Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Black
Where to Buy: English Tea Store
Tea Description:
The Assam Tea blend from English Tea Store contains only the finest Assam tea for this product. This is a strong tea, and makes a great start to the day. Our pure Assam tea has a deep bronze color and strong malty flavor. It is very refreshing drink for any time of day. We recommend this tea be served hot with milk and a little sugar, but it is also delicious served with lemon or it can be used to make iced tea.
Learn more about this tea here.
Taster’s Review:
This Assam Black Tea from English Tea Store is a seriously hearty black tea … or as my father would say: It’ll put hair on your chest. Hopefully, it won’t put hair on my chest. I would hate to have to explain how it got there to my cosmetologist.
Whether or not it will actually cause hair to sprout where it wouldn’t normally, this tea definitely does have some gusto. It’s a good, strong black tea – the kind of tea you want to serve first thing in the morning when you need that extra burst of energy most.
This is one of those really rich, malty Assam teas. It has nice caramel-y undertones, and would take to the addition of milk and honey very well. This makes a really good latte! Another suggestion: swap out your normal teaspoon to stir this tea with a cinnamon stick. This won’t add a super strong cinnamon taste … just a touch of cinnamon goodness. It’s quite lovely.
Because this is a finely chopped CTC loose leaf, I would recommend keeping that in mind and reducing the steep time. If you would normally steep an Assam tea for 2 1/2 minutes in boiling water, for example, I’d go with just 2 minutes with this tea. After steeping for 2 1/2 minutes, I am noticing some bitterness to this. Not too much, but, I think that the next time I’m steeping this tea, I’ll cut it back to 2 minutes in boiling water to eliminate that bitter note.
