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English Breakfast A blend of three whole leaf garden Assam teas. This blend is best described as full bodied, robust and rich in flavour. It produces good colour when combined with milk. English Breakfast Tea This world class English Breakfast blend is far from ordinary. Blended with delicate Ceylon, a gutsy Assam and rounded off with the tasty South Indian Tea. Over a hundred years ago in Scotland, a man called Drysdale crested a Tea called ‘Breakfast’. This soon spread to England with the help of Queen Victoria and Albert whose passion for all things Scottish at their Balmoral retreat created a craze for the blend. Tea shops in London However, changed the name to English Breakfast. Several different permutations have been created over the centuries, but this Novus English Breakfast is typically exceptional. Only the finest tea estates are used to select this blend which is truly delicious. Novus English Breakfast is full bodied and robust in the cup. It has a delicate flavour, yet plenty of punch, often a morning requirement. Sapphire Earl Grey Novus blenders have carefully refined the traditional Earl Grey recipe, using only pure Ceylon tea which provides more binding sites for retaining the distinguished flavor from oil of Italian Bergamot and Malva flowers. The citric qualities of the Bergamot fruit and the subtle nuances of the Malva flower combine with the more full-bodied and rounder taste of the Ceylon tea, creating a wonderfully unique blend of tea for any time of the day. Leaf Grade: Ceylon OP1 semi – the longest and blackest leaf available – chosen because it offers more binding sites for the retention of the bergamot flavor. Special Notes: Specially blended by the Dry Leaf Description: worlds top experts to tea is strong enough to carry the bergamot flavor without being Infusion: Blackish, leafy, long, clean, overpowered. Delicate whole malva flowers Bright, coppery wiry leaf. Whole blue flowers. add a unique and delicate nuance of flavor Cup: Smell of Bergamot and dramatic color . Full, round cup. Very smooth with gentle natural bergamot flavor. This combination offers an “Ivory” type of bergamot Ingredients: taste – considered the most expensive, highest character of the various interpretations of Earl Grey Bergamot Region: Kandy, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) Estate: Ginigathena tea district – noted for round, full bodied, smooth flavor Altitude: 3,000 feet above sea level (mid grown) Black Tea Oil of Bergamot Malva Flowers Darjeeling Single Estate Darjeeling Monteviot Estate Grade: FTGFOP1 Organic Characteristics of Single Estate Tea Single estate tea is distinguished on the basis of its Grade, Elevation, Flavor, Character, Aroma, Liquor, Color of leaf, Size of leaf, and Taste Darjeeling is the Champagne of Teas. The finest of India’s unblended teas, Darjeeling is grown on the slopes of the Himalayas in plantations called gardens. There are fewer than one hundred of these small-scale, family-based gardens clustered in the seven valleys of the Darjeelings. Novus Darjeelings bright, golden-red color is attractive in the cup. It has a delicate, flowery aroma, with the character and body to make the tea enjoyable to drink any time of day. Spiced Chai This centuries-old beverage has played an important part in many of the world’s cultures. Best known from India, Chai is a blend of black tea and exotic spices. Novus Chai has been developed as a truly authentic, traditional Chai in the finest Indian tradition. Served with milk and sweetener, Chai offers an exceptionally well balanced tea of the finest quality. This blend of Assam tea is complemented by the pungent aroma of exotic spices such as crushed cinnamon Dry Appearance: sticks, whole cloves, and green cardamom Black, leafy, whole pieces of producing a Chai that excites the senses clove and cinnamon bark without overwhelming the palate. Black Tea Profile Region: Assam, India Estate: noted for round, full bodied, smooth flavor Altitude: 3,000 feet above sea level (Mid-Grown) Cut of Leaf: the longest and blackest leaf available Black Tea Cardamom Infusion: Cinnamon From Central America Coppery, Spicy From Sri Lanka Q: What is Cardamom? Cup: Ingredients A: A pungent Intensively Spicy with sweet aromatic spice that is tasting nuance of Cloves a member of the cardamom From Sri Lanka ginger family. Decaff Ceylon Kenilworth Novus Kenilworth Ceylon comes from a tea estate located in the very exclusive and secluded highlands of Sri Lanka. Here, lush green mountains and majestic waterfalls provide the perfect growing Dry Leaf Description: conditions for tea that ranks among the Extremely wiry greatest in the world for consistency in (slightly reddish) quality and character. Black Tea in the tradition of The well twisted, wiry leaf style of Novus English Breakfast Kenilworth Ceylon is a reflection of the intense attention to detail