Loose Black Tea Sampler

Loose black tea is well known for its strong taste and high amount of caffeine. Favored by westerners loose black tea is what most Americans normally consider tea. But black tea goes way beyond the supermarket teas, if you really want to experience black tea you need to leave the bags behind.

A wonderful introduction to the wide range of black teas, including (though subject to change):

assam melody - malty tea makes an ideal breakfast-time tea
ceylon sonata - smooth tea from the high plains of Sri Lanka
darjeeling #22 - muscatel summer tea from the Himalayas
golden monkey - robust morning brew from coastal China
keemun concerto - robust morning tea from inland China
yunnan jig - peppery tea from the Yunnan region of China.

Looking for more loose black teas? Please visit our parent site Adagio.com for our full listing of gourmet black teas.