Kanso Tea: Kettle on?
Single-origin leaves from small organic farms, kept to a rotation of four curated teas. When a harvest ends, we retire it and a new roster enters the limelight.
Sun-dried, All organic, Fairtrade, Hand-picked, Single origin, Small farms, Plastic-free packaging, Small batches.
簡素kan·so, noun
The art ofleaving thingsout.
It's an old Japanese idea, and we took it literally. A short shelf, never a crowded one. Every tea comes from a farm small enough that we know who picked it.
A tea stays only as long as its harvest lasts. Then it's retired, and something new rolls in. Fewer choices, more attention: in the leaf, and in the ten quiet minutes you spend with it.
- Picked by hand
- Grown without chemicals
- Sold while it lasts
This season's rotation
The Roster
Each one picked for how different it is from the others. Side by side, with everything you'd want to know before you brew.
Not sure where to start?
Let the shelf pick one for you.
Five quick questions, no wrong answers. Watch the shelf as you go.
Origins
Where it's grown
Family farms of a few hectares each, all organic. We know every one by name.
Hibiscus DreamThe Nour family farmThree generations, one rooftop of drying racks on the Nile.Uva Highlands,Sri Lanka
Earl Grey WaveThe Perera family gardenPicked by hand at 1,800 metres, above the clouds most mornings.Wuyi Mountains,China
Lapsang AmberThe Jiang family, Tongmu villageSmoked in the same wooden loft since the Ming dynasty.Shizuoka,Japan
Sencha BloomThe Morimoto tea gardenTwo hectares of terraces, shaded for a week before picking.- Aswan,EgyptHibiscus DreamThe Nour family farmThree generations, one rooftop of drying racks on the Nile.
- Uva Highlands,Sri LankaEarl Grey WaveThe Perera family gardenPicked by hand at 1,800 metres, above the clouds most mornings.
- Wuyi Mountains,ChinaLapsang AmberThe Jiang family, Tongmu villageSmoked in the same wooden loft since the Ming dynasty.
- Shizuoka,JapanSencha BloomThe Morimoto tea gardenTwo hectares of terraces, shaded for a week before picking.
Five pieces, one firing
KLAMA is a two-person studio on Rue du Massy in Paris. We asked them for a set that makes a pot of tea feel like an occasion: a teapot, two cups on raw-clay coasters, a sugar holder and a milk boat, all wood-fired together so the glazes match.
Only a handful of sets come out of each firing. Get them while they're around.
KLAMA x KANSO Teaware
What people say
I used to own forty teas and drink three of them. The Lapsang has ruined every other smoked tea for me: campfire first, then something like dried cherries, and it holds up for three pots.
- 5 out of 5: “Smells like a bonfire in the best way.” Ellie, York, on Lapsang Amber
- 5 out of 5: “My new 7am ritual. Sweet, grassy, gone too soon.” Marcus, Cardiff, on Sencha Bloom
- 5 out of 5: “Finally, a tea shop that doesn't overwhelm me.” Priya, Leicester, on Kanso Tea
- 5 out of 5: “Iced hibiscus, all summer long.” Leah, Brighton, on Hibiscus Dream
- 5 out of 5: “Arrived in two days, beautifully packed, no plastic anywhere.” Owen, Glasgow, on Delivery
- 5 out of 5: “The crate is the best part of my month.” Grace, Bath, on The Tea Crate
- 5 out of 5: “Three infusions and still going strong.” Kenji, London, on Lapsang Amber
- 5 out of 5: “Gifted it to my mum. Then bought my own.” Fatima, Birmingham, on Earl Grey Wave
- 5 out of 5: “That KLAMA teapot pours without a single drip.” Ben, Oxford, on KLAMA Teapot
- 4 out of 5: “I miss last month's tea already. Bring it back!” Nadia, Norwich, on The Tea Crate
- 5 out of 5: “Proper leaf, proper flavour, no dust.” Callum, Belfast, on Earl Grey Wave
- 5 out of 5: “Caffeine-free and somehow not boring.” Jo, Exeter, on Hibiscus Dream