Assam Tea Traditional Cache
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Assam Tea is a Black Tea. It's just from a specific region of
India. We drink this tea most often, great for Iced Tea. It's not a
name brand blended black tea, it's specific to a particular area.
We get it at any of our local Indian food stores.
Assam is a black tea named after the region of its production,
Assam, in India. Assam tea is manufactured specifically from the
plant Camellia sinensis var. assamica (Masters). This tea, most of
which is grown at or near sea level, is known for its body,
briskness, malty flavor, and strong, bright color. Assam teas, or
blends containing Assam, are often sold as "breakfast" teas.
English Breakfast tea, Irish Breakfast tea, and Scottish Breakfast
Tea are common generic names.
The tea plant is grown in the lowlands of Assam, unlike
[[Darjeeling tea and , which are grown in the highlands. The Assam
tea bush grows in a lowland region, in the valley of the
Brahmaputra River, an area of clay soil rich in nutrients of the
floodplain. The climate varies between a cool, arid winter and a
hot, humid rainy season—conditions ideal for it. Because of
its lengthy growing season and generous rainfall, Assam is one of
the most prolific tea-producing regions in the world. Each year,
the tea estates of Assam collectively yield approximately 1.5
million pounds (680,400 kg) of tea.
Assam tea is generally harvested twice, in a “first
flush” and a “second flush.” The first flush is
picked during late March. The second flush, harvested later, is the
more prized “tippy tea,” named thus for the gold tips
that appear on the leaves. This second flush, tippy tea, is sweeter
and more full-bodied and is generally considered superior to the
first flush tea. The leaves of the Assam tea bush are dark green
and glossy and fairly wide compared to those of the Chinese tea
plant. The bush produces delicate white blossoms.
Though Assam generally denotes the distinctive black teas from
Assam, the region produces smaller quantities of green and white
teas as well with their own distinctive characteristics.
Historically, Assam has been the second commercial tea production
region after southern China. Southern China and Assam are the only
two regions in the world with native tea plants. Assam tea
revolutionized tea drinking habits in the 19th century since the
tea, produced from a different variety of the tea plant, yielded a
different kind of tea.
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