Organic English Breakfast

Two estates, one cup. The tea the rest of the day is measured against.

English Breakfast is not a place, it's a proportion. Ours is built from two teas that do quite different jobs. Assam from the Dejoo Estate brings the malt and the muscle — grown in the Brahmaputra valley heat, it is the reason the cup can take milk without disappearing. Ceylon from the Kenilworth Estate, grown high and cool in Sri Lanka, brings the brightness back, lifting the Assam with a clean citrus edge so the tea finishes rather than sits.

Both estates were chosen as much for how they operate as for how they taste. Dejoo has spent decades protecting the forest and waterways inside its own gardens, and invests properly in housing, schooling and medical care for the families who work there. Kenilworth is prized for consistency — the same high grade, harvest after harvest.

Full-bodied, malty and brisk, with high tannin and a rich amber liquor. Made for milk and, if you take it, sugar. Certified organic.