#316 Dr. Hastings Whim
Shire Highlands, Malawi
Highly Commended at The Leafies 2022 by the UK Tea Academy
A superb oolong from the award-winning Satemwa Tea Estates in the Shire Highlands region of Malawi. Produced using artisan methods, #316 Dr. Hastings Whim is rich, sweet and full-bodied – with gorgeous notes of cooked fruit and malt. The tea is named after Dr. Hastings Nyienda, the brilliant botanist working at the Tea Research Institute of Malawi who developed the cultivar from which these leaves are grown.
Ingredients: Oolong tea (Camellia sinensis)
£14.50
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infusion
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4g
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250ml
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3 mins
step 1: leaves
For one cup, measure out 4 grams into your teapot or brew mug.
step 2: water
Heat 250ml of water to 90°C.
step 3: time
Pour the hot water over the leaves and steep for 2-3 minutes. Strain and drink.
flavour
This outstanding oolong is made from two hand-plucked leaves and a bud. The leaves are then withered slowly in the sun – and rolled, rested, heated and rolled again. Once dried, they sorted by hand to ensure the very highest quality tea. The result is an outstanding oolong-style tea, which yields surprising and delicious notes of malt and cooked fruit.
origin
Satemwa Tea Estates was founded in 1923, and is the last family-owned and run tea estate in Malawi. About 20 years ago, Alexander Kay, a third generation tea farmer, started reviving the production of artisan teas in Malawi. Since then, they have produced some exceptional and award-winning single estate teas – and put Malawi on the map as a centre for craftsmanship and speciality, non-traditional teas.
Workers picking tea leaves on one of the Satemwa Tea Estates' gardens
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