The Greenfield Tea Estate (the old estate name was Thotulagala) lies between 5000ft and 6000ft above sea level in the Uva Highlands in central Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is a jewel, a tropical island, located just above the equator with perfect growing conditions for tea, the climate is temperate, but rainy. Uva tea is regarded by the Japanese as the best of all Ceylon teas and we tend to agree. It produces a pale liquor with a slightly astringent taste that works very well with the flowery Bergamot flavour.

Steenbergs Organic Earl Grey use Greenfield Orange Pekoe as its base, which compliments the sweet, citrus flavour of bergamot oil. The story is that in 1830 the second Earl Grey was presented with the recipe for this tea during a diplomatic mission to China. We only use 100% organic bergamot oil for flavouring.

Brewing tip: 2 teaspoons, boiling water, 5 minutes