Tea
Tea is one of the world’s most cherished beverages, with a history spanning thousands of years.
At ASAL TEA, we believe in empowering our customers with knowledge to fully appreciate the art and science behind every cup. From understanding different types of tea to mastering the perfect brew, this page will guide you through all you need to know.
Bulk Blended Kenyan Loose Tea
You can choose to have a pure Kenyan tea from a particular garden or enjoy delicious teas, which consist of various Kenyan teas grown in the different tea regions. Another option is Kenyan tea blended with other teas, florals, herbals.
This can balance out qualities of the tea liquid, blending teas that tend to be stronger in flavour with those that are more delicate.
With hundreds of tea varieties to choose from, decisions to create your preferred blend are based on a number of things:
Target Market
Certain countries demand blends with certain characteristics. For
example a tea packer in Sudan may prefer Kenyan blends created by incorporating more BMF grades with lots of fibre to achieve their market’s desired strong tea, often taken with lots of sugar. However a blender in Mauritius might go the other route with a BP1 blend characterised by large sized particles.
Kenyan Tea Blends
As we’re constantly upgrading the quality of our teas, we also have in-house blending machine to ensure quality control of the final product before shipment.
Blending of tea is a process of mixing similar grade of tea from different producers to attain a particular taste, colour, aroma and appearance.
This will already have taken place on a smaller scale through the tasting process. Using the approved sample, we go a step further to machine blend for the following reasons:
Minimise human contact with the tea before shipment
Machine magnetic fields remove all iron fibres that might be in the tea
To remove stacks and any foreign material that might be in the tea
A de-stoning section removes stones or sand elements that might in the tea
Removes uneven tea leaving the bulk tea lean and neat
Dust suckers remove the powder from the clean tea
With years of experience in offering Kenyan tea to different countries, we consult with you to understand your target market and your overall business objectives in order to collectively come up with the perfect product to boost your sales.
