Comments on: Kilinoe Green Tea: Hawaiian Grown Tea

By: Eliah Halpenny

Eliah Halpenny — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:53:05 +0000

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.

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:16:14 +0000

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.

By: Jason Witt

Jason Witt — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:04:34 +0000

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.