Green Tea

Loose, 100g — about 40 cups, roughly RM1.18 a cup. Green tea from Sri Lanka, which is rarer than it sounds.

Why Ceylon green tea is unusual

Almost every green tea sold in Malaysia is Chinese or Japanese. Sri Lanka is known for black tea, and only a small share of the crop is ever processed as green — the same highland bushes, simply pan-fired soon after picking instead of being left to oxidise.

The result does not taste like sencha and does not taste like a Chinese green. It is fuller-bodied than either, with the brisk backbone Ceylon leaf gives everything, and none of the seaweed note some Japanese greens carry.

What it tastes like

Clean and grassy with a light vegetal sweetness and a short, dry finish. It is forgiving — greens that turn harsh the moment you look away are usually over-fired, and this one isn't.

How to brew it (temperature matters more than time)

1 heaped teaspoon, water at 80°C — not boiling. Steep 2–3 minutes.

Boiling water is why most people think they dislike green tea. It scalds the leaf and turns it bitter within seconds. No kettle with a temperature setting? Boil it, then leave it uncovered for two minutes before you pour.

Never milk. Lemon lifts it; a little honey softens it. The same leaves take a second steep.

Cold brew — the easiest thing to do with it

1 tablespoon into a litre of cold water, into the fridge overnight, strain in the morning. No bitterness at all, because nothing was ever hot enough to draw it out. Keeps two days.

Who this is for

Buy it if you want something lighter than black tea for the afternoon, or you drink iced tea in the heat.
Don't buy it if you want a strong cup with milk — BOPF at RM29 is the right tea for that.

Loose or bags?

Loose (100g) — better value at about RM1.18 a cup, and whole leaf gives you a rounder cup and a second steep.
Bags (25) — convenience, individually sealed, about RM1.88 a cup.

✓ Sri Lanka Tea Board Certified | ✓ Sealed for Freshness at source in Sri Lanka | ✓ Ships from Kuala Lumpur within 48 hrs

Free delivery anywhere in Malaysia — no minimum spend. If it is the delicate end of Ceylon you are after, Silver Tips white tea is the extreme version of the same idea.