Explore our grand selection of premium Tea Studio Nilgiri Teas.
This is an all woman run processing unit that helps small holder tea farmers by using their green leaf. This then is what we like to call “sustainably produced” and “deemed organic”!
Please note that all prices listed are in US Dollars (USD) and are subject to change, depending on supply and demand.
You will be invoiced in AUD at the prevailing exchange rate.
TEA STUDIO SHIPPING COSTS:
- For orders between 1-6kg, the cost is US$20 per consignment.
- For orders of 7kg, the cost is US$19, 8kgs is US$17, 9kgs is US$16 and 10kgs is US$15 per consignment.
- For orders above 10kg, shipping is free.
SEA FREIGHT:
- Platinum Needles are offered subject to availability
- MOQ 60 Kgs – Sea freight for mixed load orders at discounted prices available. (Please email ranjit@plantationfresh.com.au or phone +61 409 630 914.)
- MOQ 10 kgs to 59 Kgs. Mixed load – Door delivery by Express Courier as detailed above
- Less than 10Kgs – Pricing details as given below
- For Sea Freight consignments of 100kgs or more, additional discount of $2/Kg
Orders can be made via emailing ranjit@plantationfresh.com.au. You will be invoiced within 2 business days.
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White Tea
Nilgiri Platinum Needles
- Seafreight (to nearest seaport): $93.50/kg
- Door-to-Door Express Courier: $119.90/kg
A classical Bud Only tea with a silky feel which produces a comforting delicate liquor.
This white tea of fine green needles with silvery highlights, offers a coppery coloured liquor, textured with pleasant herbaceous aromas of straw accompanying a somewhat woody character. It also reveals delicious flavour points of hazelnut and cocoa. Its pleasant finish, soft and floral, seduces while it comforts!
Nilgiri Bai Mu Dan
- Seafreight (to nearest seaport): $36.30/kg
- Door-to-Door Express Courier: $49.50/kg
- Each case contains 13kg of tea.
The most basic, yet the most complex Tea. A refreshing cup – mild and delicate.
This Bai Mu Dan style white tea is composed of beautifully dried, large leaves in hues of yellow and soft green. The liquor, smooth and silky, gives frank aromas of herbs, fruits and flowers. Its zesty finish is most refreshing.
Nilgiri Peony
- Seafreight (to nearest seaport): $50.60/kg
- Door-to-Door Express Courier: $78.10/kg
- Each case contains 5kg of tea.
The earliest form of consumable tea. Fine unbroken leaf and a very mild and delicate liquor.
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Green Tea
Nilgiri Slender
- Seafreight (to nearest seaport): $45.10/kg
- Door-to-Door Express Courier: $60.50/kg
- Each case contains 10kg of tea.
Very fine single leaf with a bright complexion and a liquor which is pleasant and sweet.
A very fine single leaf and a bud twisted into slender strands with a bright sheen. The liquor has a pleasant toasty aroma that compliments the brisk, sweet lingering aftertaste.
Nilgiri Swirl
- Seafreight (to nearest seaport): $39.60/kg
- Door-to-Door Express Courier: $55/kg
- Each case contains 20kg of tea.
Long wiry strands of the softest leaves and buds producing a liquor with a sweet intensity.
An unusual dry leaf of wiry strands of carefully crafted leaf and buds. Flavour opens with brisk verdant intensity before revealing rustic notes of hazelnut that develop into a smooth slightly smoky finish.
Nilgiri Mao Feng
- Seafreight (to nearest seaport): $36.30/kg
- Door-to-Door Express Courier: $50.60/kg
- Each case contains 20kg of tea.
A classical style of Green Tea with its twisty curls and a delicate yet lively liquor.
A unique green tea produced in the classical Chinese style of Mao Feng teas with its leaves rolled in curly twists. The liquor is lively and astringent, with notes of artichokes, apricot and warm honey. A vigorously tonic green tea for your everyday consumption.
Nilgiri Dewdrop
- Seafreight (to nearest seaport): $35.20/kg
- Door-to-Door Express Courier: $49.50/kg
- Each case contains 25kg of tea.
