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Purple Tea in 1lb and 4oz bags Purple Tea in 1lb and 4oz bags

Purple Tea

Product information

$18.00

Description

This is the original pure purple tea from the Nandi Hills region of Kenya. Its purple color is a result of an antioxidant known as anthocyanin, which is also found in blueberries and red cabbage. Purple tea is processed lightly like a green tea. Sweet and mildly fruity, our Purple Tea is imported fresh from the farm. Learn more about purple tea.

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Top mound picture of The Whistling Kettle Purple Whole Leaf tea with curly dark leaves.

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Ingredients & More Info

Ingredients & More Info

Caffeine Content:

Flavor:

Ingredients: Purple Tea

Origin: Kenya

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Brewing Guide

For the best tasting cup we recommend the following:

Water

8 fl oz

Temperature

180° F

 
Serving Size

1 tsp

Time

2-3 minutes

Customers praised this Kenyan whole leaf tea for its "light, smooth flavor" with nutty, fruity, and slightly sweet notes. Many appreciated the low caffeine content and health benefits, including antioxidants and anthocyanins. Some found the flavor bland or weak, noting it requires more leaves for strength. Praised for being "great for body and mind."

  • 5 stars: 63 (89%)
  • 4 stars: 5 (7%)
  • 3 stars: 1 (1%)
  • 2 stars: 2 (3%)
  • 1 star: 0 (0%)
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Bill H.
Quality tea

Quality tea !!! -you never know if you’ll ever receive it. Thank you 😊

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Michelle
Not exciting

Subtle and taste the tea flavor but seems more in the bitter end.

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TeaGaL
Purple Tea

This is the pure leaf, unflavored version. I haven’t had other purple leaf tea to compare this to, but I was excited to try this type. Unfortunately, there was hardly any flavor at all for me. Maybe it has more flavor brewing gongfu style, but I did western style as directed on the bag, and it tasted very bland to me. I tried adding a bit of sugar, but that still didn’t bring out any clear notes. I appreciated that it wasn’t bitter, funky, or vegetal, but it didn’t taste like anything but similar to weak black tea to me.

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Angel
4.5 stars really... rounding up... BUT, buying again! :)

I like this one a lot. I've tried ONE other Kenyan tea previously but it was harsh-tasting-- almost bitter. Consequently, I went with 180/2 the first time around. Next time I made a cup, I tried 180/3 which works equally as well as far as taste. To me this tea has a light mineral taste, not unlike a rock oolong from the Wuyi area of China. Very nice. AND, I love that it's low caff. I don't have enough actual Camellia sinensis in the low caff category-- more herbals/tisanes and a few select white teas.

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Hunter S.
Warm and relaxing!

This purple tea has great nutty and chocolate flavors! Slightly more vegtable than floral. The only reason I'm not rating this a 5, is that the flavor was a bit weak and requires a bit more leaf than I would use on average.

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Pharao

Great antioxidant

L
Larry D.
Woodsy

Thought that I would really like this tea, but it lefty me a little flat. Strong woodsy taste and not much else. Was expecting something more.

B
Belinda

This tea is great for the body and mind!

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Pamela

I like the taste and the health benefit

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Cynthia

This is a great morning tea to get the day started. I add some sugar free dried blueberries to a fresh cup, so I have a healthy little snack at the bottom of the cup! A nice tea spoon in my tea ball gives me a full bodied cup of tea without too much caffeine. Perfect before your morning meditation or after a session of yoga, especially while the weather is cool. I also put two or three threads of saffron for a heavenly punch of flavor. Enjoy!!

S
S.P.

I love this tea!!!

J
Jennifer R.
So Good!

I don't like coffee but wanted a healthy hot drink option. I tried several flavors of tea and this one was by far the best. Such a light smooth flavor. Not bitter at all if you follow the brewing directions.

C
Cynthia

Absolutley phenomenal tea, similar to a green tea with the complexity and slight bite of tannin similar to that of a black tea. Pairs amazingly with orange peel and a touch of lemon juice.

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Herbert

Love this

S
Susie W.

I enjoy this tea very much and highly recommend it!
It has a smooth, slightly sweet taste reminiscent of a rich Darjeeling. Because of its caffeine content, I’ll brew a strong mug in the morning, then continue to add hot water throughout the day to the original brew enjoying the tea even with its diminished strength and caffeine. Yes, it’s that delicious!

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Victor M.
Purple Whole Leaf Tea

This wonderful tea has a deep, mild flavor profile that I admit is deceptively delicious to the point of wanting to overindulge. I must admit I'm a superfan of this masterpiece of nature. It's also low caffeine in case you overindulge (which is not difficult to do) so you don't have to deal with the jitters.

H
Herbert

All Good

H
Herbert

Great

H
Herbert

Great

H
Herbert

Okay

H
Herbert

It’s all Right

H
Herbert

Thank You

A
Alan S.
Kenyan purple leaf tea is the best

Great product. Premium whole leaf was out of stock so we ordered 2 bags of broken leaf purple instead. One week later (now), premium became available again! Too bad our timing was off a bit or we would have ordered whole leaf instead. Anyway, purple leaf either way is great.

J
James

Great tea

J
James

Great tea

A
Alix T.
Great

I don’t really have a basis for comparison except other green teas. But this stuff is fantastic I’m on my second pound of it.

H
Herbert

I received my order

J
James J.
Purple Tea Whole Leaf

This is a wonderful tasting tea! I recommend to all tea lovers.

R
Rebecca C.
taste great

appreciate it being organic

j
james b.
purple tea

great tea and taste

F
Felton W.
Relaxing

I love this purple tea from Kenya. It's a great tea for the body. I placed my order and I had my tea within a few days. Please keep up the good work.

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S.M.
Boring

Again this is just my taste buds but I felt this was a boring tea. None of the flavors stood out to me. I think if you want something more simple and just one single thing this tea is for you, but I like just a bit more character and flavor in my tea.

R
R.A.

New at this tea but very fulfilling. Will be ordering in the future.

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