Modern Tea

Chinese Green Teas

China is the birthplace of tea. It was here that tea was accidentally discovered by emperor shen nung over 5,000 years ago. The tea leaves used for green tea are steamed or pan-dried immediately after picking, arresting bacterial growth and preventing oxidation. Then they are rolled by hand to squeeze out excess moisture and to release flavor enzymes. The leaves are finally pan fired in large driers and packed. When brewed, they turn a light green color, with a flavor that is sometimes delicate and traditional

• Italian Green Almondine$10.00

  Medium | high caffeine | high antioxidants | haunting almond; high mountain estate grown chinese green tea blended with the finest fresh pressed italian almond oil and seville Orange. This blend came to being in sicily, italy. A bottle of precious italian almond oil broke in a bag and smelled so good it brought birth to italian green almondine

Oolong Teas

The process of oxidizing oolong teas is slow, allowing the essential oils to react with the air after a gentle rolling process. After the leaf turns darker and has certain distinctive fragrances, it is "panned" to stop the oxidization process. Many elements must be balanced to produce the complex tastes associated with oolong teas which require extensive hand craftsmanship. Oolong tea is the choice beverage of a connoisseur

• Freak of Nature Oolong$12.00

  Medium | high caffeine | very high in antioxidants | haunting honeyed shortbread aroma | buttered popcorn; this imported high mountain oolong is limited to 100lbs annually. The secret to this rare tea is the tree is shocked by temperature changes from 80 degrees to 20 degrees then back to 80 degrees. This temperature change causes the outrageous buttery shortbread component to the tea

Black Teas

Before being fired, the lead is completely oxidized. It is spread out to wilt so it can lose some moisture, stiffness and weight. It is then rolled, which starts the oxidation process by exposing essential oils to the air. The leaves are heated to halt the oxidation process, graded for quality, and packed. Black tea works well with milk and sweeteners

• Crema Earl Grey$10.00

  High caffeine | aromatic creamy floral fragrance | italian bergamot fruit; high mountain black tea imbued with the finest italian organic oil of bergamot and a hint of rotary evaporated artisan sweet cream. Every year heirloom fruit is purchased in bergamato italy and sent by truck to one of the top perfumiers in france where they turn the fragrant skins into an aromatic essence used in crema earl grey

• Cider Spice Noir$10.00

  High caffeine | aromatic mulling spice and hot cider aroma | soothing during fall and winter months; high mountain ceylon and indian black tea is imbued with clarified and reduced cider. It is than barrel aged with amazing spices and rare ingredients including mekong cinnamon, ceylon cinnamon, two varieties of allspice, cloves, black pepper, green cardamom, white cardamom, ginger, coriander, freeze dried apple, and a couple secret ingredients

Herbal Teas

The herbal teas are among the purest on earth. They are created strictly from the finest herbs, which are grown in organic fertile gardens and then hand picked and preserved to deliver explosive flavor. Herbal teas are called a "tisane" or an "infusion" in other parts of the world. They are actually a combination of herbs, and tehcnically not a tea. The herbal teas naturally contain no caffeine

• Lemon Berry Meritage$10.00

  No caffeine | fresh berry and lemon | adult fruit punch; first place winner of north american tea championship. This award winning blend of dried blueberry, currant, hibiscus, raisins, cherries, five different rare lemon leaves, pharoahs ancient lemon peel found by the pyramids of egypt, and wild japanese lemon peel, results in a fruity lemon tinted elixir

Vintage Pu-Erh Tea

Harvested from the ancient trees of yunnan china and aged in caves - like fine wine - to create a rare tea with an intense, earthy flavor. Vintage pu-erh tea is used in china as a digestivo and natural cholesterol fighter. Contains very little caffeine once aged and is valued from one hundred thousand dollars per pound

• 2012 Vintage Barrel Aged Hot Chocolate$12.00

  Medium | high caffeine | naturally earthy and smooth with incredible sweet hot chocolate notes | heavenly aroma | amazing digestif; ancient tea tree pu-erh is blended aged with fresh roasted cocoa nibs from the world's finest chocolatiers. Sourced from dominican republic, madagascar and venezuela and chosen from hundreds of varieties. For the last month, madagascar reserve grade vanilla beans are added to make a creamy milk chocolate expression

Tea Cocktails

• Garden of Eden$15.00

  ch vodka infused with butterfly pea flower, lemon berry meritage syrup, fever tree elderflower tonic

• Liquid Almondine$15.00

  ch gin infused with italian almondine, st germain, lemon, simple syrup

Tableside Infusions

• Femme D'affaires$15.00

  4 roses bourbon infused with canadian maple tea, maple syrup, apple cider

• Fiery Rose$15.00

  la caravedo pisco puro torontel, giffard pamplemousse grapefruit liquor, hibiscus blueberry