Miscellaneous Blend

Half-litre pot at home, made from an enchanting blend of green honeybush and rooibos leaves as well as pieces of apple, liquorice root, kiwi, strawberries, elderflower and rose petals - it is hard to fathom how all of this can fit into a meaningful combination, but it certainly does emit a lovely scent. Pours clear rob...

Half-litre pot at home, made from a blend consisting of leaves of mostly yellow and some green tea, Japanese cherry blossom, sunflower petals, jasmine and pieces of dried peach - a very aromatic mixture. Pours clear straw with no sediment. Clear aroma of peach, with notes of tea leaves and mild touches of jasmine. Bitt...

Half-litre pot at home, made from very fine leaves of Assam and Chinese black tea mixed with petals of marigold, mallow and rose. Pours clear copper brown (against white china) with no sediment. Clear aroma of Assam tea leaves, with notes of rose and touches of marigold. Bitter flavour of black tea, with floral and fru...

Cup at home, made from a mixture of (relatively few) black tea leaves and pieces of figs, raisins, caramelised dragon fruit, lemongrass, apple, cactus flower and rose petals. Pours slightly hazy amber with s little sediment (I brewed it in a cup sieve). Clear aroma of citrus, raisins, and lemongrass, with a mild touch ...

Half-litre pot at home, made from white and green tea leaves mixed with a miscellany of other ingredients, mostly fruit (caramelised or dried), spice (e.g. cinnamon) and cocoa. Pours clear pale straw with no sediment. Intense aroma (on the lid of the teapot being lifted, it fills the whole room) of various fruits (pine...