Loose Leaf

The region of each tea offers distinct notes: Kenyan leaves have a golden hue, Assam adds maltiness, Rwandan tea makes it rich and smooth and Yunnan Chinese tea gives a dark cocoa flavour. It delivers full-bodied tea with a bright, satisfying flavour to delight traditionalists and ensure that once enjoyed, you won’t go back to ordinary English Breakfast.For the ideal cup of Canton English Breakfast, steep 4g of loose leaf in 250ml of 95°C water for four minutes if you’re taking it with milk, and two minutes if you’re taking it black.The assam adds a maltiness and the Rwandan tea makes the blend rich and smooth. Kenyan leaves have depth to them while yunnan Chinese black tea weaves in a really unique dark cocoa flavour and all these elements come together beautifully with hints of malt and fig too.

A satisfying English Breakfast, without the caffeine kick. Uva is Sri Lanka’s most remote province and the high mountain climate gives this tea a rich, bold, full-bodied character. This is the ideal tea to undergo the decaffeination process as it still retains a great flavour.For the ideal cup of Canton Decaffeinated English Breakfast, steep 4g of loose leaf in 250ml of 95°C water for four minutes if you’re taking it with milk, and two minutes if you’re taking it black.A good full-bodied flavour with slightly oaky notes and gentle toffee undertones.

This blend has a multi-dimensional taste that delivers depth of flavour and a refreshing, cooling mint sensation. Peppermint and spearmint from the fertile Nile valley and lemon balm – mint with a citrus hint – are selected for ideal flavour balance and then dried carefully to retain their essential oils. As this infusion is naturally caffeine-free, it’s perfect at any time of day, especially after a meal.For the ideal cup of Canton Triple Mint, steep 2g of loose leaf in 250ml of 95°C water for four minutes.This Triple Mint has a multi-dimensional taste that delivers great depth of flavour and a refreshing, cooling mint sensation. Peppermint and spearmint are blended with lemon balm – a mint with a citrus hint.

This is a cut above others because we choose premium teas to carry authentic cold-pressed Calabrian bergamot oil. The difference is clear, first when you smell the aromatic citrus notes, then when you taste the liquor that holds the bergamot flavour and lingers with tantalising softness on the tongue. Try it light and black, or brew it longer and stronger, adding a drop of milk.For the ideal cup of Canton Earl Grey, steep 4g of loose leaf in 250ml of 95°C water for four minutes if you’re taking it with milk. If you’re taking it black, use 3g of loose leaf and only steep it for two minutes.The smooth, bright liquor of this tea is rich with citrus of the bergamot that lingers with tantalising velvety softness on the tongue.

This entirely natural fruit blend is packed with antioxidant-rich aronia berries, elderberries, rosehip and hibiscus petals. The fruit notes are boosted by extractions from blueberries, strawberries and blackcurrants, with wild Spanish liquorice root giving the infusion a subtle, lingering sweetness. Plus, it’s naturally caffeine-free, so it can be enjoyed at any time of day.For the ideal cup of Canton Berry and Hibiscus, steep 3g of loose leaf in 250ml of 100°C water for four minutes.The hibiscus flower offers a bright, slightly tart, cranberry note, which meets the natural fruit flavours of blueberry, strawberry and blackcurrant beautifully. Aronia berries, elderberries and rosehip give another layer of fruity depth and liquorice root adds a soft, subtle sweetness.

This rooibos is harvested from native bushes growing wild in the rocky, sun-baked earth of the Cederberg Mountains. The hot, arid climate gives the leaf a unique intensity with rich notes of vanilla and sandalwood. A small co-operative in Wuppertal harvest the leaves providing this remote community with their main source of income.For the ideal cup of Canton Wild Rooibos, steep 3g of loose leaf in 250ml of 95°C water for four minutes.The richness of date, the sweetness of vanilla and a sun-baked earthy sense of sandalwood come through in this rich, satisfying herbal infusion.

Harvested from a farm in rural Croatia, this blend has exceptionally small flowers and a higher concentration of essential oils, which gives the infusion a particularly sweet, fruity, mellow flavour. The aroma evokes an apple orchard in late summer and, as it’s naturally caffeine-free, this infusion is ideal after dinner to help ease you into a good night’s sleep.For the ideal cup of Canton Chamomile, steep 3g of loose leaf in 250ml of 95°C water for four minutes.This Chamomile has a particularly sweet, fruity, mellow flavour with an aroma that evokes an apple orchard in late summer.

This Taiwanese Jade Oolong is from a rare tea bush varietal that thrives at low altitude in the sunshine of the tropical fields around Ming Jian village. The rolled leaves unravel to release a smooth, fruity flavour with notes of citrus and bamboo shoot.For the ideal cup of Canton Jade Oolong, steep 4g of loose leaf in 250ml of 90°C water for three minutes.A complex oolong that marries all the notes of the terroir, from green vegetal to ripe fruit with bamboo shoots and a lemony hint.

Silver Needle is beautiful as it’s made only from tender, young, silvery leaf buds, which are withered in the sun. This tea is chosen from a small batch grown on Jinggu Mountain in Yunnan Province in China and has a full-bodied flavour for a white tea. The buds are large, plump, succulent and irresistible.For the ideal cup of Canton Silver Needle, steep 4g of loose leaf in 250ml of 85°C water for three minutes.For a white tea, this is quite full-bodied and flavoursome as the buds are large, plump and succulent.

Authentic and rare (unlike most tea going by this name) our Lapsang Souchong comes from Tong Mu, the tiny village in the Wuyi Mountains where it was invented in 1610. The first of all other black teas, it is still made today using traditional artisan techniques with the leaves lightly smoked over smouldering pine wood embers.For the ideal cup of Canton Lapsang Souchong, steep 4g of loose leaf in 250ml of 95°C water for three minutes.Inevitably the wood smoke comes through in aroma and taste, but with a softness that can only be found in authentic Lapsang Souchong. This is the smooth taste of the forest, with notes of plum and a leathery hint.

An organically produced Darjeeling from the Potong Tea Gardens, nestled deep in the Himalayan foothills. First established as a colonial plantation over a hundred years ago, the gardens are now collectively run and majority-owned by its workers, in partnership with the Singell Tea Estate. The co-operative is both organic and fairtrade certified – and the tea itself is sensational. A sweet and floral Darjeeling, with notes of dried fruit, roses and toasted bread.For the ideal cup of Canton Darjeeling, drink it black and in 250ml of 90°C water for two to three minutes. True Darjeeling teas have a distinctive aroma and taste due to being made from the Chinese tea varietal planted as seed in the mountains of India. The liquor has a quality of this terroir which is that famous muscatel grape note It is light and bright with a subtle note of fig.

This tea is slow-grown and hand-picked from mountain tea bushes where the flavour in the leaf is concentrated by soft rain, warm days and cool nights. Hand-rolled by the tea master into the characteristic twisted shape, this easy-drinking green tea will reward careful brewing at a cooler temperature to release notes of chestnut and the sweet aromas of a freshly-mown meadow.For the ideal cup of Canton Jade Green Tips, steep 4g of loose leaf in 250ml of 70°C water for three minutes.This green tea is hand-rolled in a hot, dry wok by the tea master, which helps to capture the full complexity of taste. When brewed, it releases notes of chestnut and the sweet aromas of a freshly mown summer meadow.