"We are an independent company and source direct from small farms and estates in India and Sri Lanka - getting to know those who grow, produce and trade the tea Understanding and appreciating their knowledge and skills, as well as the challenges, of creating excellent tea is an essential part of the Bristol Tea Company’s journey."

James Gillam

Darjeeling First Flush, Makaibari Estate

The tea growing season begins in early spring once the first rains arrive. This organic First Flush is from this initial short season. The leaves are dark and green producing a light copper cup with fresh, delicate flavours and mild astringency.

Darjeeling Second Flush, Makaibari Estate

These leaves are picked in late spring, early summer. One reason Darjeeling teas are described as the ‘champagne of teas’ is because of their fantastic muscatel flavours and these are more prominent in the second flush. More full bodied than the First Flush but still soft and aromatic this organic Second Flush produces a vivid coppery cup.

Bristol Breakfast – Assam

Our organic Bristol Breakfast is the perfect way to start the day for those who enjoy a full and invigorating brew. This is a single estate black tea from Belseri located on the northern bank of the River Braphmaputra, in the Sonitpur district of central Assam.

Kanoka Assam

Situated in the Sonitpur district of central Assam, north of the River Brahmaputra the family run Kanoka Estate grows a mixed crop with just 8 acres turned over to tea. This beautiful handcrafted tea, rolled and twisted, with plenty of tippy golden leaves creates a smooth, malty Assam with slight sweetness.

Assam, Jamguri Estate

This is a broken leaf (GBOP) black tea from the Jamguri Estate in central Assam; one of the very few estates in Assam that offer an organic and Fairtrade certified tea. With a scattering of golden tips it produces a wonderfully robust and malty flavour.

Brunel’s Brew

To mark the Victorian engineer and his Bristol legacy we have given Isambard Kingdom Brunel his own tea. Brunel’s Brew is a rich, full bodied blend of black teas from Assam and Sumatra.

English Breakfast, Greenfield Estate

This high grown black tea is a smooth, medium bodied tea that is full of flavour. The leaves create a bright cup with a beautiful honeyed character. Enjoyed with or without milk.

Earl Grey, Greenfield Estate

This organic black tea from Sri Lanka is scented with Bergamot to create a refreshing and lightly fragrant Earl Grey. Using the finest whole leaf Ceylon tea as its base this Earl Grey draws out the citrus, fruity flavours of the Bergamot. It has a wonderfully bright, copper colour when infused.

Totterdown Tea – Ceylon BOP

This black tea is a Ceylon Broken Orange Pekoe from the Greenfield Estate and infuses deeply to create a full, rich character.

Ceylon Orange Pekoe, Greenfield Estate

Rukeri Rwanda

Rukeri in north west Rwanda is one of the only tea estates in Africa to offer an orthodox whole leaf tea and the first in Rwanda to cultivate organically. These long, wiry leaves create a beautiful copper orange liquor, producing a delicious black tea that is full flavoured with a hint of spiciness.

Lapsang Souchong

This organic black tea is from the Fujian Province of China, where Lapsang Souchong originated. Using the traditional method of smoking the tea using pinewood this is a rich and characteristically smoky flavour.