Kilinoe Green Tea: Hawaiian Grown Tea
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Hawaii: The home of gourmet tea? Photo by suvcougar.
I was surprised a few months ago when Billy from Narien Teas told me where he was going on his latest tea finding mission: Hawaii.
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Apparently the island state known for ukuleles, great surf and volcanoes is now dipping into the gourmet tea market. Kilinoe Green Tea is a hand-harvested, hand-rolled and hand-fired tea grown on a small eco-organic tea estate on Big Island, Hawaii. According to Narien Teas, it’s “a mildly-sweet and fragrant tea that never over-steeps.”
At $9 for a sample, Kilinoe Green Tea isn’t cheap. But it’s also very rare. I’m picking up a sample of it and will post a review in a few weeks.
Kilinoe Green Tea is available from Narien Teas. Remember to quote “teafinelybrewed” for a 10% discount.
Jason Witt wrote on July 10th, 2009 at 5:04 am
I’m putting this Hawaiian tea on my wish list. I’ve heard such good things about it I just can’t go on much longer without trying some. Thank God we Americans haven’t screwed up this chance to show some tea savvy.
Eric wrote on July 10th, 2009 at 6:16 am
Hehe, it’s definitely one plus point for the USA:) Here in Australia we have a few new tea plantations, but I haven’t yet tried anything produced by one of them that stood out. Granted, a lot of the tea ends up getting exported, rather than sold for domestic consumption, so not sure it’s even possible to get a hold of it.
Eliah Halpenny wrote on July 11th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Aloha from the Big Island of Hawai`i! It warms my heart to read these comments, I am the farmer growing and processing Kilinoe Green Tea. Keep your eyes peeled on Narien Tea’s website as I will be shipping a limited amount of our `A`a Black Tea next week.
`A`a is the name of a black lava found on the Big Island. We chose this name for our black tea as it is grown on a 400 year old volcanic ash deposit.
Our black tea smells like honey, hints of fruit preceeding your first sip, cookies and caramel come to mind as you drink…smooth going down–no bitterness or astringency. Many infusions with the leaves assures value–a rare tea yes– each sip is a taste of the islands.