THE HISTORY OF FORTNUM & MASON

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2 THE HISTORY OF FORTNUM & MASON The history of Fortnum & Mason and that of tea drinking in Britain are intertwined. Black Bohea tea was one of the first products we offered for sale in 1707, when the tay drinking Queen Anne was on the throne. We were one of the first companies to successfully bid for the new Indian teas when they were first auctioned in London in the mid-1830s so that our customers could enjoy this exciting new development in what was by then the nation s favourite drink. Over the centuries, we have created new blends sometimes for specific customers and have pioneered the discovery of new teas to tantalise the palates of our discerning customers, including one variety grown in Cornwall. Tea is taken seriously at Fortnum & Mason, for it is one of Nature s greatest gifts, therefore we believe that it deserves to be given respect and to be enjoyed in surroundings that are both comfortable and convivial.

3 Leaf Grades: Grading is crucial as strength, flavour and colour infuse at different rates according to leaf size. FOP FLOWERY ORANGE PEKOE This denotes tea made from the end bud and first leaf of each shoot. FOP contains fine, tender and young leaves, rolled with the correct portion of tip. GFOP GOLDEN FLOWERY ORANGE PEKOE This is FOP with golden tips - the very end of the golden yellow bud TGFOP TIPPY GOLDEN FLOWERY ORANGE PEKOE This is FOP with a high proportion of Golden Tip FTGFOP FINEST TIPPY GOLDEN FLOWERY ORANGE PEKOE Exceptionally high quality FOP STGFOP SPECIAL TIPPY GOLDEN FLOWERY ORANGE PEKOE Another exceptionally high quality FOP Making The Most Of Leaf Teas To enjoy teas at their best we brew different teas at different temperatures: Black Teas between 90 C and 100 C Green and White Teas between 75 C and 90 C

4 Black Teas Single Estate Teas Black Teas Oolong Teas Green Teas White Teas SINGLE ESTATE TEAS 1 ATTABARRIE ESTATE SPECIAL TIPPY ASSAM This is an elegant tea with a very high proportion of golden tip, and a beautifully smooth and creamy flavour. Attabarrie regularly wins prizes for the quality of its orthodox leaf teas. This tea has been specially produced for us by Kenal Shekhawat, the manager of the Attabarrie tea garden. It has a rich, smooth and creamy flavour, and is ideal with milk 2 DOOMUR DULLUNG Doomur Dullung is one of the most famous tea gardens in Assam, owned by the world s oldest company, awarded the Royal Charter by Queen Victoria in This tippy invoice is specially manufactured by controlled plucking from selected sections of the estate during the quality season. This fine leaf is processed in the traditional way to produce a full-bodied tea with a malty character ASSAM 3 DIKOM GOLDEN BUTTERFLY Only soft golden tips go into making this exceptionally rare and special tea. This special production, named as Golden Tips by Dikom, was discovered during an F&M visit to Dikom in We have named our batches Golden Butterfly to reflect the meticulous care and attention to crop husbandry in Dikom s tea fields that result in the surreal experience of walking amongst the tea bushes surrounded by butterflies. It is only made in tiny quantities each year. The flavour is extremely mellow and sweetcaramel. 4 NEW VITHANAKANDE A beautiful location combined with favourable climatic conditions, gives New Vithanakande a special mellow character that really sets it apart from other Sri Lankan teas. Aromatic with an orange-red liquor, it is excellent with a splash of milk ASSAM CEYLON 3

