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Kirimara Sunrise Black Tea
Kirimara Sunrise Black Tea
Kirimara Sunrise Black Tea

Kirimara Sunrise

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From The Central Highlands, Kenya

Rich with golden tips, this limited edition black tea offers characteristic Imenti quality. We love its rich malty depths and exotic floral finish that transport you to the lush slopes of Mount Kenya.

TEA TYPE

Black Tea

Season

All year round

Taste Profile

Rich and malty with exotic floral hints

Origin

Kenya, Africa

Food Pairing

Full English breakfast, omelettes, baklava

Picked by hand

Multi award winning

Obal 2021 award x 2
World Packaging awards 2021

Kirimara Sunrise, Kenya

While many of the world's tea regions are beautiful places, Kenya's Central Highlands really is something special. To walk through its hillside tea gardens early in the morning, the sun rising on the distant horizon… well, words can't do it justice really. Thankfully, you can transport yourself there any time with this stunning tea from the Imenti Tea Factory. Maroon in colour, with rich biscuit and malt notes, the tea finishes with an exotically smoky complexity that is so evocative of its terroir.

Imenti sources its tea leaves from over 1200 hectares of gardens in the lowlands of Mount Kenya (known as Kirimara by the local Ameru people). At 2000 metres above sea level, the tea bushes thrive on the region's red volcanic soil. To create shade and retain humidity so the tea leaves are of the highest quality, the smallholder tea farmers plant grevillea and avocado trees among the bushes. Most tea produced by Imenti is CTC, but we were lucky to source this top quality whole leaf Flowery Broken Orange Pekoe Special. We prefer it with milk, but brewed gently it's equally delicious by itself.

  • LEAF APPEARANCE:

    Even twisted whole leaves with golden tips
  • AROMA:

    Freshly baked sweet biscuits and malts
  • LIQUOR:

    Coppery-maroon
  • TASTE:

    Full-bodied and malty with an exotic smoky flourish

THE ART OF PREPARATION

KIRIMARA SUNRISE BLACK TEA

  • 2 TPS

  • 100ºC

  • 3-5 MINS

  • ONE STEEP

This is our recommended brewing guide, but by all means adjust to your own taste.

  1. Warm your teapot and cups with boiling water.
  2. Discard the water and add two level teaspoons of tea to your pot.
  3. Add 250ml / 9oz water (i.e. one teacup or small mug) at 100°C / 212°F.
  4. Place the lid on the pot and steep for three-to-five minutes. Stir, then strain the tea into your cup.
  5. Serve with a splash of milk, if desired.
Makes one cup. For more, add an extra teaspoon per person and multiply the amount of water accordingly.
Always use freshly-drawn and, where possible, filtered water.

Customer Reviews

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Praveen P
Rich and energizing cup

Really enjoyed the depth and richness of this tea, and the fact that I felt more energized rather than sluggish to start my day was a vvery nice addition.

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Nicole McKinney
Floral and sweet

A rich malty black, well within my typical favorites, but with a few features that really make it stand out. For one thing, it's light bodied, but rich. Floral and sweet- which intensified as it cooled. The sense of delicacy and refinement was most notable.

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Nicole McKinney
Floral and sweet

A rich malty black, well within my typical favorites, but with a few features that really make it stand out. For one thing, it's light bodied, but rich. Floral and sweet- which intensified as it cooled. The sense of delicacy and refinement was most notable.

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Sophie Rushton-Smith
Delightful and distinct

The Galerie Du Thé teas arrived beautifully packaged. I tasted the Kirimara Sunrise, a golden tipped black tea which was delightful and had a distinct, clean flavour and beautiful pale caramel colour. A delightful tea indeed.

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Georgia Levy
It is perfect for both morning and afternoon drinking.

The Kirimara Sunrise is very rich, malty and deep. It is perfect for both morning and afternoon drinking. The Galerie du Thé tea arrived in very beautiful packaging.