Basilur Magic Fruits Sweet Cherry is a Ceylon black tea blended with natural cherry, lemon verbena, hibiscus, and cherry flavouring, pressed into fifty individually enveloped teabags and presented in a decorative metal tin caddy. It sits within Basilur's Magic Fruits collection, a range that pairs orthodox Ceylon black teas with natural fruits and botanicals, and carries the brand's signature 'Exclusive Premium Quality' designation on the tin.
The tea itself begins with pure Ceylon orthodox leaf tea as its foundation — the style of tea that has made Sri Lanka one of the world's most respected origins. To that base, Basilur's blenders have added natural cherry pieces, lemon verbena, and hibiscus, which together give the brew a rounded fruit character with the depth that only a full Ceylon black tea can provide. The result sits comfortably between the richness expected of a classic afternoon tea and the lighter, fruit-forward profile that works equally well poured over ice.
Each of the fifty envelopes holds two grams of blended tea, giving the tin a net weight of one hundred grams in total. The tin caddy, with its shaped lid, is substantial enough to sit on a kitchen shelf or a desk long after the tea is gone — a deliberate part of Basilur's approach to packaging, produced and packed in Sri Lanka by Basilur Tea Export.
To brew, place one envelope in a cup, pour water that has just come off the boil, and allow it to steep for three to five minutes before removing the bag. The strength can be adjusted by shortening or extending that window. For an iced version, brew at full strength, then pour over ice. The tin should be stored in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight; once opened, keeping the remaining envelopes in an airtight container will preserve their character for longer.
The Magic Fruits Sweet Cherry tin is available as a single hundred-gram tin or as a pack of two, making the two-tin option a practical choice as a gift or for households that work through a tin quickly.
