By flush
Flush first. Type is a choice within it.
A first-flush green and a second-flush black from the same hillside are not variations on one product — they are different harvests with different cups and different prices. Everything below is ordered the way the season orders it.
First flush
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The first plucking after winter dormancy. Light, floral, and the most delicate of the year.
No lots currently offered from this flush. Ask us what is coming.
Second flush
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The summer plucking. Fuller in the cup and the flush most buyers ask for by name.
No lots currently offered from this flush. Ask us what is coming.
Autumnal
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The late-season plucking, after the monsoon.
No lots currently offered from this flush. Ask us what is coming.
Grades
What the grade actually tells you.
Orthodox grading is opaque unless you live in tea. Here is what the terms on our specification sheets mean, so you can read them without taking our word for anything.
- Whole leaf
- Leaves left intact through rolling and drying. Slower to brew, and the grade most specialty buyers want.
- Broken
- Leaf broken during rolling. Faster extraction, stronger cup, usually a lower price per kilo.
- Fannings and dust
- The smallest particles. Bagged tea and blending stock rather than specialty.
- Tippy grades
- Proportion of unopened bud in the lot. More tips generally means a more delicate cup and a higher price.
Cup it before you commit to a container.
Tell us the market and the volume and we will send lots to taste, with the specification sheets that go with them.