Assam Tea

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Assam Golden Tips

This superb golden picking is a rare tea indeed. The leaves are beautifully twisted and the aroma is truly gorgeous. In the cup it has a deep, mellow ...

Assam Bukhail Second Flush

This wonderful second flush tea is usually picked in May, having a golden tip and a distinctly rich malty taste

Assam Sree Sibbari Second Flush

A small, black, clonal (hybrid) leaf producing a lovely malty yet slightly brighter cup than is than is typical...

Assam Menoka Second Flush FTGFOP

A large leaf Assam with an abundance of tips, Menoka produces a superb, brisk, malty cup. Satrupa is located in the most easterly part of Upper Assam...

Assam Harmutty Second Flush

This wonderful second flush is from the great Harmutty garden located in the Brahmaputra valley...

Assam Harmutty Mid Season

One of the best gardens in Assam, established in 1870. Harmutty is a well made, tippy tea producing a well rounded, smooth cup...

Assam SFTGFOP Mangalam

Mangalam has an enthusiastic following and originates from the Nagaland province of Assam...

Assam Dikom

This is a well made Assam with a wiry leaf and traditional malty, yet light flavour...

A little about: Assam Tea

We stock a comprehensive range of loose Assam Tea, so popular for their rich maltiness. We have several 2nd Flush Assams and mid season teas.

Wild tea plants were discovered in Assam in 1823. They were the earliest teas to be cultivated in India, pioneered by major Robert Bruce. The first crop arrived in London in 1838. They are produced with the native Camellia assamica rather than the Chinese Camellia sinensis which does not grow well in the region. Camellia assamica has larger leaves and produces a more robust, fuller flavour than the Chinese variant. The tea is grown in the Brahmaputra valley, 120 miles due east of Darjeeling, near the Chinese and Burmese borders. It is an area of very high rainfall (79 to 118 inches per year), heat (average temperatures of around 85 degrees Fahrenheit) and humidity.

First flush Assam tea is picked from March but are not attractive to a Western markets, being light and rather astringent. Second flush pickings begin in June and can be drunk without milk. Mid season Assam Tea is characterised as full bodied, rich and malty.

As well as the traditional black Assam teas listed above we also stock a unique White Assam.