Metropolitan Tea Company - Kenya Kapchorua (BP1) Green Tea
A delightful tea with expansive flavor notes that tend floral-like. The signature of a top quality Kenyan tea.
Luxury Ingredients: Green tea
Small Batch Blended and Packed in: Canada
Tea(s) From: Kenya
Region(s): Nandi Highlands
Antioxidant Level: Very High
Metropolitan Tea Company - Kenya Kapchorua (BP1) Green Tea
Kapchorua's green teas are produced using a technique that was developed and perfected on the estate itself. The unique process differs from that of almost every other producer in the world in that the fresh leaf is not steamed or fried prior to curing. Instead, after withering (a process by which the leaf is laid out in troughs and flushed with air), the tea is put through a CTC machine - cut, tear and curl - that does literally that. After the CTC machine, the shredded leaf is allowed to sit for approximately three minutes in order for slight fermentation to occur and then fed into a large dryer for final curing. The resulting green tea is consistently full-bodied and highly flavory. (Notably absent is the grassiness associated with most green teas.) Kapchorua's high quality is renowned throughout the tea world and has led to the estate being recognized by both the Fair Trade Labeling Organization and Ethical Tea Partnership for outstanding production. (An excellent track record in providing a high quality of life for estate staff has helped in this regard as well.) We're sure you'll be delighted and amazed by the depth of character of what is truly one of the world's finest and most unique green teas. As they say in Kenya, "Chai tamu na halisi sana". - This is a very real and tasty tea!
