Our high-quality Ceylon Breakfast Black Tea made by Tea Master Perirs makes a brisk, copper-coloured brew with subtle spicy notes, a rich mouthfeel and a warm caramel aroma – and provides a full-bodied but lighter alternative to our popular English Breakfast blend. It is available as loose tea leaves, sadly not our Triune tea bag format.
The distinctive character of this BOPF (Broken Orange Pekoe Fannings) black loose leaf tea is due to its small dark brown leaves, which are grown in the acclaimed Ratnapura district of south-central Sri Lanka. Harvested in a low-elevation tea garden 130m above sea level, the leaves are small and dark gold when dried, delivering the beautiful caramel aroma and brisk flavour that are hallmarks of teas from Ratnapura.
Ratnapura receives more than 2,500mm of rainfall each year, which helps to ensure lush green buds every season and adds to the bold character of teas grown here, including our Ceylon Breakfast Black Tea blend.
Made to orthodox production methods at Nawalakanda tea factory, this breakfast tea has a more robust flavour than some of the higher elevation Sri Lankan styles you might try (such as our Orthodox Ceylon Nuwara Eliya tea), but if you're after an authentic Ceylon brew, this is it.