Black Tea Remains King of the (Tea) Hill!

Eight of every ten cups of tea being enjoyed right at this moment are cups of black tea. Being the world’s most popular tea, black tea has the bold taste to match. With its fully oxidized punch, black tea invigorates with the highest caffeine content of all teas, and a strong, full-bodied flavor that awakens the senses. Black tea is made all over the world too – from China to India and Sri Lanka to Africa.

Here’s how they do it: Once the tea leaves are plucked, they’re dried to evaporate most of the water content. This process takes about a day. Next, the leaves are rolled, and their surfaces cracked, allowing the oils and enzymes to react with the air, or get oxidized. The leaves sit there, roasting, till they turn completely black in color, meaning they’re fully oxidized.

Workers then dry out the leaves some more, getting rid of the last bit of moisture, then sort out the leaves, putting them through a quality control process before they package and ship them to your friendly neighborhood Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf®!

Our selection of whole leaf black teas: