We continue to add new teas for your enjoyment. We now have more than 30 teas available by the cup or by the ounce. For a complete list of our teas to purchase click here.
A few of the new teas this month
Jasmine Green Tea A sweet, aromatic Chinese Green Tea traditionally scented with Jasmine petals. The light, smooth brew has been enjoyed for centuries and continues to be a favorite.
Cherry Blossom A lively vivacious combination of very cherry, fruit flavors that is naturally caffeine free. Cherry Blossom is a mouthwatering, sweet brew that is perfect hot or iced.
Camellia Beauty Flowering Tea This is not just any flowering tea. Our Camellia Beauty boasts the actual blossoms of the tea plant, camellia sinensis.. Harvested in mid-October, the lovely tea flowers are carefully dried then hand sown together in the spring with freshly harvested green tea leaves. A simple, elegant green tea character is complimented by the brilliance of abundant blossoms as the magnificent tea bud opens before your eyes.
Amore Tea Blend of organic flower-scented white teas, wild roses, organic peppermint, and seasonally selected botanicals. Great for an after meal pick up or late night elixir used to refresh the mind and enhance the mood. One pot can make the night sweet and reminiscent.
Ridiculously Raspberry This refreshingly very berry brew is naturally caffeine free and terrific hot or iced. A delightful rooibos tea with raspberries and blackberry leaves.
Customers Favorites
Chocolate Monkey Chocolate, banana, rooibos and pink peppercorn blended together with apple bits to create an incredible dessert tea. Great hot or iced.
Velvet Tea Sweet enticing chocolate swimming in a deep velvety base of organic rooibos and refreshing mint leaves. The perfect answer to a dessert tea. The finish is smooth, complimented with a touch of vanilla.
New Tea Accessories
Ceremony Side Handle Teapot That comes with an infuser basket, PERFECT for brewing loose leaf teas too!
Gift Set Includes: 8 assorted flowering tea buds
Awakening Spirit - Golden Prosperity -
Lily Basket - Rising Sun
Enjoy the purity and beauty of natural glass and reap the visual benefits of tea. Complete with care and brewing instructions.
16oz double walled insulated glasses
For hot or cold drinks that are very similar to our 9oz tea glasses. These are hand blown, dishwasher and microwave safe unique glasses.
Unique Glass Tea Brewing Mug
Brew mug includes all natural glass infuser basket for brewing loose leaf teas and glass lid that doubles as a holder for the infuser basket when your tea is brewed and ready to drink.
This complete gift set comes with: 4 flowering tea buds:
Awakening Spirit - Golden Prosperity
Lily Basket - Rising Sun
Tea Trivia
Monkey Picked Tea and the Iron Goddess
Legend has it that monkeys were trained by monks to pick the choicest leaves from wild tea trees growing in the Wuyi Mountains of Fujian Province. This monkey-picked tea was presented as tribute to Emperor Qian Long in 1741 and, for many years, was enjoyed exclusively by the Imperial Court. (The Fragrant Leaf)
One story that has been told for many years is that of a village where monkeys pick tea. According to this legend, the villagers stand below the monkeys and taunt them. The monkeys, in turn, become angry, and grab handfuls of tea leaves and throw them at the villagers. There are products sold today that claim to be harvested in this manner, but no reliable commentators have observed this firsthand, and most doubt that it happened at all. (Weird Asia News)
Today, monkey-picked simply means the highest quality Tie Guan Yin tea available. Ti Kuan Yin is also known as the Iron Goddess Tea. Picked during the spring and fall from higher elevations than other Tie Guan Yin grades, the monkey-picked grade is entirely handmade by small family artisans with great care.
If you want some great tea or just a place to hang out and visit with friends, come to the Tea Gallery and find out why it's one of Danville's best places to enjoy your time.
Other Tea Accessories
We have added to our inventory some new products such as tea or coffee filters, tea strainers, 16oz and 8oz hand blowndouble walled glass cups, and other accessories.
Tea Tastings
Our tea tastings have been well received and we now have them every Saturday at 10am, 1pm, and 3pm. Our teas for each tasting are selected from our expanded inventory and even if you have already attended a tasting, you will find new teas each time you attend.
For your next tastings, join us as we explore:
White Teas
Silver Needle: The most sought after white tea. Young blooms and leaves picked in early spring
Peach Blossom: Premium white tea with peach essence
Green Teas
Emerald Lily: Old growth forest tea from Yunnan
Gunpowder: Young, tender green tea rolled into small spheres resembling gunpowder
Black Teas
Biodynamic Darjeeling: The champagne of teas, grown at altitudes above 4,000 feet in India
Assam Gold: Incredibly smooth malty tea with lots of character
Rooibos
Raspberry Nectar: Sweet and refreshing, hot or cold. Rooibos, raspberry, and lemongrass
Vanilla Berry Truffle: Chocolate blossoms, black currants, hibiscus, and rooibos
As a special offer to our news letter subscribers we are offering a free cup of tea (except the blooming teas). Just mention this news letter for your free cup. We are also offering 10% off any purchase of loose leaf teas! Be sure to stop in and explore our new teas.
