The BVT Flight Box

An exploration of our newest tea offerings and blends.

Buena Vida Tea Jasmine Silver Needle comes from China’s Fujian province – known worldwide as one of the finest and most prestigious tea regions. Trees were discovered in the late 1800s in Fujian that produced downy tea buds with a unique silver color, perfectly suited for the manufacture of white teas. These tender buds – the highest grade of tea – are hand plucked, withered and layered on top of jasmine blossoms, thereby infusing the tea with the fragrance of the flower. This delicately aromatic tea has notes of jasmine, honey, wicker and grass with a light and crisp character filled with floral and citrus notes.

In many cultures tea has become an intricate part of every gathering, every celebration, every event. In Persia, the tea tradition dates back over five hundred years. Buena Vida Tea Persian Delight brings together a fine premium black tea blended with spices that give it a uniquely west Asian flavor – ginger, cloves, safflower, and rose petals. This is a tea to enjoy when relaxing with family and friends, or when you need a beautiful cup of tea to escape from an otherwise hectic day.

Buena Vida Tea Tie Kuan Yin is a variety of Chinese oolong tea that originated during the Qing dynasty in the 19th century in Anxi Fujian province. Known as “monkey-picked” oolong – this refers to the difficult to reach places where these indigenous tea bushes flourish. Tie Kuan Yin is very lightly oxidized and processed from the leaves of two extraordinarily fragrant cultivars that produce intensely flavored teas.
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