Damro Labookellie Golden Tips is made from the golden stems of the purple tea bush, the TRI 2043 clone, plucked by hand on the Labookellie estate. The golden tips are among the rarest and most prized teas of the island.
Labookellie is one of the oldest and largest tea estates in Sri Lanka, in the Dimbula growing region of the Nuwara Eliya District, with tea fields above 4,900 feet. Brew with water just off the boil, a heaped teaspoon per cup, for four to five minutes; drink it plain.
About this product
- Tea: golden tips (white tea)
- Cultivar: TRI 2043, the purple tea bush
- Pack: 50g loose tea
Damro Labookellie (sold in Sri Lanka as DG Labookellie) is made by DG Tea, part of the Damro Group, which manages more than 7,000 acres of tea in the central highlands of Sri Lanka; the pack carries the line "since 1928". We ship it worldwide from Sri Lanka. See the full Damro Labookellie range.
