Ceylon Nuwara Eliya
· Nuwara Eliya Ceylon
Black
A Scottish planter named James Taylor put the first tea on a Ceylon hillside in 1867. Two years later a fungus destroyed the island's coffee crop, and within a decade the whole country had turned to tea because there was nothing else left to grow.
Nuwara Eliya sits highest of all the Ceylon districts, close to two thousand metres. The cold slows everything down and thins the leaf until it is almost pale.
Most Ceylon tea is grown for strength. This one is not. It is light in body and not light in taste, citrus and flowers with a cool edge close to mint.
- citrus
- floral
- mint
- Origin
- Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka
- Water
- 90°C / 194°F
- Ratio
- 4 g / 100 ml
- Caffeine
- Medium
- Rinse
- Not needed
Ceylon high-grown district ('Champagne of Ceylon')
How much leaf
Gong fu brewing is leaf-heavy and short. Set your gaiwan or pot size and this is what to weigh out.
Vessel volume
100 ml
Recommended dose
Use ~4.0g of tea
The session
6 infusions, about 2m 20s of total contact time.
- Steep 110sA pale brightness, barely there.
- Steep 215sA bright thread, faint and cool.
- Steep 320sCitrus lifts, clear and high.
- Steep 425sFlowers open over the citrus.
- Steep 530sA minty herbal edge sharpens.
- Steep 640sThe brightness settles, pale and clean.
Also sold as
Nuwara Eliya, High Grown Ceylon
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