Namastea Black (225g Bag)
Description:
- Premium single-estate Broken Orange Pekoe fannings
- Bag material made from rice paper
- Air tight re-sealable lined bag for maintaining freshness
- Loaded with protective antioxidant polyphenols
- Ethically grown, produced, and traded
- Optimal-size leaf cut which makes the perfect cup of chai
We are proud to introduce one of the finest teas available - Namastea™. All tea varieties originate from the same plant – camellia sinensis. What makes various types of tea differ are three major factors: where the tea is grown, what time of the year the tea was collected, and how the tea leaf is processed after being harvested.
Namastea™ Black Tea is a Single-Estate Tea grown in southern India in the Nilgiri, or Blue Mountains, where our award-winning grower has been cultivating and growing this product for over 125 years. Unlike blended tea, Single-Estate Tea originates from one tea plantation highly regarded for its impeccable quality and is never blended or “cut” with less expensive or lower grade tea. Our grower is a ‘Grade A’ member of the Ethical Tea Partnership and provides free medical services to all of their employees and has three elementary schools on their estates that provide nutritional meals for the children attending school during the day.
Namastea™ is grown using environmentally friendly and sustainable practices:
- Without using chemical pesticides, fungicides, and synthetic fertilizers
- Natural earth friendly pest control
- Natural rainwater, soil, and conservation measures
- Adhering to the highest international standards for growing premium quality tea
Namastea™ is regularly subjected to rigorous professional tea tasting to ensure a high standard of quality assurance. All tea is graded by the quality and size of the leaf and ‘fannings’ are more concentrated due to the smaller particle size which tend to yield a more robust cup of tea. Regionally speaking, tea grown in the Nilgiri Mountains is brisk and bold with a medium body which is why NamasTea™ makes such a perfect cup of chai.
Black tea is recognized for its rich concentration in antioxidant polyphenols such as EGC, EGCG, and other flavonols which have been researched and scrutinized scientifically and demonstrated that black tea may protect against certain types of heart disease while having a favorable influence on blood lipid levels. There is a great deal of research available that strongly suggests that these compounds are helpful in supporting the body’s immune function in preventing cancer although the exact mechanism is still unclear and more clinical investigation is needed.*
For a free chai recipe go to namastea.com.
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
