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Handunugoda Virgin White Tea

Extremely rare and never touched by naked human hands, this tea originally became sought after because of the media attention it received when first launched in August 2009. Back then a request to purchase some from a middle-eastern royal family led to an analysis of the tea being carried out at the Swiss laboratory SGS. The results showed that the tea contains almost 11% antioxidants.

Handunogoda Virgin White Tea

16,90 € – 149,90 € *

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1.877,78 € – 1.499,00 € / kg

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Handunugoda Virgin White Tea was created by tea legend Malinga Herman Gunaratne (“Mr Herman”). The Handunugoda Tea Estate also produces rubber, cinnamon and coconut and is just one mile from the coast. Beautiful tropical trees and shrubs shade the tea bushes and tourists are free to explore the estate.

While this is not the first idyllic tea estate we have visited it is certainly one of the most impressive. In addition to producing a range of black teas using vintage machinery salvaged from factories that had closed down, Mr. Herman oversees the production of one of the world’s most expensive teas – the “Handunugoda Virgin White Tea”. Never touched by the naked hand (to avoid the aromas contained in a person’s natural body oils being transferred to the tea) the pickers who gather the leaves for this tea wear gloves and use small nail scissors to carefully collect the purest of buds. Whereas a tea picker on a large estate would collect more than 20 kg a day for a black tea, the highly skilled workers who gather the leaves for the Virgin White tea collect just a few grams.

With regards to flavour, Handunugoda Virgin White Tea reminds us of the delicate white tea Darjeeling Glenburn Silver Needle.

While we bought this tea because we loved the flavour, one of the reasons it is so popular is because of the media attention it received when first launched in August 2009. A request to purchase some from a middle-eastern royal family led to an analysis of the tea being carried out at the Swiss laboratory SGS. The results showed that the tea contains almost 11% antioxidants.

Often billed as the world’s most expensive tea, Handunugoda Virgin White Tea production is limited to a maximum of 15 kg a month, making it one of the world’s rarest teas. Only available direct at the Handunugoda Tea Estate or from a very few select purveyors of fine teas, it is only because Mr Herman likes the fact that we share his passion and values that he sells us small amounts to share with you! And because it is so special it comes packed in exactly the amount you need for one cup (3 g, which can be infused four times).

Advice from Mr Herman: Please do not touch the tea with your bare hands! Use 3 g of tea per cup (one teaspoon). Bring the water, ideally spring water with a PH-Value of 6 – 7  to just before boiling point. Infuse the tea for five minutes and enjoy. For the second infusion let the tea infuse for 7 minutes. Mr. Herman recommends 10 minutes for the third infusion and a full 15 minutes for the fourth infusion.

Harvested

September 2022

Origin

Handunugoda Estate, Tittagalla near Galle, South-West Sri Lanka

Body

Light

Flavours

Lively, floral, citrus, hints of honey

Temperature

95°C

Time

Starting at 5 Min

Infusions

1 - 4

Ingredients

White tea.

Handunogoda Virgin White Tea

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