Gray & Seddon Premium Tea Merchants

We Are Closing Down. After 24 years selling premium tea online and through two bricks and mortar stores, we are soon to retire. The decision hasn't been taken lightly, as we've loved doing what we do, but age is finally catching up with us. We expect to close the online store within 3 months or so (around mid 2023) and wanted to give you as much notice of this as we could. Thank you to all our loyal customers for your support over the years. We will miss you.

Our store will remain fully operational until we pull the plug, and all orders will be fulfilled until then. Take care. David & Lucia.

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Loose Pu'er

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Pu'er tea is a fermented and aged green tea, and exists in loose as well as compressed form, in a variety of grades. All pu'er teas tend to have a musty smell, somewhat reminiscent of old socks! The taste of our teas is much more pleasant, with the best grades possessing a sweet mellow flavour. They produce a strongly coloured liquor and the one serve of leaf is capable of many infusions. Some pu'er teas can be quite smoky. The best pu'er teas are made from ancient tea bushes (some of which are so old - over 1000 years - they are tall trees!). If good pu'er tea is stored properly it will improve with age, rather like a good wine. Very old pu'er is highly valued and can fetch enormous sums per ounce, making the "cellaring" of good pu'er at least as good an investment as cellaring red wine. In fact aged pu'er can improve over at least 100 years, whereas very few wines would last that distance! As enthusiastic consumers of both types of anti-oxidant, we recommend hedging your bets and cellaring both! Our loose pu'er tea has a rich earthy aroma with a smooth, deep and satisfying mouth feel and flavour.