For over 200 years, English Breakfast teas have been blended to complement and enhance the traditional English breakfast. This Organic version is our own perfect blend of fragrant Keemun tea from the spectacular mountainous region of Anhui in China with other fine teas from India and Africa. Subtle blending means its soft, lively taste also has depth and robustness. That is why it is perfect with the modern English breakfast - be it croissants or bacon and eggs; toast and tangy marmalade or a good, old-fashioned kipper.
As a Chinese emperor declared nearly 1, 000 years ago, 'White tea is the culmination of all that is elegant.' White tea offers an exquisite range of flavour and aroma, both refined and refreshing. This rare White Peony style white tea, one of the great teas of China, is grown in the high mountain mists of the Fujian Province. The tender spring shoots are carefully selected and then skilfully cured by hand, a natural process that takes several hours. It is the fine, silvery-white down, which covers the underside of the leaves. that gives the tea its name.
Our Fairtrade organic rooibos is a refreshing tea that is grown by farmers in remote parts of the magnificent Cape coastal mountains of South Africa, where it has been enjoyed for centuries. It is still harvested by hand and cured naturally in the sun.We buy all our Dragonfly rooibos tea directly from the farmers. The Fairtrade certification guarantees that the smallest scale producers can compete at an advantage in the global markets. The price is set and remains fixed above normal market levels, allowing increased investment in farmers' communities.For the last 50 years these farms have produced hand-made Rooibos tea based on a real respect for and understanding of their environment. This pack will help them to reap the rewards of their hard work and to ensure the sustainability of the unique eco-system and their culture. Dragonfly Organic Fairtrade Rooibos Tea is still cured in the traditional way, as it was when Benjamin Ginsberg founded rooibos. The process takes place in the crisp air of the Cedarberg Mountains of South Africa's Cape. It requires great skill to know when the cure is at its peak; one sign is that it begins to give off a delicious sweet aroma that attracts wild bees. Dragonfly rooibos teas are naturally caffeine free, so they can be enjoyed at any time of day and are suitable for the whole family. Rooibos is rich in antioxidants and AHAs, long valued for fresh glowing skin, gently rehydrating and low in tannin.
Dragonfly Traditional Indian Chai is blended particularly with the Western palate in mind with luxurious organically-grown spices such as cinnamon, cardamom, ginger and cloves. Chai could almost be called the national drink of India, consumed by everyone from infants to septuagenarians; in the largest cities and the smallest villages. Across India, there are literally thousands of different chai recipes - each family has its own particular favourite recipe.
In 1830, the British Prime Minister Earl Grey received a special diplomatic gift of tea. When the tea chest was empty, distraught, he asked skilled blenders in London to recreate the distinctive taste of this delicious and exotic tea. The blend they created is known today as Earl Grey. Bergamot (citrus aurantium), also known as Canton Bitter Orange, is grown around the Mediterranean and was probably brought from China by the silk route. The peel is cold-pressed to extract the aromatic essential oil.Our high quality Earl Grey follows the traditional, natural recipe, containing only fine teas and pure bergamot oil. Refreshing and deliciously light.
Dragonfly Cape Malay Rooibos Chai is one of our most popular teas. It combines the delicious and soothing taste of naturally caffeine-free rooibos (aspalathus linearis) with a unique traditional blend of aromatic spices, including cinnamon, cardamom, chicory and cloves. Cape Town was founded in the 17th Century as a staging post for sailing shiips carrying tea, spices, porcelain and silk from China, India and the East Indies to Europe. This tea is inspired by Cape Town’s wonderfully rich Cape Malay culinary tradition with its origins in Indonesia, Holland and India. All our ingredients are organically grown and include rooibos tea, cinnamon, cardomom, ginger, chicory, cloves, black pepper and citrus peel. All Dragonfly rooibos teas are still cured in the traditional way, as it was when Benjamin Ginsberg founded rooibos. The process takes place in the crisp air of the Cedarberg Mountains of South Africa's Cape. It requires great skill to know when the cure is at its peak; one sign is that it begins to give off a delicious sweet aroma that attracts wild bees. Dragonfly rooibos teas are naturally caffeine free, so they can be enjoyed at any time of day and are suitable for the whole family. Rooibos is rich in antioxidants and AHAs, long valued for fresh glowing skin, gently rehydrating and low in tannin.
Yogi Tea Ginger Hibiscus tea is a delightfully intense taste experience. This fruity spice mix comes to us from the heart of Mother Earth. Made from crimson red hibiscus flowers, it exalts the senses, and is united in love with radiant ginger, offering a cup of warmth and kindness. Take a sip and feel the joy of this blend as it's taste awakens your life force. Yogi Tea Ginger Hibiscus is like a warm up exercise. It is joyful, cheerful and helps our being expand. It is also great as a cold drink.
Dragonfly Cup-in-the-Sleeve Green Tea is a fine example of high mountain green tea. It is made from Camellia Sinensis, the plant from which all Chinese teas originate, and is a native of a small, mountainous and rainy area of South China. Our Organic Cup-in-the-Sleeve Green Tea takes its name from the habit of old Chinese tea lovers, who would carry a favourite little teacup in their flowing sleeves when attending tea parties and poetry competitions besides streams or picturesque waterfalls.
