Green Teas

Darjeeling, a ‘hill station’ in the Kalimpong district of the state of West Bengal in India, was developed by the British East India Company during colonial times. Archibald Campbell first planted the Camellia sinensis varietal in this area in 1841, which was deemed more...

Genmaicha is known in Japan as the “people’s tea” because it was created as a blend of green tea and toasted brown rice to make it more affordable. One origin story of Genmaicha is that a Samurai’s servant accidentally dropped grains of brown rice...

Given the ancient culinary history of Japan, Hojicha is a modern discovery. As Japan started to mechanize its tea-plucking technology to keep up with demand, the plucking machines created leftover ‘debris’ or Bancha amongst the tea plants. In the 1920s, an enterprising Kyoto tea...

CONTAINS NUTS Our Kashimiri Kehwa is made with premium green tea, saffron, cinnamon, cloves, rose petals, cardamom, and crushed almonds; it is blended using a heritage recipe at our saffron farm in Kashmir. Kehwa or Kahwa is said to have come to Kashmir because...

Matcha is a tea made from finely ground green tea leaves, whisked in hot water using a “chasen” (bamboo whisk). Although Matcha is thought to have originated in China, it was perfected in Japan by shade growing the leaves that give it its signature...