5 5 AMBA UVA HAND MADE Amba is a tiny tea garden in the hills above Ravanna-Ella Waterfalls in the Uva region of Sri Lanka. Each batch of tea is made with care in small quantities and sun dried giving each a unique flavour, varying slightly in style according to the field and season. Quite an exceptional example of the Uva variety 6 CEYLON UVA ST JAMES PEKOE CEYLON CEYLON Grown on the exposed, ragged eastern slopes of Sri Lanka s Uva Province, St. James produce some of the finest examples of Uva teas. The prevailing Cachan wind blows away the monsoon during July and August creating unique growing conditions, resulting in teas that possess a remarkably herbaceous wintergreen flavour. 7 LOVERS LEAP FBOP, NUWARA ELIYA Lover s Leap tea is a single-estate leaf that is grown at a very high elevation giving it a light, golden liquor with a delightful balance of robust flavour with notes of citrus fruit and fragrant, almost floral, aroma. The estate is located in the Nuwara Eliya region of Sri Lanka. The story of the lovers is not a happy one: the legend tells of a King s daughter who ran away with her lover to this location and, in despair, they jumped from a high waterfall to their deaths CEYLON 8 PREMIUM ANHUI KEEMUN The Maofeng variety has a larger twisted leaf and lighter taste than most traditional Keemun teas. The infusion is rich, sweet and velvety, and very good with milk or a little honey 9 YUNNAN GOLDEN BUDS Yunnan tea is well known for its smoothness and sweetness. This golden bud variety has no astringency at all, and has a delicate floral and honey aroma 10 JUNDE FUJIAN FINEST LAPSANG This is an authentic Lapsang Souchong with a mild aroma and a sweet clean flavour that is lightly smoked and smooth but not oversmoky or tarry. The fresh leaves are exposed to sweet pine smoke at all stages of the process, so that the fragrance is absorbed into the leaves, making a subtle balance with the other flavours. Liang Junde is a legendary tea expert in Wuyishan who has been making teas since he was apprenticed in the family tea making business as a teenager, learning the traditional way of producing Lapsang black tea 4 11 ORANGE VALLEY FIRST FLUSH FTGFOP1 The infused tea has a light amber colour, with a little more strength and less greenness than many First Flush teas. It has some dryness on the palate and a good muscatel flavour, with a subtle sweetness in the aftertaste DARJEELING

6 12 DARJEELING GOOMTEE FIRST FLUSH FTGFOP1 Goomtee has a classic First Flush character, combining a touch of greenness with a good level of astringency 13 TUMSONG TUMSA DEVI TEMPLE EXCLUSIVE FIRST FLUSH SFTGFOP1 DARJEELING DARJEELING This specially commissioned Darjeeling tea is the very best quality first batch of the new season s growth and is exclusive to Fortnum & Mason. This highly fragrant tea has a complex flavour with tones of lemon and orange citrus brightening the tea s classic dry Darjeeling minerality with hints of apricot. Crisp yet mellow, it has a slight honey sweetness 14 DARJEELING JUNGPANA SECOND FLUSH FTGFOP1 Classic vintage Second Flush tea, from one of Darjeeling s most famous tea gardens. Amber in colour, with a good balance of smoothness and dryness, rounded off by an excellent soft muscatel character 15 MARGARET S HOPE SECOND FLUSH FTGFOP1 This beautiful 100 year old garden was named after its owners daughter in 1927, today it is still creating a truly elegant Second Flush tea with a golden liquor and pronounced classic muscatel character 16 TREGOTHNAN It s fitting that the first truly English tea is now available from Fortnum & Mason. The single estate is the very First Flush to be picked and has a clean, dry flavour reminiscent of a traditional Darjeeling Pu Er Tea 17 MENGHAI RIPE TUO CHA This Pu Er tea is from the Menghai Tea Factory which was founded in 1938 by Fang Hejun and 90 other tea experts and masters. Menghai Ripe Tuo Cha tea ranks amongst the highest grade teas of all medium Pu Er ripe teas and is widely considered to be the standard against which to judge the quality of other ripe Pu Er tea. It has a thick and strong taste. Pu Er teas are famous for their natural aged aroma, long aftertaste and high health benefits DARJEELING DARJEELING ENGLAND 5

7 Oolong Teas 18 FORMOSA POUCHONG A wonderful example of a Formosa Pouchong, it is delicate, refreshing and slightly grassy. The dry leaf is surprisingly dark, a great deal darker than many Oolongs, and with plenty of silver tip. 19 DONG DING OOLONG As with all roasted Oolongs, the flavour develops over multiple infusions with the initial roasted charcoal taste giving way to a complex mix of flavours with an underlying sweetness 20 WUDONG DANCONG OOLONG GARDENIA VARIETY Long twisted dark leaves with hints of yellow. Bright golden liquor with a slight roasted character, a strong floral fragrance and sweet lingering flavour. This tea is also delicious if allowed to cool, when the flavours become even more pronounced 21 GANDE VILLAGE TIE GUAN YIN This Tie Guan Yin is processed using traditional techniques in a small village high in the mountains of Anxi County, Fujian Province. It has the distinctive Tie Guanyin pale colour and orchard like fragrance, coupled with a velvety mouth feel and lingering aftertaste 22 ZHENGYAN ROASTED DA HONG PAO Da Hong Pao is the most famous of the Rock Teas, and considered by some experts to be the world s finest tea. The original mother bushes are preserved in the Wuyi Mountain tea reserve, and have become a tourist attraction. It is highly sought after by tea connoisseurs, who enjoy its complex flavour, which develops over multiple short infusions. Green Teas TAIWAN TAIWAN 23 IMPERIAL MING MEI Ming Mei is a famous green tea from Jiangxi province. The aroma is clean and sweet with only a small hint of bitterness for balance and has a refreshing light floral aftertaste 24 IMPERIAL WEST LAKE LONG JING In the famous West Lake region these tea leaves are pressed by hand in a wok to remove final moisture and develop their distinctive shape and flavour. Famous for its chestnut floral aroma and sweet flavour 6