in the production process. The result is a soft, Infusion: round, mellow cup to be enjoyed any Bright Coppery time of day. Cup: Bright reddish in color, thick, smooth, almost creamy with a hint of a certain nutty character.. Full bodied liquor Kenilworth Estate with a beautifully smooth, This award winning tea estate has built delicate, crisp sometimes a reputation for producing full bodied, fruity-sweet flavor. aromatic tea with a delicate flavor and Region: consistent quality throughout the years Kandy, SriLanka (Ceylon) Estate: Kenilworth Ceylon lends itself to being Ginigathena district consumed with milk or black. With milk, the malty character is enhanced This world-class Ceylon tea is Altitude: 3,000 feet above sea level and has chocolate notes to it. perfect to be enjoyed (Mid-Grown) any time of day. Cut of Leaf: Orthodox Ceylon OP Strawberries & Cream This unique blend is a beautiful black tea blend which is both light, crisp and refreshing with strawberry and cream flavour notes. Imensely refreshing and clean taste makes it a perfect afternoon tea delight. I Black Tea Profile Region: India & China N Estate: noted for round, G full bodied, smooth flavor Altitude: 3,000 feet R above sea level (High-Grown) E Cut of Leaf: the longest D and blackest leaf Black Tea Strawberry Chunks Vanilla Pods available I Strawberry and Cream’s refreshing characteristics Infusion: E Coppery and fresh mean it is easy to drink at any time of the day. Best N drunk black, it has a clean crisp taste with a subtle Cup: sweet vanilla and strawberry notes, evoking thoughts T Crisp, light and subtle of a summers day. strawberry & cream notes S Chocolate & Vanilla A decadent combination of tea and chocolate with a cheeky sweetness is delight. This luxurious black leaf blend with Cocoa Beans and vanilla provides all the taste and comfort offered by chocolate but without the calories! A delicious cup of tea which can be drunk at any time of the day with a clear conscience! Flavours Notes: A light bright and brisk tea with dark chocolate nose is transformed into a subtle chocolate notes and twist of vanilla sweetness. A deep 70% chocolate nose which provides a Best enjoyed with or without milk, tea lovers my prefer without for the subtle chocolate flavour full chocolate experience. all around with a little hint of vanilla. Good with or without milk or cream for extra touch of luxury Great as Cold brew too! Cocoa Kernels Vanilla Dragon Well Green Tea Dragon Well is the most famous and popular type of tea in China. It takes its modern name Longjing or Lung Ching (already centuries old) from a water well that was reportedly inhabited and protected by a dragon, according to local lore in Xihu, China. The premium Lung Ching that has been selected for Dragon Well Green is uniquely suited to the North American pallet. It offers a smooth, subtle flavor nuance of apricot and nut with a smooth sweet tasting finish. A mark of exceptional quality. It is one of the best, most unique and intriguing green teas available, and offers a complete array of health benefits. Novus Dragon Well Green is a natural choice for any time of day, reflecting 3,000 years of chinese tea Dry Leaf Description: Broad & Flat culture. Infusion: Clear, Bright Green Cup: Very clean flavor, with a clear cut finish Region: Hangzhou, China Dragon Well is hand processed, Estate: using the feel of the hand in West Lake District regulating the fire, kneading and Cut of Leaf: twirling the leaves. The result is a Top Grade, Orthodox, tender and fine dry leaf, worthy of Whole Leaf the name “The Cream of Tea”. Eight Secrets of the Far East Eight secrets is a blend of eight different green teas from eight growing regions in china. It is designed to encourage black tea drinkers into the green tea category by producing a thick green tea with rounded fruity notes of sweetness. Black tea drinkers typically like to drink thicker teas and dislike teas which are much thinner, so the combination of different leaves means a more full bodied, thicker drinking experience. Growing Regions on a map which include the eight selected for this Dry Leaf Description: blend. Broad & Flat Infusion: Clear, Bright Green Cup: Very clean flavor, with a clear cut finish Region: Eight different Leaf from eight different growing regions of china Cut of Leaf: Top Grade, Orthodox, Whole Leaf Strawberry Mango Lychee Organic Jasmine Green Tea The Oldest known scented tea. A highly fragrant and deliciously floral Green Tea. Sourced from the Fujian Province of China For centuries, making Jasmine tea has meant gathering fresh jasmine blossoms in the early morning, before they’ve bloomed. When evening comes and the blossoms open their heavily scented petals, they are either placed beside or mixed in with green tea leaves. After several hours, the dry leaves absorb the sweet aroma, and the entire process is repeated until the desired amount of aroma and flavor is absorbed.