Kashmiri Kahwa

Kahwa is Kashmir's green tea, simmered with saffron and warm spices and poured after meals across the valley. Our version keeps the tradition intact: a clean green tea base, real saffron threads, cardamom, and cinnamon. The cup is warm, lightly sweet, and golden in the pot, with the saffron arriving on the finish.

The green tea base comes from Chamraj Tea Estate in the Nilgiris, at around 7,200 feet. This batch was put together between 2 and 7 May 2026, just after the spring green tea harvest it is built on.

How we brew it: a teaspoon per cup, water at about 85 degrees, three to four minutes. The traditional serve adds a spoon of crushed almonds to the cup before pouring, and it is worth trying at least once. Sweeten with honey or sugar to taste; kahwa in Kashmir is rarely drunk plain.

Saffron is the most expensive ingredient in our catalogue, which is why this blend is tinned in small numbered batches with the source and blending window on the label. What is in the tin is what the label says, nothing more.

• Hot 2.5g of leaf to 200ml of water at 80°C. Steep 2 to 3 min.
• Iced Double the leaf, steep as usual, then pour over a full glass of ice.
• Again Re-steep the same leaf 2 times or more, adding 30 seconds each time.

Green tea, saffron, cardamom, cinnamon, almond.

Contains almond (tree nut). If you have an allergy, write to us before ordering and we'll send you the full ingredient sheet.

Pouches come in 20g, 50g, 100g, 250g and 500g, and each gram costs less as the pouch grows. Keepsake tins come in 50g, 100g and 250g for ₹100 more, with your name on the label if you like. Keep the tin and refill it with a pouch.

Ships within 48 hours. Complimentary shipping on orders over ₹999. Every order is packed by hand. If something isn't right, message us on WhatsApp and we'll make it right.