8 25 HANDMADE DONGTING BI LUO CHUN Orginating from West Island in Tai Lake near Suzhou, the flavour is light and slightly sweet, and develops on the second and third infusions. It has a subtle aroma and the delicate leaves must be treated with care whilst infusing 26 YUNNAN SNOW DRAGON Somewhere between a Green tea and a Silver Needle White tea. The twisted and downy leaves are harvested during the last frosts at the start of spring. Very mild and mellow 27 ANJI BAICHA Anji Baicha means Anji White Tea but this is in fact a very fine green tea. The leaves are shaped into bright green needles and the flavour is fresh and sweet 28 FINEST GYOKURO These dark, polished leaves are typical of the Gyokuro style. A deep flavour accompanied by a sweet undertone 29 UCHIYAMA SENCHA Uchiyama Sencha has a fresh green taste typical of Sencha teas with a delicate underlying smoothness and sweetness. Uchiyama is a grade of Sencha produced classically only during the summer season; only teas from gardens that have high sunshine hours are selected for this tea making this teas exceptionally rare and resulting in the tea s unusually high polyphenol content Yellow Teas JAPAN JAPAN 30 HUANG YA CHA YELLOW BUDS This is a very rare tea from Yunnan comprising only delicate golden buds. The tea is pale gold and mellow, with a sweet flavour that has hints of apricot and pear. This is a very special tea White Tea 31 WHITE PEONY KING SPECIAL AA This AA grade has a high content of buds and only young leaves, giving it a very fine flavour. The infused tea is pale gold in colour, with a mellow flavour 7

9 32 FUDING WHITE SILVER NEEDLE This top grade white tea is made from only the young unopened buds of a particular bush variety called Da Bai Hao (Big White Buds). The infused tea is light and sweet, and the flavour develops hints of melon and peach on the second and third infusions. Fujian is the home of White Tea, and Fuding is known for producing teas that are light in the cup with mellow flavour 33 JASMINE SILVER NEEDLE PEKOE This Jasmine tea is made with silver needle white tea; the top grade and the most famous variety of white tea. The soft buds of this Silver Needle Pekoe white tea are gently scented with fresh Jasmine blossoms. This tea has the mildness of Silver Needle Pekoe, but with a delicate sweet taste and mild jasmine fragrance 34 OKAYTI WHITE SNOWBUDS This unique white tea is from a beautiful, high elevation estate that is one of the oldest in Darjeeling. The name Okayti originates from the time when the garden would send samples of their teas to Queen Victoria for first refusal; for a number of years, the Queen gave this tea the ok. Single new leaves and buds are picked early in the morning by a small team of experienced pluckers and carefully hand rolled to develop the teas classic delicate white tea flavour with hints of Darjeeling muscatel DARJELLING 35 KOTADA SILVER TIPS Hidden in the mountains of south-west India, Kotada Garden Nursery produces a worldrenowned range of speciality teas. Its Nilgiri Kotada Silver Tips is no exception; a light and elegant tea, this is perfect for regular tea drinkers. Mild and mellow tea with a sweet floral flavour 36 SCOTTISH DALREOCH ESTATE WHITE A delicate and mellow tea from the first ever Scottish tea plantation, nestled on the slopes of the Dalreoch Farm Estate in the Scottish Highlands. This unique tea displays notes of honey and a mellow, fresh fruity aroma, with a slight nuttiness akin to a peach stone 37 SCOTTISH DALREOCH ESTATE SMOKED WHITE This unique tea is from the first ever Scottish tea plantation, nestled on the slopes of the Dalreoch Farm Estate in the Scottish Highlands. This light white tea has a delicate smoky aroma to complement the natural sweetness of the tea. On the palate, expect fruity, peachy and nutty tones with a delicate initial hint of smoke. Smooth, warming and woody. Exclusive to Fortnum & Mason NILGIRI SCOTLAND SCOTLAND 8

