Nothing But Tea Ltd Exotic Tea

Green Anemone Ref: EC01
Also known as a tea rose or Mu Dan (meaning 'peony flower'). The leaves are gathered and sewn together by hand to make a flower which when infused in hot water 'blossoms' before your eyes. The tea has a fresh green flavour, with a honey coloured liquor. Each Green Anemone Tea Rose gives up to five infusions.

Brewing Advice: One Anemone per mug, add hot but not boiling water (85 deg C). Steep for four or five minutes according to taste; suitable for multiple infusions.

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People who bought this item also bought:

1. Dragonwell (Ref: GC09)

2. Moroccan Mint (Ref: FG04)

3. Golden Hook (Ref: EC17)

Jade Butterfly Ref: EC02
Beautiful hand tied whole tea leaves that unfurl in hot water releasing their delicate flavour. Wonderful pale liquor and fresh slightly nutty taste.

Brewing Advice: 10 butterflies per mug, add hot but not boiling water (75 deg C). Steep for three to four minutes. Suitable for multiple infusions.

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People who bought this item also bought:

1. White Plum (Ref: EC08)

2. Formosa Oolong Finest (Ref: OT01)

3. Mao Jian (organic) (Ref: GC03)

Jade Sword Ref: EC04
A very rare and unique tea. The young downy buds of special bushes are carefully picked at dawn and dried leaving them closed, with a silky appearance. In hot water the buds open up again to release a delicate liquor.

Brewing Advice: One level teaspoon per mug, add hot but not boiling water (70 deg C). Steep for three to four minutes. Suitable for multiple infusions.

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People who bought this item also bought:

1. Golden Hook (Ref: EC17)

2. Jade Ring (Ref: EC10)

3. Jade Bamboo (Ref: EC13)

Snow Dragon Ref: EC07
This tea is simply amazing. Individual buds are dried into spirals with a soft down covered and almost strokeable appearance. Light green liquor and full sweet taste, makes Snow Dragon 'heaven in a cup'. The name comes from the apperance of the leaf. The 'dragon' is the shape of the silhouette of the leaf, the 'snow' the white down upon it.

Brewing Advice: One teaspoon per mug, add hot but not boiling water (75 deg C). Steep for four minutes. Suitable for multiple infusions.

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People who bought this item also bought:

1. Golden Hook (Ref: EC17)

2. Jade Bamboo (Ref: EC13)

3. Huang Da Cha (Ref: YC01)

White Plum Ref: EC08
A lovely and unusual green tea from China's Yunnan province. Fresh young leaves are painstakingly tied together by hand to resemble flowers. This is a very special and rare tea, and is produced in small quantities only. Supplies are therefore limited.

Brewing Advice: Use about ten blossoms per mug, add hot but not boiling water (75 deg C). Steep for four minutes. Suitable for multiple infusions.

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People who bought this item also bought:

1. Jade Butterfly (Ref: EC02)

2. Phoenix Dancong (Ref: OC02)

3. Mao Jian (organic) (Ref: GC03)

Golden Spike Ref: EC09
A very rare and unusual tea. Beautifully crafted it consists of the top two leaves of a shoot twisted together and carefully dried. It has a light slightly sweet taste and liquor. This tea lies somewhere between white tea and green tea.

Brewing Advice: 10 spikes per mug, add hot but not boiling water (70 deg C). Steep for three to four minutes. Suitable for multiple infusions.

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People who bought this item also bought:

1. Jade Ring (Ref: EC10)

2. Golden Hook (Ref: EC17)

3. Jade Lily (Ref: EC16)

Jade Ring Ref: EC10
Also known as wedding tea, as it is often given as a gift to newly married couples in China. It has a light slightly sweet taste, and is an extremly pleasant tea to drink.

Brewing Advice: 10 rings per mug, add hot but not boiling water (75 deg C). Steep for three to four minutes. Suitable for multiple infusions.

