Café du Jour fresh total tea package

The package consists of eight bags of fresh loose leaf tea of 100 grams each, deliberately chosen from different tea families.

The description of this package lists among others Earl Grey (black tea), Pure Rooibos, Oosterse Sinaasappel (green tea with orange), Jasmijn, Forest Fruit, Silenceuse and Oolong. That way you taste the difference between black, green, oolong, rooibos and fruit tea all at once.

That differs per type. The black, green and oolong teas in this package come from the tea plant and therefore contain caffeine, also known as theine.

The Pure Rooibos is naturally caffeine free and so is perfectly fine for the evening. If in doubt, always take a quick look at the packaging of the type concerned.

We work with about 2 grams of loose leaf tea per cup. A 100 gram bag therefore gives you around 50 cups.

Because this is loose leaf tea, you need a tea strainer, a tea filter bag or a teapot with a built in strainer. Give the leaves enough room in there to open up, so the flavour is released better.

For green tea, such as the Oosterse Sinaasappel, we recommend water of around 80 degrees and a steeping time of 2 to 3 minutes. Boiling water quickly makes green tea bitter.

Black tea such as Earl Grey and the rooibos can take hotter water and a longer steeping time. If a brewing recommendation is printed on the packaging of a particular tea, follow that.

Store the tea dry, dark and well sealed, at room temperature. Light, moisture and air are the biggest enemies of aroma.

Also do not put the tea next to strong smelling products, because tea leaves easily take on smells. A closed storage tin in a kitchen cupboard works best.