Dragonfly Organic peppermint infusion is just that – 100% peppermint leaf and nothing else. It is specially dried in hot air chambers, a process which takes only 4 hours compared to the usual drying time of several days and ensures that its volatile oils remain potent. Peppermint is a perennial herb that has been popular for centuries for its deliciously fresh taste and reviving properties. It is said that Greeks and Romans crowned themselves with peppermint leaves at their feasts and adorned their tables with its sprays.A hybrid of watermint and spearmint, it is occasionally found wild with its parent species, but it was only recognised as a distinct species by an English botanist in the 17th Century. It soon became cultivated widely and such was its popularity that, by 1750, it was grown commercially around the London area.
Hardly known outside Asia until now, Pu'er (or Puerh) has been greatly prized since the Tang Dynasty, over a thousand years ago. It is valued for its intriguing, full bodied, earthy, slightly sweet flavour, as well as its reputed health benefits.Pu'er is particularly appreciated in China after a heavy meal and is known in the West as the ‘Slimmers' Tea’.
Dragonfly Wild organic honeybush (cyclopia) is acknowledged as the finest, found and cured by hand on one farm in The Outeniqua Mountains of the South-Eastern Cape, South Africa, overlooking the Indian Ocean. Dutch farmers first used naturally caffeine free honeybush as a tea in the 18th Century, given its clear, fresh taste and light honey scent. In spring, its bright yellow, honey-scented flowers combine with other wild flowers to create a tapestry of colour across the landscape. This finest wild honeybush is grown within a certified organic region and harvested with care and concern for the sustainability of the local ecosystem.
Dragonfly Moonlight Jasmine Green Tea (Moli Huacha in Chinese) comes from a small organic tea garden in an isolated mountainous region of South China, where the villagers still make tea by hand in the traditional way.A traditional natural fusion of organic green tea and the heady fragrance of organic night-flowering jasmine flowers. The delicate white blossom grow in the middle of the tea garden. They are picked in the morning and kept cool through the day. At night, when the blossom open and are at their most fragrant, they are layered with the green tea for several hours and then painstakingly removed. The process is sometimes repeated for several nights until the tea absorbs the flavour. It takes years of skill to judge just when the exquisite scent of the jasmine blossom has reached a perfect balance with the slight astringency and natural sweetness of the tea.
Our elegant, organically grown Darjeeling tea comes from one of the finest Himalayan tea gardens and is known as “the Champagne of teas”. There are only about 80 tea gardens in the region. Our Golden tea is the pinnacle of the area's tea-making expertise and is grown at great altitudes of up to 6, 000 feet in the misty, mountainous foothills of Darjeeling in North East India. The cool moist climate and natural minerals present in the soil combine to produce this delicate, highly prized tea. Lively, luxurious and rounded to taste, it marries smooth subtle tones with a delicious aroma. One of the finest autumnal or second flush teas.
A fresh, lively tasting juice lighter and quite distinct from the standard gloopy tomato juices which are all made from concentrates. Freshly pressed fruit and vegetable juices from James White.Vegetable juices have been popular in Northern Europe for many years, but it has only been recently with the interest arising from the blood pressure reducing research with beetroot juice that they have become increasingly popular in the UK. They are surprisingly sweet, tasty and refreshing and are definitely set to become a genuinely popular option as prejudices are slowly being overcome. The Soil Association sets a very high standard for the growers to meet and we often have difficulties obtaining all the fruit that we want. Nevertheless the range is now wonderfully varied – there is something for everyone! Available in 25cl and 75cl bottles (except Carrot and Vegetable - 75cl only).
Dragonfly Organic Cape Rooibos Tea is organically grown and still cured in the traditional way, as it was when Benjamin Ginsberg founded Rooibos. The process takes place in the crisp air of the Cedarberg Mountains of South Africa's Cape. It requires great skill to know when the cure is at its peak; one sign is that it begins to give off a delicious sweet aroma that attracts wild bees. Dragonfly Organic Cape Rooibos Tea is naturally caffeine free, so can be enjoyed at any time of day and is suitable for the whole family. Rooibos is rich in antioxidants and AHAs, long valued for fresh glowing skin, gently rehydrating and low in tannin.
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Dragonfly Moroccan Mint Green Tea is an organically grown, authentic and delicious blend of brisk Chinese Gunpowder tea and refreshing organic Moroccan spearmint. Gunpowder green tea is named after its appearance: the dark green tea leaves are rolled by hand into tiny pellets that resemble gunpowder. This tea is called Atay el nana in Morocco and is the country's most popular drink. It is said that every child in Morocco is born with the secret of how to make this delicious brew. Tea is offered everywhere, at home or at work, as a gesture of hospitality and welcome. No deal is sealed without a glass of tea. Tea vendors are everywhere and add to the occasion by raising the pot higher and higher above the tea glass. Some say this “aerates” the water and increases the amount of oxygen in the tea, thus improving the taste.