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People who bought this item also bought:

1. Black Dragon (Ref: OT02)

2. Golden Hook (Ref: EC17)

3. Jade Lily (Ref: EC16)

Red Lychee Balls (Jasmine) Ref: EC12
These are really special. The finest tea leaves are lightly processed and then blended with Jasmine flowers. The leaves are then hand tied to form a ball around a single lychee flower. Pop one in a glass, pour hot water over and watch as the ball unfurls to create a floret of leaves and the red lychee flower is released rising gently to the top of the glass, while a delicate jasmine scent is released. Truly a work of art.

Brewing Advice: One Red Lychee Ball per mug, add hot but not boiling water (75 deg C). Steep for four or five minutes according to taste; suitable for multiple infusions.

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People who bought this item also bought:

1. Ti Kuan Yin (Ref: OC01)

2. Golden Hook (Ref: EC17)

3. Tea Infuser (Ref: AC01)

Jade Bamboo Ref: EC13
Another hand made tea. Made from a relatively new variety of tea only 2,500kg are produced each year. Young leaves are gathered in the spring crop, and hand tied into shape. Each bamboo makes one cup and is suitable for multiple infusions. Watch it unfurl before your eyes.

Brewing Advice: One bamboo per mug add hot but not boiling water (75 deg C) and steep for three or four minutes. Suitable for multiple infusions.

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People who bought this item also bought:

1. Golden Hook (Ref: EC17)

2. Snow Dragon (Ref: EC07)

3. Jade Sword (Ref: EC04)

Jasmine Phoenix Eyes Ref: EC14
Only the youngest leaf tips are hand rolled into small pellets then scented eight to ten times with fresh jasmine blossoms. When infused with hot water these unfold releasing a wonderful, delicate sweet and floral flavour. This truly is a tea of kings.

Brewing Advice: Use 6-8 eyes per cup, add hot but not boiling water (80 deg C). Steep for three minutes. Suitable for multiple infusions.

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People who bought this item also bought:

1. Smokey Caravan (Ref: BC01)

2. Jade Spiral (Ref: GC08)

3. Pu Erh (Ref: EC05)

Jade Lily Ref: EC16
Individual buds are picked and tied into knots before drying. Half way between a white tea and a green tea, Jade Lily has a light refreshing taste with a touch of sweetness, and a clean light liquor.

Brewing Advice: 15 lilies per mug, add hot but not boiling water (75 deg C). Steep for three to four minutes. Suitable for multiple infusions.

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People who bought this item also bought:

1. Golden Spike (Ref: EC09)

2. Phoenix Dancong (Ref: OC02)

3. Jade Ring (Ref: EC10)

Golden Hook Ref: EC17
What can we say about this tea? We have never come across anything quite like it before. Its colour, smell and taste are all amazing and unique. A truly exotic black tea. The taste changes depending on the temperature of the water and it can be prepared with boiling water or water more suited to green teas.

Taste it and tell us what you think!

Brewing Advice: One heaped teaspoon per mug add water (70 -100 deg C) and steep for two to three minutes according to taste.

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People who bought this item also bought:

1. Jade Bamboo (Ref: EC13)

2. Tippy Yunnan (Ref: BC03)

3. Smokey Caravan (Ref: BC01)

Black Anemone Ref: EC18
Just like our popular Green and White Anemone but made from fine China Black tea.

Brewing Advice: One Anemone per mug, add fresh boiling water (100 deg C). Steep for two to three minutes.

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Baby Snow Dragon Ref: EC19
A smaller version of our popular Snow Dragon tea. This tea is simply remarkable. Individual buds are dried into spirals with a soft down covered and almost strokeable appearance. Light green liquor and full sweet taste, makes Snow Dragon 'heaven in a cup'.

Brewing Advice: One teaspoon per mug, add hot but not boiling water (75 deg C). Steep for four minutes. Suitable for multiple infusions.