10 Classic Teas Fortnum s Famous Blends Classic World Teas Aromatic Black Teas Flavoured Black Teas Green Teas Flavoured Green Teas Fortnum s Famous Blends CLASSIC TEAS 38 ROYAL BLEND In this classic Fortnum s blend, low-grown Flowery Pekoe from Ceylon lends an uplifting note to the maltier Assam to make a very traditional cup of tea 39 BREAKFAST BLEND This is a robust, malty leaf tea from unblended Assam, the broken leaves make a strong brew with a malty, full-bodied flavour 40 QUEEN ANNE BLEND Created in 1907, our bicentenary year, this popular blend commemorates the reigning sovereign in the year that Fortnum & Mason first began. The smooth blend of carefully selected TGFOP Assam and FBOP Ceylon teas produces a strong, smooth tea 41 IRISH BREAKFAST A bracing blend of expertly selected Assam and Kenyan teas - the first provides maltiness, the second adds brightness 42 AFTERNOON BLEND This blend of teas from the higher and lower regions of Ceylon delivers a light, refreshing flavour with real body 9

11 43 WEDDING BREAKFAST BLEND A special blend created especially to celebrate the wedding of Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton. Large leaf TGFOP Assam and Eastern Kenyan (the country chosen for the Royal Proposal) orange pekoe, combine to create a rich refreshing brew 44 JUBILEE BLEND Blending teas from India, Ceylon and China, this noble tea offers mellow sweetness and golden brightness and is truly fit for a queen. It will be a lasting memory of the happy and historic occasion Classic World Teas 45 ASSAM TGFOP Made from the delicate leaf tips of the Assam tea bush, this tea is full-bodied with a robust character 46 ASSAM SUPERB Assam tea, indigenous to India s steamy Brahmaputra Valley, is one of the world s oldest varieties. The aptly named Assam Superb has the rich, dark liquor and smooth, round,malty flavour prized by the connoisseur. Full of body and flavour, it is ideal at any time of the day 47 CEYLON OP Orange Pekoe denotes a large-leaved tea, and the dark, even leaves of this tea are indicative of a really good Ceylon. Bright, crisp and fullbodied 48 DARJEELING BOP This justly famous black tea from the bracing foothills of the Himalayas has a vivid, coppery infusion. The broken leaf grade gives a stronger brew that suits those who prefer to take their Darjeeling with milk 49 DARJEELING FTGFOP Made from leaf tips of the highest quality, this large leaf Darjeeling has a subtle muscatel taste and a full-bodied and robust character 10

12 50 YUNNAN In China s Yunnan Province, tea still grows as wild as the day it earned the accolade as the home of tea. The liquor is strong, malty, coppy and pleasantly distinctive 51 KEEMUN This small, delicate leaf provides a rich, brown, lightly scented and almost nutty liquor that is terrific on its own but also takes extremely well to milk, which brings out its extraordinary smoothness 52 RUSSIAN CARAVAN This blend of China Black Keemun and Oolong teas recalls the ancient trading routes that brought tea to the Tsars, when tea was transported from China to Russia in a caravan of camels. It has a light, almost nutty flavour and distinct character Aromatic Black Teas 53 EARL GREY CLASSIC Made up of a simple black tea flavoured with aromatic and stimulating oil of bergamot, Earl Grey is a true classic 54 SMOKY EARL GREY Created in response to a request from the Palace for a smokier Earl Grey, this unique blend combines traditional bergamot with a touch of Lapsang and Gunpowder tea, combining the best qualities of all three 55 LAPSANG SOUCHONG To give this tea its unmistakable flavour, the plucked leaves are withered over pine fires, pan-dried and rolled and placed in bamboo baskets and smoked over smouldering pinewood fires, resulting in a smoky, rich and evocative flavour 56 FORTMASON This blend of Indian and China teas is perfumed with the delicate aroma of orange blossom to produce a subtle, floral flavour 11

