Love your teapot with Lawn Collection loose tea

Making a pot of tea, as opposed to popping a teabag into a cup, is more of a ritualistic process. It takes time and a little more care to extract the best flavour.
It is one of the reasons we like to use a glass teapot so we can see the water change colour as the tea swirls around.

Assam Spice – Classic Chai

The tea leaves themselves are dark, almost black but they are brightened by flecks of the lighter coloured spices. Pieces of crushed cinnamon and dried ginger are clearly visible along with bright punctuations of pink peppercorns.

Its smell is wonderfully spicy and fragrant, reminiscent of all things Christmas but this is a tea with distinctive Indian roots. The combination of ginger, cinnamon, cardamom and pink peppercorns is warming and comforting.

Traditionally, spiced chai is made as a milky heavy drink but we also tried it brewed with just water and a splash of milk. Both ways it is truly delicious and smooth in flavour with the Assam black tea having a little zesty note.

Spicing is just right with the cinnamon to the fore with its slightly numbing quality closely followed by tongue tingling ginger.
It’s a tea that gives you a hug.

Rose Garden – Fruit Tea

Now this is a tea that has everything in the looks department. Replete with rose buds and petals it bursts with the very essence of an English summer.

The aroma is glorious and softly perfumed and as soon as water is poured over the tea it exudes swirls of a deep rosy red hue.

Hibiscus, lemongrass and orange flowers complete the symphony providing a mixture of tangy, zesty and fragrant flavours.

Although this Rose Garden created divided opinions with our taste testers it is good if you like fragrant fruit teas. Maybe it’s not everyone’s cup of tea.

Whilst delicious when drunk warm it would be good to chill for a summer fruit cup or add a splash of gin or vodka for an interesting cocktail.
The Lawn Tea Collection suggests making it into syrup to add to champagne or sparkling wine.