OriginIdukkiIdukki Green Cardamom
Winter pluckEntry No. 012Vegetarian
Nilgiri Frost Black Tea
4.7133 reviews
Frost teas are plucked in the coldest weeks of the Nilgiri winter, when slow growth concentrates flavour in the leaf.
₹240for 50 g₹480 per 100 gInclusive of all taxes
Weight50 g
PackTin
1
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This is whole-leaf orthodox black tea from a garden above Coonoor at around 1,900 metres. The liquor is bright amber, brisk and clean, with very little bitterness, which makes it good with or without milk and excellent iced.
Use 2.5 g (a heaped teaspoon) per 200 ml cup.
- Origin
- Coonoor, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu
- Harvest
- Winter 2025
- Notes
- orange blossom, malt, clean finish
- Steep
- 3 min at 90°C
- Ingredients
- Black tea (Camellia sinensis)
- Allergens
- None. Contains caffeine
- Diet
- Veg
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Folio 01Profile
Heat, flavourand where it grew
Heat
0/5No heat
Tasting notes
- orange blossom
- malt
- clean finish
Steep3 min at 90°C, 2 g per cup
Flavour profile
Origin and harvest
OriginCoonoor, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu11.35° N · 76.80° E- Harvest
- Winter 2025
- Packed
- Mattancherry, Kochi
- Shelf life
- 18 months
Folio 02Use it in
Whereto start
- 01Straight
2.5 g per cup, 90°C water, three minutes
- 02With milk
steep four minutes, add a splash of hot milk
- 03Iced
double the leaf, steep, pour over ice with lemon
- 04Masala chai
simmer with cardamom, ginger and pepper
Folio 03Pairs with
Good company
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Folio 04From the order book
What cooks wrote back
Entry 01
The garam masala smells like my grandmother's kitchen. I use half of what I used to and the dal tastes fuller.
Entry 02
Ordered the pepper cracked on a Monday and the tin said it was ground on Tuesday. You can tell the moment you open it.
Entry 03
Proper saffron, deep red with no yellow bits. Ten threads coloured a whole pot of kheer.