Basilur's Winter Tea is a loose-leaf Ceylon black tea flavoured with cranberry, presented in a 100g paper carton. It belongs to the Four Seasons collection, a set of four seasonal blends that together map the year through different tea bases and fruit characters — Winter Tea is the black-tea entry in that series, with cranberry as its distinguishing note.
The tea itself is grown and packed entirely in Sri Lanka, the island that has traded as Ceylon since the first commercial tea gardens were established there. Basilur Tea, founded by Dr. Gamini Abeywickrama, has spent decades working within this tradition of Ceylon tea production, and the Winter Tea carries the Sri Lanka Tea Board's Ceylon Tea Lion Logo, confirming that what is inside the carton is pure Ceylon tea, packed in Sri Lanka. The facility that prepares the tea is located in Kelaniya, on the western side of the island.
Cranberry gives this blend a fruit character that sits alongside the natural depth of a good Ceylon black tea — a pairing suited to drinking at any point of the day, with or without milk. The blend is loose-leaf, so it rewards a proper infuser or teapot rather than a bag, and the 100g carton holds enough tea to brew a generous number of cups.
The Four Seasons collection is designed to be considered as a set. Winter Tea's counterparts are Spring Tea, a green Ceylon tea with cherry; Summer Tea, a green Ceylon tea with wild strawberry; and Autumn Tea, a black Ceylon tea with maple syrup flavour. Buying Winter Tea on its own makes perfect sense, but the collection also travels well as a gift for someone interested in the range of what Ceylon tea can do across different seasons and styles.
The carton format is compact and straightforward to store. Net weight is 100g, equivalent to 3.53oz, and the product is packed in Sri Lanka.
