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STARTER SET LOOSE TEA

STARTER SET LOOSE TEA

Regular price 19.75 £19.75 GBP
Regular price £22.00 GBP Sale price £19.75 GBP
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Quality everyday tea from Rwanda that totally hits the spot and pays farmers 50% above Fairtrade.

Our loose leaf tea comes in packs of 500g to keep it fresh.

This starter pack contains 1 500g pack and a storage tin to keep the tea fresh. 

You save 15% when you buy the set, compared to buying the tea and the tin separately. 

Our next run of loose tea is on its way.

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STORAGE TIN

STORAGE TIN

Keeps your tea super fresh
TEA BY THE CASE

TEA BY THE CASE

A big case of SPILL. Never run out.
TEABAGS

TEABAGS

Quality everyday tea from Rwanda.
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More About This Tea

Bold (not Meh). Full bodied (not wishy washy). Thick (not thin) Golden (not grey). Totally hits the spot.

IT’S DOWN TO THE LEAF

Rwanda has big hills, volcanic soil, tropical sun, big showers. These are the things that make great tasting tea. 

Plus, tea farmers in Rwanda have a formal plucking standard; it’s a serious business. The freshest 2 leaves and a bud. From the top of the bush. Not too big, or too small. Farmers receive premium for plucking tea to this very high standard. And they pluck by hand; hands see better than machines. 

Origin

Rwanda

Elevation

High - 2000m-2700m 

Process

Oxidised Black Tea

Taste, Appearance

Bold. Full Bodied. Thick. Golden. 

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Origin

Rwandan tea is a tea taster's secret. Rwanda grows just 1% of the worlds tea, we think it's the best 1%

Elevation

Rwanda is known as the land of a thousand hills. The higher the elevation, the slower the tea grows and the deeper the flavour of the tea.

Process

This is a black tea so once the leaves are plucked and dried, they are left to ferment or oxidise - this means the air gets to the leaves and turns them black. The oxidation is what gives black tea it's deep flavour and colour perfect with milk.

Taste, Appearance

This tea really hits the spot and tastes exactly how you want an everyday tea to taste. 

How To Drink

Boiling water

Brew for 3 mins

With or without milk

Packaging

This pouch is paper recyclable. Please put the pouch in your paper recycling.

Spill Farmer Model

BETTER TASTING TEA

Source quality tea that tastes great, not "meh"

BETTER FARMER PRICE

Pay beyond Fairtrade
Put more cash in the farmers' pocket

SPILL!

Be open about payments to farmers

SPILL pays base price $3 / kilo

50% above Fairtrade

Plus, we make an additional farmer payment of $0.50 / kilo

Good Tea.
Nothing To Hide.

SPILL pay $3 / kilo - 50% above Fairtrade - Plus, additional farmer payment $0.50 / kilo.

FOR YOU, A BETTER CUPPA

FOR THE FARMER, A BETTER PRICE

FOR YOU, A BETTER CUPPA

FOR THE FARMER, A BETTER PRICE

From "the spill"

Do you grow your potatoes in pots?

Laurent: Farmer 1
Starting growing tea: 2007
Tea field: 0.8 hectares
Wants: An iPhone and an olive tree

Before growing tea, Laurent grew plantain and potatoes and traded them in local markets.

Smallholder farmer headshot outside home in Rugabano, Rwanda

Everything I have is because of tea...

Gianpierre and Cartas: Farmers 4 & 5
Started growing tea: 2018
Tea field: 0.4 hectares
Wants: More land for more tea!

We met Gianpierre, Cartas, and baby Brighten during our first visit to Rugabano. Gianpierre tells us how everything he has he has bought with tea!

Everything I have is because of tea...

Are you ready yet?

Emaunel & Lucie - Farmers 2 & 3
Part 2

In March 2023, we visited smallholder tea farmers Emanuel and Lucie at Rugabano in Rwanda for the second time. They updated us on how tea growing was going for them.

Are you ready yet?

Customer Reviews

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Joanne Jarrett
It's interesting...

I've only ever really had PG Tips and Yorkshire Tea for years... But tried my first cup of Spill today and was so impatient, I don't think I gave it long enough to brew...(lol) - but there is definitely a different sort of flavour there - even if I do take my tea with sweet milk... (it's a Jamaican thing...)

Jo Jarrett.

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Tash Acres
Best Cuppa in a long time

I'm a tea-fiend. In fact my Grandad's nickname for me was 'Teapot', but my tea has been falling short of taste for a while. This tea has brought back my love. It's bold, not bitter. It's fragrant but not fancy. In short, it's just a bloody good cuppa. And knowing that it's doing good makes it taste even better.
Is it pricier? Yep, but not ridiculously so, and let's be honest, you get what you pay for. If you enjoy your 5 minute tea break, I think it's best to treat yourself to the best. Thanks Spill. And good luck with what you're doing :)