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People who bought this item also bought:

1. Jade Bamboo (Ref: EC13)

2. Smokey Caravan (Ref: BC01)

3. Imperial Pu Erh (Ref: EP06)

Baby Jade Column Ref: EC20
Another delightful handcrafted tea from China. To delight your eyes as well as your palate.

Brewing Advice: One teaspoon per mug add hot but not boiling water (75 deg C) and steep for three or four minutes. Suitable for multiple infusions.

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People who bought this item also bought:

1. Ti Kuan Yin (Ref: OC01)

2. Matcha Whisk (Ref: AC15)

3. Jade Butterfly (Ref: EC02)

Red Tower Ref: EC24
Red tower is a most unusal tea. Black tea leaves from the Fujian province of China are taken and hand tied into the tower shape which opens up as it brews.

Brewing Advice: five towers per mug, add fresh boiling water (100 deg C) and leave to steep for three minutes.

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People who bought this item also bought:

1. Ti Kuan Yin (Ref: OC01)

2. Large Leaf Yellow - Organic (Ref: YC02)

3. Rooibos Raspberry and Vanilla (Ref: TR08)

Jasmine Fairy Ref: EC25
Slightly different to the Red Lychee Ball. This one is longer in length and not scented, the jasmine in the title refers to the string of jasmine flowers hidden in the centre of the leaves that float up in the water like a fairy.

Brewing Advice: one ball per mug add fresh hot but not boiling water (80 deg C)and leave to steep, suitable for multiple infusions.

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People who bought this item also bought:

1. Ghost (Ref: EC27)

2. Flowering Tea Pot (Ref: AC52)

3. Huang Da Cha (Ref: YC01)

Black Chrysanthemum Ref: EC26
Another black exotic. These hand tied flowers look stunning. The golden tips really standing out against the black tea. The liquor is similar in the cup to Golden Hook and Tippy Yunnan.

Brewing Advice: 1-2 flowers add fresh boiling water (100 deg C) and leave to steep for three or four minutes according to taste.

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People who bought this item also bought:

1. Temple Of Heaven (Ref: GC05)

2. Tippy Yunnan (Ref: BC03)

3. Jade Butterfly (Ref: EC02)

Ghost Ref: EC27
The finest tea leaves are hand sewn into a ball. Pop one in a glass, pour hot water over and watch as the ball blooms into a dhalia bud releasing the ghost into the glass. Truly a work of art.

Brewing Advice: One Ghost Ball per mug, add hot but not boiling water (75 deg C). Steep for four or five minutes according to taste; suitable for multiple infusions.

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People who bought this item also bought:

1. Jasmine Fairy (Ref: EC25)

2. Flowering Tea Pot (Ref: AC52)

3. Flavoured Black Starter Set (Ref: SS6X)

Red Dragon Ref: EC28
Pop one in a glass, pour hot water over and watch as it blooms. Another work of art.

Brewing Advice: One ball per mug, add hot but not boiling water (75 deg C). Steep for four or five minutes according to taste; suitable for multiple infusions.

Tin contains 20 balls

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People who bought this item also bought:

1. Temple Of Heaven (Ref: GC05)

2. Tippy Yunnan (Ref: BC03)

3. Jade Butterfly (Ref: EC02)

Yuan Bao Ref: EC29
Another addition to our hand tied tea ball range. The finest green tea leaves are taken and hand tied into a heart shape which will 'bloom' when submerged in water. Great present for that special person.

Brewing Advice: One Yuan Bao per mug, add hot but not boiling water (75 deg C). Steep for four or five minutes according to taste; suitable for multiple infusions.

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Red Lychee Balls Ref: EC30
The finest tea leaves are lightly processed and then hand tied to form a ball around a single lychee flower. Pop one in a glass, pour hot water over and watch as the ball unfurls to create a floret of leaves and the red lychee flower is released rising gently to the top of the glass, Truly a work of art.

Brewing Advice: One Red Lychee Ball per mug, add hot but not boiling water (75 deg C). Steep for four or five minutes according to taste; suitable for multiple infusions.

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