Tea

Let's talk about the difference between loose-leaf tea and tea bags. Loose-leaf teas are usually made up of whole leaves or broken leaves, while tea bags are usually filled with fannings or dust. During processing, raw tea leaves are graded from best (the bud and the first two leaves of the shoot) to worst (fannings). Often the term Orange Pekoe pops up when we buy tea in the United States. Many people think that it is a special kind of tea and do not realize it is only a grading measurement of the tea leaves' size and condition.

Many tea connoisseurs consider brewed whole-leaf tea the best tasting. A whole leaf does have more surface area for water to extract the flavor characteristics of the tea. Tea bags made from fannings and dust, on the other hand, do not have much surface area for this extraction. Of course, the tea drinker may also enjoy the aesthetic beauty of the whole tea leaf unfolding in the cup while the tea is infusing.

We offer the following teas:(loose leaf only)
-Darjeerling
-Earl Grey
-English Breakfast
-Honeybush
-Irish Breakfast
-Jasmine Green
-Orange Blossom Oolong
-Roobios

Go to http://www.planet-tea.com for more information about tea.