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A Playground of Delicious Discovery

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This springtime, step inside Fortnum's, and discover a destination that's good enough to eat, as we take you on a tasting tour of some of our favourite flavours, ingredients and culinary creations. Welcome to Fortnum & Mason, and prepare to experience our Playground of Delicious Discovery...

Introducing Our New Zealong Tea

Our Zealong tea - which takes its name from a combination of “New Zealand” and “Oolong” - is produced on the Zealong Tea Estate, where flourishing Waikato plants mean New Zealand is not just pure and clean, it is also the perfect environment to grow tea that excels in aroma and taste. It has the ideal combination of abundant rainfall, sunshine, free-draining acidic soil and the right temperature for growing tea.

In fact, the Zealong Estate has become a pioneer of tea culture in New Zealand. Today, 1.2 million Camellia sinensis bushes are lovingly nurtured by the estate’s farm team, and the impressive tea rows provide a safe haven to an abundance of native birds and wildlife.

Tea Terroir

When it comes to tea, terroir is all. Discover more about the crucial role environmental factors play in giving each tea its own distinctive flavour in Tea Terroir.