Assam

 

Assam is a tea district in Northern India across the Brahmaputra. It is the largest connected tea growing region in the world. The plateau with highly arable rainforest soil contains a lot of humidity due to the prevailing monsoon winds.

 

 

 

Assam tea is generally heavy and spicy, dark in the cup. It is the main component of the classical English and East Frisian blends which are prepared for water with high chalk contents and are usually drunk with milk and sugar.

 

 

Since the appearance of the young tea traders on the international market, especially from Africa, Assam was largely driven out of this market by the cheaper tea varieties. Not as strong, but full-flavoured is the Assam first flush which is harvested in May. The second flush, harvested in June/July, before the large monsoon rain starts, is highly demanded. The oldest tea gardens in Assam were founded in 1832/33 by English trade agencies. In 1839 the first Assam tea appeared in an auction in London.

 

 


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