English Tealeaves sells over 125 high quality teas that are
"cherry picked" from over 15 suppliers who specialize in specific
types and countries. This gives us the flexibility to find the best of the
best. We also blend around 8 teas ourselves that can't be obtained to our
standards. For example our #1 selling tea, English Breakfast is our own blend
that we created in 2002.
Our Cafe customers give feedback and we discontinue the ones
that get poor ratings. We also look to improve our teas and will replace a
standard tea, like say Mango, with a higher quality blend from another
supplier.
The teas are selected after evaluation in these seven areas
and then the scores are weighted to decide if they qualify for inclusion in our
range:
Dry leaf
appearance
Dry leaf aroma
Brewed infusion
color
Aroma brewed
Hot taste
Iced taste
After taste
We also have at least 3 tasters and then compare notes and
vote.