Fine leaf crafted into tightly rolled balls with a bright sheen producing a full bodied liquor.
One leaf and a bud crafted into tightly rolled balls with a bright bloom on the surface. The infused leaf releases a well-balanced liquor with fruity and floral characteristics with a rich, full-bodied mouth feel.
Nilgiri Long Jing
- Seafreight (to nearest seaport): $45.10/kg
- Door-to-Door Express Courier: $60.50/kg
- Each case contains 15kg of tea.
Beautifully crafted single buds producing a deliciously sweet liquor.
Carefully selected leaves flattened into a classic Long Jing style tea. The liquor is toasty and sweet with delicious hints of citrus with a leaning towards Kumquat that develops into a long verdant lingering aftertaste.
Nilgiri Bamboo
- Seafreight (to nearest seaport): $44/kg
- Door-to-Door Express Courier: $63.80/kg
- Each case contains 15kg of tea.
A uniquely crafted tea – visually striking producing a yellowish-green liquor with hints of jaggery.
A truly unique craft tea with a visually striking appearance. The soft and tender stalks yield a refreshing yellowish green liquor with a delicate clear texture and mild with a hint of sweet jaggery and persistent floral notes.
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Roasted Green Tea
Nilgiri Kukicha
- Seafreight (to nearest seaport): $47.30/kg
- Door-to-Door Express Courier: $64.90/kg
- Each case contains 15kg of tea.
A uniquely crafted tea. Delicate internodes converted into a green tea which is roasted over slow heat. A reddish liquor with a nutty flavour.
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Oolong Tea
Nilgiri Oolong
- Seafreight (to nearest seaport): $36.30/kg
- Door-to-Door Express Courier: $49.50/kg
- Each case contains 25kg of tea.
A unique halfway home tea, neither Green nor Black. A liquor with a pleasant complexity.
The tightly rolled balls unfurl to reveal a partially oxidized leaf. A brisk liquor with pleasant complexity of fruit (melon) and strong floral notes of Jasmine intertwined with a mild citrus zest.
Nilgiri Wulong
- Seafreight (to nearest seaport): $38.50/kg
- Door-to-Door Express Courier: $55/kg
- Each case contains 20kg of tea.
An Oolong with long strands of tightly rolled leaf infusing into a distinctive sweet liquor.
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Black Tea
Nilgiri Tress
- Seafreight (to nearest seaport): $37.40/kg
- Door-to-Door Express Courier: $51.70/kg
- Each case contains 20kg of tea.
Beautifully crafted large and tightly rolled long strands of delicate leaf with a strong malty liquor.
This tea with beautiful large leaves offers a classic ‘breakfast’ taste, malty and sweet. The liquor is vibrant and structured, typical of India’s generous black teas. Sweet potato and pepper nuances open into a clean, finely floral finish.
Nilgiri Pearl
- Seafreight (to nearest seaport): $35.20/kg
- Door-to-Door Express Courier: $49.50/kg
- Each case contains 25kg of tea.
Tightly rolled bright balls of leaf producing a smooth pleasantly balanced liquor.
A tightly rolled black tea. The smooth liquor has a pleasant briskness with notes of roast and honey, pleasantly balanced with a floral finish.
Nilgiri Orchid
- Seafreight (to nearest seaport): $38.50/kg
- Door-to-Door Express Courier: $53.90/kg
- Each case contains 20kg of tea.
Beautiful wiry fine strands of well twisted leaf. A bright and well rounded liquor.
Nilgiri Winter Frost
- Seafreight (to nearest seaport): $40.70/kg
- Door-to-Door Express Courier: $52.80/kg
- Each case contains 20kg of tea.
A tea produced during the intensely cold winter snap in the Nilgiris when temperatures drop down to 0˚C and even lower bringing with it heavy frost which settles on the bushes on the lower slopes. Leaf harvest from the unaffected bushes are processed to produce flakes of black particles interspersed with green. Produces a liquor with flavour and character.