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ASSAM GREEN TEA

assam green tea

ASSAM GREEN TEA

Assam Green Tea is named after the region of its production, Assam, in India. Assam tea is manufactured specifically from the Assamica variety of the plant Camellia Sinensis. Assam is associated with wonderfully thick, malty black teas, however this is an excellent example of one of the flavoursome green teas that are becoming well known.

WHERE DOES IT COME FROM

Assam is the largest tea growing area in the world. It’s a rainforest area, making it rich and lush and in the Monsoon season it has up to 5 inches of rain each day. This tea comes from the Sewpur Estate. The Brahmaputra River runs through the area and passes through this very tea garden.

HARVESTING GREEN ASSAM

Green Assam is plucked between May and June where it flushes every five to seven days. The tea is plucked by hand and by experienced pickers looking for the most succulent single leaf and bud giving an abundance of fine quality tip, this season’s tea is very tippy.

harvest green assam