Black teas & Oolongs

Black Teas

Peacocks Breakfast Tea - Assam & Ceylon blended for the perfect cup of English tea

Peacocks good plain Tea - A stronger tea that brews quickly: Assam, Ceylon and Kenya teas blended. If you have grown up on tea-bags, you may welcome this as a familiar friend, but the aim of the tea list is to make it easy for you to broaden your horizons and expand your enjoyment of tea

Builders' Tea - Stronger yet: with an extra spoonful for the pot: how Harry the painter likes it

Assam Special - Rich and malty tea from North East India

Bongola - A traditional English ‘afternoon blend’ of teas from Keemun and Darjeeling

Cambridge Blue - Strong and bold like heroic rowing teams

Ceylon - A refreshing oaky medium-strong blend of tea from Sri Lanka

Cha Gorreana - Originally collected for us by sister Kate at their tea garden in the Azores

Charleston - From Wadmalaw Island , South Carolina; one of the few teas grown in the USA

Darjeeling - A lighter fragrant tea from the Himalayan foothills of Northern India

Decaff Tea - A rich smooth Ceylon tea with all the flavour but no caffeine

Ely Afternoon Tea - A fine blend of Indian teas from Darjeeling and Assam

Ilam Valley - From Nepal with flowery tips for a delicate golden brew

Keemun Best - Fragrant tea from Anhui, China; rich copper in colour with a slightly nutty taste

Kenya - Well-made large leaf African tea with a smooth flavour

Lover's Leap - A good Highland Ceylon tea from the Pedro Estate at Nuwara Eliya

Nilgiri - From the Blue Mountains of South-West India: golden, brisk and fragrant

Okayti - A fine 2nd flush Darjeeling, from a famous estate founded in 1888 - and yes the name is pronounced "OK Tea"

Russian Caravan - A tasty blend of Chai, harking back to the days when camel caravans brought China tea to Europe

Sri Lanka Silver Tip - A classic high-grade malty "Ceylon" from the Vithanakande Estate. It's grade is FBOPEXSP - Finest Broken Orange Pekoe EXtra SPecial

Taylors Yorkshire - A strongish blend mixed to console and cheer Hull City fans and other tykes

Tregothnan Classic - Real English tea grown in Cornwall & blended with Assam & China tea

Turkish Tea - A strong reddish brew grown close to the black sea in Turkey

Yunnan - From SW China, a subtly malty tea, good with or without milk

Oolongs

Monkey-Picked Oolong - A fine oolong from Fujian, China; of course it's not picked by monkeys

Orange blossom - A fine formosa Oolong flavoured with orange blossom

Vietnamese Imperial Oolong -  Delicious Oolong with a woody boquet; highly recommended

Flavoured Black Teas

After Eight - If you like the mint chocolates you might like this tea

An Afternoon in Pymoor - A blend of black and green teas with spices, jasmine and orange

Billy Tea - A taste of the outback, black tea from Queensland, mixed with Eucalyptus leaf & a bit of Lapsang Souchong

Black Witch - Dark spicy blend from Berlin including star anise, ginger, apple & cinnamon

Chocolate Royale - Chocolate and burnt caramel; rich, tempting and delicious; great with milk

Kashmiri - Our first and best Chai: a rich blend of Indian spices, orange peel and more

Rachel's Xmas Tea - Now available all year round! A mix of fine China tea and spices

Earl Grey - The famous English blend, flavoured with bergamot orange from Calabria

Decaf. Earl Grey - Ceylon tea with bergamot oil, but none of the caffeine; refreshing and delicate

Citrus Earl Grey - Better than Lady Grey, we think; a subtle mix with bergamot and lemon

Grapefruit Earl Grey - Deliciously refreshing variation on Earl Grey

Lapsang Souchong - A smoky Chinese speciality; like Marmite you love it or hate it

Sherlock Holmes - Earl Grey with Lapsang Souchong; our own mix: its elementary & good

Doctor Watson - Our blend of Keemun, Darjeeling & Lapsang Souchong; good with food

Mrs Hudson - China tea with Marzipan and rose, an elegant and popular tea

Mycroft - A blend of Keemun, Oolong and Lapsang, a brilliant smoky tea

Moriarty - Black Chai with delicious spices: star anise, pepper, cinnamon, fennel and more

Rose Congou - Sweetly fragrant rose-scented tea, ideal in the garden

Lavender - China tea with lavender flowers, the scent of summer

Violet - China tea with violets: what better to accompany a Devon Cream Tea?

Lemon - Flavoured with lemon and served with lemon slices: a tea to restore zest

Liquorice - For fans of Pomfret Cakes and Liquorice Allsorts, or just for a change

Vanilla - Gentle & exotic, an old favourite of ours to soothe the nerves at any time

Sweet Orange - A simple mix of black tea with the peel and essential oil of sweet oranges

Apple & Cinnamon - A warming blend with the aroma of apple pie

Transit of Venus - Black tea with sweet orange, cinnamon and star anise

Bengal Tiger - Flavoured with ginger, tasty tea with a bite: if you like ginger, you'll love it

Black Cherry - Black China tea flavoured with cherry

Oriental Spice - China/Ceylon blend with orange, cinnamon & vanilla

Thé d'Orsay - A black tea scented with rose and bergamot orange, in honour of our twin town Orsay, “pays des roses”

Darkroom - Lapsang & Liquorice, an invention of the charming and just slightly eccentric Patrick, when he was our manager