combines the bright, fruity notes of organic Grenadan cacao nibs with the rich maltiness of handcrafted Malawi black tea.
Sourced directly from Grenada by our friends at Pump Street Bakery in Suffolk, the cacao beautifully complements the tea we have sourced directly from a small, independent estate in the Shire Highlands of Malawi. No artificial flavourings, just pure indulgence.

Chocolate Tea

This is a very rare African green loose leaf tea steamed in a traditional Japanese style.  Made from original Chinese seed taken from Fujian to Malawi by way of the Royal Botanical Gardens of Edinburgh in 1921.

Malawi Green Tea

Chinese Emperor’s Breakfast Black loose leaf tea blended with Ugandan vanilla powder from the Ndali Estate in Fort Portal.
This hand rolled black tea made from young and tender spring leaves and golden buds already has remarkable notes or rich toffee, butterscotch, and vanilla. The addition of the vanilla powder blended through the tea elevates it to extraordinary new heights of flavour and enjoyment.

Vanilla Tea

Be prepared to be utterly astounded.
Gyokuro is the highest grade of Japanese green loose leaf tea - a shade grown sencha. The tea leaves are shielded from the sun for a few weeks before being harvested. This slow, deliberate shade growth increases the amino acid theanine and the alkaloid caffeine in the leaves and produces a very smooth flavour.
This Gyokuro was crafted by one of the oldest masters in Uji, Japan.