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Ceylon Golden Tips

ST.CLAIR’S Ceylon Golden Tips is a very rare exclusive tea made from carefully handpicked premium silver haired buds of a special tea cultivar. The specially selected silver tips are withered under natural air and then passed through a moderate heat generated by firewood heaters to become Golden Tips.

The neat and long golden tips known as golden needles dazzle with savory aroma gives a sweet, smooth and flowery bouquet with luxurious indulgence.

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Extra Special Tea

ST. CLAIR’S Finest Extra Special tea is the finest produce from New Vithanakande Tea Factory located at the proximity of the world famous Sinharaja Rain Forest, a declared world heritage site. The purest water springs and purified air systems contribute to the unique characteristics of New Vithanakande Teas handpicked by the small holder tea growers.

New Vithanakande Flowery Broken Orange Pekoe Fannings Extra Special (FBOPFEXSP) is a specialty because of its unique honey, caramel boutique and its limited production which is only two percent of the total production. Unbroken, dark long leaf, well-rolled with buds coloured between gold and silver, brew to a mahogany colour, very limpid cup with a hint of acidity.

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Black Roses Hand Rolled Tea

ST. CLAIR’S Black Roses is hand rolled tea is a wonderful creation through the finger tips of dedicated female workers of a world renowned tea factory in the Sabaragamuwa Region of Sri Lanka coming from the small holder grower families in the surrounding area.

Long, tender, naturally withered, individual tea leaves are meticulously hand rolled and tightened to form a shape of rose and then passes through the drying process. Due to its nature of meticulous process, delicate handling and very limited quantity, the product is highly priced.

When poured with hot water, the tightened roses are slowly uncurled and whole tea leaves are brewed to pale yellow colour, delicate and soothing liquor with a honey caramel hint.

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Uda Pussellawa PEKOE

This region is between Kandy and Uva, on the eastern slopes of the hill country. Though small and thinly-populated it is almost entirely dedicated to tea cultivation. Due to its location, Uda Pussellawa enjoys climatic conditions very different from those of the western regions. Receiving the bulk of its weather from the northeast monsoon system between November and January, the climate is mostly wet and misty. It also enjoys some ‘blow-over’ from the southwest monsoon between June and September, so with two ‘quality seasons’, Uda Pussellawa at a somewhat lower elevation of 950m – 1,600m (3,000 – 5,000ft) produces tea which is darker in the cup, with a pinkish hue and a hint of greater strength. So the eastern quality season produces the best teas of the year. The dry, cold conditions during the latter period, adds a hint of rose to the bouquet of tea known for its medium body and subtle character.

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Dimbula BOPSP

Between the two high plateau of NuwaraEliya and Horton Plains lies the tea-growing district of Dimbula, the name derived from the valley which lies at the heart of the region. It is also part of the true Mayarata, or land of illusions, attributed to being the haunt of demons and evil spirits where few ventured to. With an elevation of only 1,250m (400ft), it is still specified as ‘high grown’. The teas of the district were found to produce a distinctive flavor, prized by tea-lovers to this day. Dimbula yields the best teas during the ‘quality season’ of March to early April when the air is cool and crisp by day and cold and windy at night. The character of Dimbula teas is a fine golden-orange hue in the cup with a distinctive freshness that leaves a clean feeling in the mouth.

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Sabaragamuwa BOP 1

Sri Lanka’s biggest tea-growing region has increased in importance since the expansion of markets for Ceylon tea to the Middle East and the former Soviet Union. The teas are mainly low-grown with elevation ranging from sea level to around 800m (2,500ft). The Sabaragamuwa tea-growing district covers most of the western and southwestern faces of the central mountains of Sri Lanka. The tea shows a little more variation in character compared with the other low-grown tea of Ruhuna. It is a dark yellow-brown with a reddish tint in the dry season. The ‘nose’ or aroma is noticeably different from ruhuna with a hint of sweet caramel and not quite as strong. This is due to the reduced exposure to the monsoon.

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Lovers Leap PEKOE

ST. CLAIR’S Single Garden Tea Collection brings you the finest teas from Nuwara-Eliya Region, LOVERS LEAP PEKOE, a cup of tea born with the underlying spirit of true love.

Lovers Leap is a selling mark of Pedro Estate, Nuwara-Eliya situated at an elevation of 5,700 feet above the sea level. It is a story of true lovers embraced for one last time, held hands and jumped off the mountain of Pidurutalagala. History does not record their names, but since that fateful escapade, the waterfall nearby, is called Lover's Leap. Pedro Estate tea factory is a brief walk away from the waterfall.

Pedro Estate enjoys its peak quality in February – March characterized by astringent, lively and delightful flavor. Induced by the regional characteristic of delicately fragrant cup of tea, infused leaf of LOVERS LEAP PEKOE acquires a greenish-yellow tone with a liquor of subtle golden hue being the palest among all the regional varieties of Ceylon Tea.

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Hindagala BOP

ST. CLAIR’S Single Garden Tea Collection offers you an excellent cup of garden fresh tea from our own plantations in UVA Region, HINDAGALA FBOP.

This estate was initially known as HINDUKOLLAI (meaning Hindu Colony) and subsequently named as HINDAGALA by a school master in 1895. The Estate is uniquely and picturesquely located in the agro climatic district of Namunukula in the Uva region and was originally planted in 1878 with Chinese old seedling teas by the European Planters. Hindagala Estate has a division called Kaloogalla, where the tea lovers can enjoy the beautiful view of sunrise and the breathtaking view from East coastal line to South Coastal line of Sri Lanka.

The estate being uniquely located in the Uva region at an elevation of over 4,500 feet above mean sea level, its exotically aromatic characteristics with mellow, smooth taste prevail in the cup of HINDAGALA FBOP tea. During the most famed Uva Quality season from July to September, the desiccated monsoon winds, hot days and cold nights bring about chemical changes result in tea of a pungent, slightly mentholated character.

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Laxapana BOPSP

ST. CLAIR’S Single Garden Tea Collection offers you an excellent cup of garden fresh tea from our own plantations in Dimbula Region, LAXAPANA BOPSP.

Laxapana estate, picturesquely located in Maskeliya at an elevation of 4,100 ft (1,260m) above mean sea level, overlooking the Mousakellie Reservoir in the Western High grown sector of Central highlands is a gateway to the world famous sacred mountain, Adam’s Peak. The estate is surrounded by several beautiful waterfalls cascade from the Peak wilderness and highly rich with an extraordinary range of Flora and Fauna, including several endangered species.

The unique art of fine plucking of lush green tea leaves and seedling tea which are over 100 years old comprising more than 100 varieties of China Jat originating from China and Broader Leaf Assamica originating from Assam, India contributes to the unique characteristics of LAXAPANA BOP Special Tea inherited with the Dimbula character producing a fine golden-orange hue in the cup, with a distinctive freshness to the flavour that leaves a clean feeling in the mouth after the tea is drunk.