Single Origin Tea Hamper

For those with a true passion for tea, this hamper contains two fabulous East Asian, single origin teas, one black, one green. Vietnamese wild-grown Black Snow Faerie and Japanese Sencha Emerald Green are sustainably and ethically produced, each one completely unique and absolutely delicious. This dynamic duo is accompanied by a 150ml Yixing purple clay Kung Fu teapot and two pretty tea bowls, perfect for brewing and appreciating premium tea.

Our wild-grown Vietnamese Black Snow Faerie, from the Ho Thau region, is a marvellously rich tippy black tea. It is harvested from wild tea trees that grow 2000m above sea level in mountainous North Vietnam (bordering with Yunnan). In the cup, it is richly scented and gold textured. It tastes earthy, yet pleasingly fresh and floral. You can detect a touch of smoke and a hint of mountain haar, as the Red Dow tribal people who pick and craft the tea fire it using woks, in order to halt the oxidation process and lock in the tea’s complexities. The unique taste of this sublime brew wonderfully evokes the landscape and culture from whence it originates.

Our Sencha Emerald Green is a fine, handcrafted Japanese green tea, produced without use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers. It is grown by the Morimoto family of Kyushu, southern Japan, using the Okumidori cultivar. It offers a robust, vegetal palate with just a hint of sea salt, minimal astringency and a naturally sweet aftertaste.

The beautiful yet simple 150ml kungfu teapot, made of unglazed Yixing clay, matures with usage. It is primarily used for high quality loose leaf teas and is a must have for any tea connoisseur, allowing the full potential of your leaves to unfold.

Our Sumie ceramic tea bowls are pretty porcelain cups, coming in a variety of patterns. They are dishwasher safe. Please drop us a line if you’re after particular patterns – choosing from striped, chequered, geometric, woven and dotted – and we’ll do our best to oblige.

How to prepare your single origin teas with the Kung Fu tea pot:

1. warm up pot and tea cups with hot water
2. add 2 teaspoons of tea to pot
3. add 150ml i) 80°C water if brewing Sencha or ii) 90°C water if brewing Black Snow Faerie
4. Brew for between 30 seconds and a minute
5. Decant all infusion evenly into both cups
6. Re-infuse with hot water and longer brewing time up to 4 times

Check out our other hamper sets here:

Spiced Tea Hamper

Tea Faerie Hamper