‘Tis the season to be jolly… with festive cheer, mouth-watering food and drink and Christmas carols a-plenty. However, endless Christmas present wrapping, festive cooking and visiting friends and family in December can leave us all a little frazzled! Grab a moment for some ‘r&r’ during the festive madness and sit back with a quality cup of tea courtesy of Newby. With its wide selection of award-winning tea bags and loose-leaf teas in beautifully presented caddies and cartons, Newby has a tea for every occasion and individuals’ palate. Here’s just a small taster…
Kick-start the holiday season with a festively infused tea to bring out your Christmassy side, with Newby’s Cranberry tea. With an unusually clean and refreshing flavour and the added health benefits of anti-oxidants, cranberries will help rev up your immune system during the hectic Christmas season and help keep you feeling full of energy. Newby’s Cranberry tea has all the juicy flavour of cranberry, blended perfectly with Newby’s full-bodied black tea.
Enjoy a cup of premium loose leaf tea with a slice of Christmas cake after the carol service, courtesy of Newby’s Imperial range. With guests stopping by during the festive season or for that 5 minutes of afternoon escapism from all the wrapping, pick a tea that truly embodies class and premium quality, to take you away from it all. Newby’s Imperial Jasmine, a Great Taste Award Gold winner, contains hand-rolled “pearls” of jasmine tea from South China to deliver a delicate cup with a distinct jasmine fragrance and floral aftertaste.
Let’s not forget the British favourites, which no home would be without at Christmas: English Breakfast tea and Darjeeling. Two of the most popular black teas and Newby’s are no exception, both recognised at this year’s Great Taste Awards with 2 Star Gold awards. With a delightful blend of black teas from Assam, Ceylon and Kenya, Newby’s English Breakfast has a bright amber cup, with a full, rich body, making it an excellent choice for the first cup of the day on Christmas morning. Newby’s Darjeeling perfectly exhibits the delicate muscatel fragrance for which Darjeeling is renowned and what better time than Christmas to treat your guests and yourself to the “champagne of teas”?
Lashings of egg nog, Christmas pudding with brandy butter and all those Christmas trimmings can leave us feeling just like the turkey - stuffed. Newby’s Peppermint tisane is the perfect after dinner choice, for when you’ve overindulged. Reputed to have cleansing and digestive properties, Newby’s Peppermint has a cool, clear mint flavour with a refreshingly clean aftertaste – definitely one to choose after Christmas day dinner!
Available as loose leaf tea, packed in foil in distinctive metal caddies priced from £5.45 for 125g (RRP) and in cartons priced from £3.80 for 100g (RRP). Also available as tea bags in cartons of 25 tea bags, all sealed individually for freshness, priced from £2.90.
Available at Selfridges for Christmas, Newby’s luxurious “Speciality Tea Collection”, contains a total of 36 tea bags from 6 different varieties including black tea, green tea and herbal infusions. Presented in a stylish wooden display box and priced RRP £39.00 it will make the perfect gift for tea lovers.
Newby is available exclusively at Selfridges (selected teas), selected delicatessens or by mail order from Newby Teas (U.K.) Ltd (Tel 020 7251 8939) or for more information please visit www.newbyteas.com.
Newby is a London based tea company founded by a family with three generations of experience within the tea industry.
The selection of superior quality tea is an exacting task and an art; one that Newby believes the company excels in. Variations in climate, soil, plucking and processing make every tea unique. Buying only at the prime season, Newby’s tasters evaluate thousands of cups to find those few, which stand out in every aspect to exceed the expectations of even the most discerning tea drinker: excellent leaf appearance, fragrance in the infusion, brightness in the cup and liquor with body and flavour.
Newby’s wide range consists of traditional black, green and flavoured teas (including English Breakfast, Green Sencha and Earl Grey), herbals and fruit infusions (including Peppermint, Chamomile and Rosehip & Hibiscus) and a selection of Rooibos infusions (including Rooibos & Saffron). In addition to the comprehensive selection of traditional teas & infusions, Newby offers intriguing and exotic blends such as Chocolate, Cinnamon and Cranberry flavoured black teas, as well as a growing selection of traditional Chinese green, black, oolong and white teas.
* Awarded three gold awards at 2007 Great Taste Awards.
* * Awarded nine gold awards at 2008 Great Taste Awards.
