Description Amba tea garden is nestled into the hillside at 1000m above sea level, high above the Ravana-Ella waterfalls in the Uva mountains of Sri Lanka. Working with the local community, this small settlement produces a small but wonderful range of artisanal teas. Amba is one of only a handful of artisanal tea producers in Sri Lanka today and all of their teas are hand-made on the farm, using only carefully selected finest leaves and buds. This very rare tea with flowers from the tea plant (Amba Tea Garden only produces about 30kg a month and we need to pre-order six months in advance) uses the Amba Orange Pekoe as its base. The pluckers who collect the leaves only gather about a 1kg of leaves and buds a day. After withering the leaves overnight the pluckers then roll the leaves they picked by hand. The fragrant dry leaf has hints of caramel and a light citrus aroma. Once brewed, the liquor is a copper gold in the cup and has complex notes of dried fruit, sweet meadow grass, citrus and a hint of classic Uva wintergreen. The flavours in this great tea are enhanced by the heavenly honey and almond floral notes supplied by yellow-gold tea flowers. Similar to a strongly oxidised oolong in character, this tea can be infused several times. Harvested 22. March 2024 Origin Ambadandegama valley, Uva, Sri Lanka Body Medium Flavours Honey, citrus, hints of almond, wintergreen and melon Temperature 90°C Time 3 - 5 Min Infusions multiple
