Tips for brewing

• Take the leaves out of the water. - The key is to take the leaves out of the water after 5 minutes. Do not leave the tea leaves sitting in the water in the cup or teapot after this time. 
• Preheat the teapot - Preheating the teapot is essential for developing the perfect flavour. Preheated teapots will keep the water temperature high throughout the brewing. 
• Use boiling water - Do not use cooler water as it will not bring out the rich flavours in the black tea leaves. 
• Use small broken leaves for more caffeine - Tea with smaller, broken leaves contain more caffeine.
• Picker's Pocket recommend approximately 2 grams of tea to be brewed for each cup as that will be perfect for a great tasting cup.

Why Picker's Pocket teas are special
They know where their tea comes from & share that with us. Their growers are at the heart of the business, and everything they do is focussed around how they can support the plantation communities.

Everything that goes into their teas & tisanes come straight from nature - starting from the high-grade hand-picked black tea to the organically grown spices. Their proud that their teas not only taste great, but also make an impact - and hope we'll love that too!

At Picker's Pocket, “we’re inspired by the tea pickers we’re proud to work with.”
"We want to celebrate their stories and help share them with you. In fact, the name Picker’s Pocket was inspired by one of these stories. It’s the tale of an age-old practice known to produce the best quality tea, where pickers selected the finest tips and carefully pocketed them. At the end of each day these tips were hand-pressed by the picker, and the brew – along with the day’s stories – was shared with the people they cared about most.

In other words, Picker’s Pocket is about doing things the right way. For us, that means knowing exactly where all our tea is grown, and who grows it. It means giving our expert pickers the respect (and pay) they deserve. And it means sharing with you the story of how our tea came to be."