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Lover's Leap Ceylon Loose-leaf black tea in 3 forms showing the brewing process. On the left the dry leaf, in the middle the wet leaf and to the right a teacup of brewed liquid.
  • Lover's Leap Ceylon Loose-leaf black tea in 3 forms showing the brewing process. On the left the dry leaf, in the middle the wet leaf and to the right a teacup of brewed liquid.
  • A cup of black tea sits on a wooden table next to a copy of Vogue magazine and a bunch of flowers. There is a silver metal tin of loose-leaf tea from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
  • A silver metal tin with sliding lid and navy blue paper label. The description reads Lover's Leap Ceylon
  • 2 cups of brewed black tea sit on an embroidered tablecloth with a bird motif. There is a small metal tin of loose-leaf tea labelled Lover's Leap Ceylon in the bottom right of the image.
  • A close-up image of a single white teacup of brewed black tea on a white background.
  • A close-up of a white plate with a pile of loose-leaf black teas from Sri Lanka
  • A close up of a small white porcelain ramekin with brewed (wet) black tea leaves (loose-leaf)

Lover's Leap Ceylon

£2.75

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Lover's Leap is a refined single-origin Ceylon black tea from the central highlands of Sri Lanka. A staple of any black-tea drinker's cupboard, it is endlessly versatile: lovely on its own, equally good alongside food (sweet or savoury), and it even makes a fine iced tea.

Ceylon is the old name for Sri Lanka, and for many older generations in Britain it was simply what tea tasted like, often asked for as Orange Pekoe. Strictly speaking, Orange Pekoe (OP) is a leaf grade rather than a place or a flavour; it describes a whole, long, unbroken leaf rather than the smaller broken grades that fill most teabags. But it has long been shorthand for a good, classic Ceylon, and that is exactly what this is.

Curiously, Sri Lanka was once a coffee island. Coffee was the main crop until the 1870s, when a devastating rust fungus wiped it out and growers followed the "father of Sri Lankan tea" James Taylor, turning to tea instead. Thomas Lipton built his empire on it, selling it in his grocery shops under the slogan "direct from the tea garden to the teapot."

Lover's Leap is grown high in the cool, rugged central highlands. The altitude slows the bushes' growth, intensifying the flavours and building lovely flavour layers. Although it comes from the large-leaf Assamica variety (so it carries more strength than a Darjeeling), the slow highland growth makes it far more refined than an Assam: a bright, medium-bodied black tea with a gently flowery aroma and notes of citrus. A classic as it should taste.

A great all-rounder, enjoyed hot with or without milk. In summer, try it cold with a slice of peach or a squeeze of lemon.

Ingredients || Luxury Black Tea (OP Orthodox)

 

Warning, packed in an environment that contains nuts

Caffeine || Yes

 

Tasting Notes || Bright and floral with gentle citrus notes

 

Brewing Notes || 1 teaspoon per cup, 100ºC, brew for 3-7 minutes.

 

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Charlotte Nisbet
My new favourite Ceylon

A bright cup of really great tea. I’m noticing my tin emptying much faster than all my other teas, so think the rest of the household agrees with me.

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Susan Coyle
Great Wkeup

This tea is quickly becoming my morning go-to tea!

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emily stewart
Lovely lovers leap!

We all really enjoyed this coffee. Thank you!

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Ian McDonald
Lover's Leap Ceylon Tea

This was my first experience of single estate Ceylon tea. It is light and refreshing like Darjeeling but has a little more body, like an Assam. Great stuff!

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Martin Paterson
Very good, deffo would bang

I like to bathe in asses milk, delicately flavoured with lovers leap while my minions fan me with live ostriches

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