Royal Purple, Kenyan Steamed Purple Tea

Purple Tea is produced from a very newly developed cultivar of Camellia sinensis that was developed with extra high levels of anthocyanins, which are special antioxidants often attributed with excellent health benefits to humans. Anthocyananins are also responsible for the red, purple and blue in many edible plants, and in this case produces the distinctive reddish-purple of the leaves on the bush. Aside from the impact on health that tea drinkers might expect Purple Tea to provide, it’s quite an interesting new tea from a taste perspective. The tea has flavors and atringencies similar to both black teas and green teas. It’s a fascinating new tea that we suggest experimenting with to find what temperature and steeping time brews it into something that suits your palate. Ingredients: Artisan purple tea Origin: Southern slopes of Mount Kenya, between the Rundu and Mukengeria rivers.