Seeking Out The Rare, The Unusual And The Exotic
At Chateau Rouge we search far and wide for exceptional single-estate leaf teas that are a little different from the norm. From a handcrafted White Monkey (that’s actually a green tea) to a lightly fermented Pouchong from Taiwan and a complex black tea from the only tea estate in the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Sikkim. If you’re a tea lover we look forward to introducing you to some exciting new taste experiences.
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Jasmine Downy Pearls
Green TeaA delicate, intensely fragrant tea from the mist shrouded mountains of northern Fujian, China. Tender, silver tipped tea buds are layered with freshly gathered jasmine blossoms, before being hand-rolled into elegant pearls.
Tea is a work of art and needs a master hand to bring out its noblest qualities
Okakura Kakuzo, The Book of Tea More details
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White Monkey
Green TeaGrown on Wuyi Mountain in Fujian, China, this unusually light green tea derives its name from the way its leaves look like monkeys paws. Plucked and processed entirely by hand, it is fresh, mellow, sweet and fragrant.
"If a man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty"
Ancient Japanese saying More details
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Formosa Pouchong
Oolong TeaTaiwan is renowned for its semi-fermented teas: Oolongs and even more lightly fermented Pouchongs ('green Oolongs'). Formosa Pouchong has the lightness and freshness of unfermented green tea but is sweeter and more fragrant.
"A proper tea is much nicer than a Very Nearly Tea, which is one you forget about afterwards"
A.A. Milne More details
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Sikkim Temi 1st Flush
Black TeaAcclaimed as one of the best tea producers in India, the Temi Tea Garden is the only estate in the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Sikkim. It produces rare high-grown teas, similar to neighboring Darjeeling, but from distinctly younger bushes. The gorgeous looking leaves deliver a refined golden liquor with hints of ripe fruits.
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea"
Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady More details
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Fikkal Ilam
Black TeaNepal tea industry has been slow to develop, but the fantastic, little-known, Darjeeling-style teas from this fabled Himalayan land are starting to make waves. This wonderfully complex tea, from the Fikkal tea estate in Ilam, delivers an amazing jammy sweetness, and pepper, caramel and almond flavours that linger tantalisingly on the tongue.
"Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea."
Henry Fielding, Love in Several Masques More details
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Imperial Earl Grey
Black TeaMany myths and recipes surround Earl Grey, whose distinctive flavour and aroma come from combining black teas with oil extracted from bergamot rind. Our blenders skilfully balance southern Italian bergamot oil with Keemun, Formosa Oolong, Assam, Darjeeling and Ceylon teas, for a fragrant, refreshing and stylishly complex brew.
"There is a great deal of poetry and fine sentiment in a chest of tea"
Ralph Waldo Emerson More details
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Wiedouw Long Cut Rooibos
Organic Herbal Tisane
The most tea-like of herbal teas, naturally caffeine free Rooibos (Redbush is renowned for its health properties. From the Wiedouw estate in the Cederberg Mountains of South Africa, where it is organically grown, hand-picked and cured naturally in the sun, this special long-cut Rooibos has a soothing aroma and sweet vibrant taste.
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me"
C.S. Lewis More details
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Wild Harvest Honeybush Luxury Tea
Tisane Tea 
Long known in South Africa for its health benefits, this fragrant herbal tea named after its honey scented flowers is similar to the better known Rooibos but has a sweeter flavour. Gathered growing wild in the mountains of Langkloof in the Eastern Cape, these naturally organic leaves yield a fresh, mild, caffeine-free infusion with gorgeous honey/peppery undertones.
"Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves – slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future"
Thich Nhat Hanh More details
