Five tea-rrific businesses to help you celebrate International Tea Day
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Let’s get this par-tea started!
That’s right, we have tea-rrific news: Saturday 21 May is International Tea Day. Who needs a better excuse to make a cuppa, grab a blanket and curl up with a good book?
To help you celebrate (and hibernate from the Canberra cold) we’ve found five local producers that are guaranteed to help you make the perfect cup of tea.
And with tea’s instrumental contribution to alleviating poverty, promoting gender equality, and supporting sustainable ecosystems, every sip is guaranteed to give you a warm and fuzzy feeling.
Milk and sugar anyone?
Adore Tea
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From spicy chai to aromatic herbal blends, Adore Tea is the ultimate tea lover’s delight. With a selection of over 200 extraordinary teas (including over 30 blends exclusively created by Adore Tea), this multi-award-winning company has been on a quest for quality since 2006.
All made using natural flavours and ingredients, every sip will bring you inner tranquili-tea.
Waypoint
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Love loose leaf tea? Waypoint offers the best tea for any time, any place. Sourced from premium suppliers, their offerings include Waypoint Breakfast (a delicious combination of Indian, Sri Lankan and Chinese teas), Matcha Genmaicha (sencha green tea and roasted rice) and Jasmine Pearls (a classic made from tightly-rolled tea leaves). Want to know the best part? They’re environmentally responsible, giving you the blends with all the bonus benefits.
Tea Garden Co.
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Espresso Mar-tea-ni anyone? Hand blended, small-batch, and sustainable, Tea Garden Co began in 2016 as a way to create unparalleled moments with self and others. Stocked in POP Canberra and Dirty Janes Canberra, you can pop in to discover unbelieve blends (hello Brownie Points: a tea that’s like batter straight from the bowl).
RealChai Tea
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Calling all chai lovers, this one’s for you. Handmade with love, RealChai was founded in 2008 to bring real tea, real spices, and real chai to the Canberra cafe scene. Offering loose leaf chai, chai lattes, and honey chai tea as well as some really cute mugs—because they make everything taste better—it’s heaven in a cup.
Yamaguchien Australia
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Prefer green tea? Yamaguchien is the tea producer you didn’t know you needed. Based in Canberra, it offers an authentic and premium collection of teas straight from Japan, including matcha, sencha and hojicha. Best served warm or cold, these loose leaf teas are full of antioxidants and have amazing natural nutritional properties. *sips tea*
