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A bag of loose leaf Numi Chinese Breakfast tea with a cup of brewed tea in a clear cup

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A bag of organic Numi Chinese Breakfast tea next to a pile of loose leaf tea and a brewed cup

Chinese Breakfast™ (loose)

Name: Chinese Breakfast™ (loose)
Brand: Numi Tea
SKU: N20106-1
Price: 33.99 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.7 (19 reviews)

$33.99 - $183.55

Flavor:

Malty & Floral

Caffeine:

High

Our Chinese Breakfast black tea includes the flavorful golden tips of the tea leaves to create this gourmet Yunnan style of tea. It is malty and full-bodied with lingering floral notes. What distinguishes this tea from others is its perfect balance, tiger's eye color, and a vibrancy which makes it suitable for any time of day. Each bag brews 200 cups.

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To start your day, steep 1 heaping tsp. tea in 12 oz. hot water for 4-5 minutes. For iced tea, brew 2 tsp., cool and pour over ice.

Verified Fair Labor™ organic Yunnan black tea.

Caffeine provides energy & focus. Polyphenols from tea leaves slow the absorption of caffeine into the bloodstream, so you feel more alert gradually vs. the energy jolt of coffee.

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Plant-based Tea Wrappers

Source

Yunnan, China is known as the birthplace of tea. Many ethnic tribes in this majestic mountainous region have cultivated tea since the Dian Dynasty (279-107 BCE). Our Verified Fair Labor™ program in Yunnan ensures fair wages, overtime pay, safe working conditions, and benefits like maternity leave for workers.

Hand-Plucked, Whole Tea Leaves

Our loose leaf teas steep slowly and evenly, delivering a smooth, rich flavor. Why do grades of tea matter? The larger the leaf, the greater its surface area for steeping and the more complex the infusion. Smaller grades of tea release tannins more quickly, leading to a bitter cup. Num uses only hand-plucked, whole tea leaves that balance depth and nuance.

Our teabags are compostable and made from manila hemp cellulose (plant fiber). They are Non-GMO Verified, unbleached, and the tag is made from 100% recycled materials and soy-based inks. Our tea strings are made from cotton.
Numi’s tea bag wrappers* are commercially compostable (ASTM D6868 compliant/3rd party certification in progress). They are made from sustainably grown FSC® certified paper, and lined with sugarcane-based Non-GMO PLA and metalized eucalyptus layers to ensure freshness. Our plant-based wrappers have been tested to make sure they completely disintegrate and cause no eco-toxicity when they break down. You can compost the wrappers with any municipal or industrial service that accepts green waste (throw them in your green can). Unfortunately, due to the compostable freshness lining, the wrappers are not recyclable.
*with the exception of some Gunpowder Green and Jasmine Green
We are asked all the time how many milligrams of caffeine are in a particular cup of tea, and the honest answer is: we don’t know for sure! The environment each year, location of the bush, processing style and method of steeping all has an effect on the amount in your cup. This is why we only provide a range. We use the lower, medium, and high caffeine labeling on our packages based on past tests and the proportion of tea to ingredients in each blend. A 6 to 8 ounce cup of tea generally contains between 15 and 70 milligrams of caffeine. Remember, 8 ounces of brewed coffee has a range of 95-200mg, so you can be sure that your cup of tea will always be lower in caffeine.

Climate Neutral Certified is the leading independent climate action label. It gives you a way to find companies that are actively working toward a net-zero future. Demand action from all companies, and help us make carbon accountability the new normal.
Carbon neutrality means achieving a balance between emitting carbon and absorbing carbon from the atmosphere.
Achieving carbon neutrality, or climate neutrality - which counts other greenhouse gases in addition to carbon dioxide - can help accelerate the world on its path to net-zero by 2050. That's the target year for getting all of human civilization to a point where our emissions have been reduced below the amount that is absorbed through natural and man-made carbon sinks.
People have been talking about climate change for decades and doing very little about it, so the issue is more important than ever. All of the recent science suggests that we're approaching a point of no return on climate change - and political, economic, and social systems are not responding quickly enough. Humanity's decisions in the next 10 years will determine, more than ever before, how our climate changes and the extent of its impacts over the next century and beyond.
Although our brand has a new look, our ingredients, blends and recipes have not changed.
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