Black Teas

Black Teas

The Leaf tea brings to you finest selection of black teas from world’s most admired tea gardens. Buy the range of black teas online at their best form directly from the tea gardens and witness the finest teas. The lead collects teas from the best tea gardens of Darjeeling, Assam, Nilgiri and Kangra in India moreover we also have an exclusive collection of Ceylon teas from Sri Lanka’s finest tea gardens and also from other part of tea world such as Thailand, Japan, Vietnam, Kenya and SA. Our major focus is always on collecting best quality tea stored with their respective conditions and sending it to the tea lovers all over the globe in no time.

Health benefits of black tea

Black teas have number of health benefits moreover it cannot be repelled by black tea lovers due to its distinctive characteristics such as aroma, taste, liquor profile and freshness. Black tea also helps improving heart health and reduces blood pressure. It also reduces the sugar level in the body which ultimately helps weight loss. Buying black tea can surely help you reduce the risk of cancer significantly and boosts immune system.

Types of loose black tea    

It has been the heritage for centuries and tea industry has grown and established worldwide and that offers huge variety of loose black teas depending up of regions mentioned below;

India: Darjeeling, Nilgiris, Assam, Kangra, Dooars and etc.

Sri Lanka: Nuwara Eliya, Kany, Kalawana and etc

Japan: Shizuoka, Kagoshima and Mie and many other regions in the country.

Kenya: Kericho, Bomet, Nandi, Kiambu, Thika, Maragua, Muranga, Sotik, Kisii, Nyamira, Nyambene, Meru, Nyeri, Kerinyaga, Embu, Kakamega, Nakuru and Trans-nzoia.

China: Sichuan and Yunnan provinces and other parts of the country.

Black tea is produced by many other countries including Thailand, Vietnam, South America and etc however the major production of black tea comes from India, Sri Lanka, China and Kenya hitting almost 76% of total tea production globally.

Most Popular black teas in India

Spring and summer flush hits the best prices every year due to richness in all its properties where spring flush teas are lighter in color but highly aromatic and delicious, however is your are a strong black tea lover then summer flush is the best choice and these are darker in color and make the strong brew specially Assam black teas with golden tips that offers malty flavorful liquor.

How to brew black teas

Different regions have different ways of brewing black tea in terms of water quantity and loose leaf black tea;

1. Boil water up to 80 degree to 90 degree Celsius.
2. Use 2.5 to 3 grams of loose black tea in the pot and make sure the pot is rinsed by the hot water to raise its temperature then the room temperature which may not affect the ideal steeping conditions.
3. Pour the hot water (step1) into the pot with the tea (step2) and wait for 2.5 to 3 minutes ideally. This can vary as per your preference.
4. Strain into the cup and enjoy the delicious black tea.