Thousand Hills Green (Rwanda)

2 oz. (25 cups) or 8 oz. (100 cups) (Formerly Rukeri Green) Thousand Hills Green is a Rwandan steamed green tea, lovely to smell with a taste mildly astringent, but smooth. Grown in the Rukeri Valley at an elevation between 5,500 and 6,500 feet, the leaf is hand-picked and harvested only in the mornings. This green tea is rolled in traditional tea rollers using specially selected and seasoned timber tables and battens. Rwanda is known as the Land of a Thousand Hills, and that's where this tea gets its name.Brewing instructionsAmount: 1 teaspoon of loose tea per cup of waterTemperature: 175 ̊ (When small bubbles appear at the bottom of the pot)Steep time: 2 – 3 minutes About Our Rwandan TeaRwanda produces only one percent of the world’s tea, but its fertile volcanic soil and temperate climate make it some of the finest. Rwanda’s economy suffered a great deal during the country’s civil conflict in the 1990s, but tea has played a major role in its recovery.Our Rwandan teas are grown in th