Clear Out
First frost mornings — bright, herbal, softly floral.
Ingredients
Green tea, elderflower, lemon peel, meadowsweet, mullein herb
£12.49 · 50g · approx 40 cups
Unoxidised leaf, brewed gently
Green tea
Whole leaf green tea, from bright Yunnan to cool minted blends. Brew cooler for a clean, grassy cup.
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New blendMoroccan Mint
For after a heavy dinner, when you want something that cuts right through it.
Ingredients
Gunpowder green tea pellets, Moroccan spearmint leaves
£12.49 · 50g · approx 40 cups
Yunnan Green
Mountain air — grassy green, nutty.
Ingredients
Yunnan green tea
£12.49 · 50g · approx 40 cups
What makes green tea green
Green and black tea come from the same plant — camellia sinensis. The difference is what happens after picking. Green leaf is heated soon after harvest to stop it oxidising, which keeps the leaf close to its natural state: vegetal, grassy, sometimes nutty or floral, depending on where it grew and how it was fired.
That gentleness is also why green tea punishes careless brewing more than black tea does. The leaf hasn't been hardened by oxidation, so boiling water strips it fast. Treat it kindly — cooler water, shorter steep — and it rewards you with a cup that's clean, light and quietly sweet on the finish.
How to brew it
In the cup
One heaped teaspoon per cup. Water around 75°C — boiled, then left to sit for three or four minutes. Steep two to three minutes, strain, and drink it plain before you judge it.
Second brew
Whole green leaves open up across infusions. Pour again on the same leaf, a little hotter and thirty seconds longer — the second cup is often softer and rounder than the first.
Green tea questions
What temperature should green tea be brewed at?
Around 70–80°C — roughly three to four minutes off the boil. Green leaf is unoxidised and delicate, so boiling water scalds it and pulls out the bitterness you're trying to avoid.
How long should I steep green tea?
Two to three minutes for the first brew. Whole leaves also re-steep well — add thirty seconds or so each time, and the second cup often comes through softer and rounder than the first.
Why does my green tea taste bitter?
Usually water too hot or a steep too long. Green leaves give up their flavour quickly; past three minutes at a rolling boil they give up their tannin too. Cooler water and a shorter steep fixes almost every bitter cup.
Is green tea caffeinated?
Yes — green tea comes from the same plant as black tea, so it carries a moderate amount of caffeine. It's usually gentler in the cup than a breakfast tea, but it isn't caffeine free.