13 57 CHAI This ancient recipe of black tea spiced with Indian herbs and spices produces a warm, soothing drink that will soothe and satisfy, wonderful with milk and sugar 58 COUNTESS GREY A twist on the traditional bergamot infused blend, Countess Grey is based on well-twisted Orange Pekoe teas, lifted by classic bergamot and a light orange flavour. It has a light and delicate character 59 ROSE POUCHONG In this speciality of China, rose petals are interleaved with the tea as it dries, and a few are left in for decoration, ensuring that the visual appeal matches the flavour. It has a light and delicate character Flavoured Black Teas 60 BLACK TEA WITH STRAWBERRY The delicious taste of this classic summer fruit fused with black China tea makes an unusually refreshing drink 61 BLACK TEA WITH APPLE This is a warmly refreshing drink made with China black tea flavoured with the most English of fruits 62 BLACK TEA WITH LEMON Sicilian lemons lend this black China tea a warm aroma and generous flavour 63 BLACK TEA WITH PEACH Real fruit pieces and a carefully selected blend of China teas make this an appealing and naturally sweet beverage any time of the day 64 BLACK TEA WITH CRANBERRY This invigorating black tea is infused with a delicate fruit flavour to make a gentle but effective pick-me-up 12

14 Green Tea 65 GUNPOWDER The tightly rolled leaves first resemble gunpowder pellets, which uncurl when brewed to give an unexpectedly peaceful and delicate tea 66 GREEN CEYLON Once picked, the leaves are pan-fired before being rolled to give their distinctive appearance. The resulting brew is light and bright with the harmonious character familiar to lovers of Ceylon 67 GREEN DARJEELING The distinctive muscatel notes of Darjeeling emerge clearly from this select blend of unoxidised leaves 68 GREEN SENCHA It has a delicate and sweet aroma and a flavour of fresh grassy meadows, with a mild astringency that adds a lively note Flavoured Green Teas 69 GREEN EARL GREY CLASSIC A blend of oriental green teas delicately scented with bergamot oil, this is lighter in character than regular Earl Grey but just as good 70 GREEN JASMINE This carefully selected green tea is allowed to absorb the natural scent of jasmine to produce an orangey-gold liquid with a delicate taste and alluring fragrance 13

15 71 GREEN TEA WITH APPLE Real apple and the best green tea combine in a creation that evokes a very English kind of paradise 72 GREEN TEA WITH GINGER This blend of carefully selected green tea is combined with the warming, stimulating properties of ginger to create a drink that is both invigorating and refreshing 73 GREEN TEA WITH ELDERFLOWER Fragrant elderflower is a worthwhile companion to the best green tea, as the complementary flavours combine to create an especially subtle and distinctive drink 74 MOROCCAN MINT Adding pure, roughly torn peppermint and spearmint leaves to gunpowder tea follows a traditional recipe that is still all the rage in the swankier bazaars of Fez and Casablanca. Delicate yet refreshing 14

16 Herbal Infusions 75 CAMOMILE Camomile is known for its calming qualities, and makes a delicately perfumed infusion 76 MANUKA Aromatic with a taste of honey, it makes a sweet and unusual drink 77 NETTLE Best known for delivering nasty stings, nettle in fact makes a delicious infusion. Slightly bitter and very refreshing infusion 78 PEPPERMINT Peppermint tea has a long history, often recommended for improving the digestion and refreshing the palate. A light, aromatic and pleasantly minty infusion 79 FENNEL INFUSION Pungently aniseed but with a delicate flavour, fennel tea has a delicious astringency 80 LEMON VERBENA This refreshing tea is made from the cut leaves of pure Lemon Verbena, which release a wonderful rich lemon scent and flavour when infused HERBAL INFUSIONS 15

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18 Highgrove Organic Teas 81 PRINCE OF WALES BLEND Golden Assams give the blend its body, with a deep, rich and robust character, with an added hint of malt. Contrasting light, bright and lively high grown and deeper, fuller and less dry lower grown Ceylon teas are added and, when combined, the blend has a wonderfully smooth and rounded flavour that is perfect with a with a very regal splash of milk, giving it a wonderful golden brightness 82 EARL GREY BLEND A twist on the classic Earl Grey recipe, our blend combines the traditionally used China black teas with lighter, gently steamed, green tea also from China. This gives the Highgrove Earl Grey a lighter base so that the full flavour of bergamot can come through. Can be equally enjoyed on its own, with a splash of milk, or even with a slice of lemon 17 HIGHGROVE TEAS

19 Coffees &Hot Chocolates FOR COFFEE CONNOISSEURS If your preference is for coffee, rather than tea, we are delighted to offer you a choice of our famous coffees Single Espresso 2.75 Double Espresso 3.95 Espresso Macchiato 3.95 Cappuccino 3.95 Americano Espresso topped with hot water 3.95 Flat White Ristretto topped with steamed milk 3.95 Caffé Latte 3.95 FILTER COFFEE 5.25 King s Blend Organic Fortnum & Mason Decaffeinated HOT CHOCOLATE 5.95 Creamy milk chocolate with a rich velvety finish