Black · Assam, India
Assam Second Flush
Moderate caffeine
A full-bodied black tea with malt, dried fruit, and a coppery liquor.
Recipe
- Temperature
- 95 °C · 203 °F
- Leaf
- 3 g
- Water
- 250 ml
- First steep
- 3:00
- Each next steep
- +0:30
- Steeps
- 3
Suggested starting point.
Time this brew with Pekoe
Brew guide
Use near-boiling water and a measured infusion for body without roughness.
Aroma notes
malt · raisin · warm honey
Tasting notes
brisk structure · dark caramel · long malty finish
Harvest
May–June
Making
Planting 
Plucking 
Withering 
Rolling 
Oxidation 
Sorting
Origin
Assam · India
On the Brahmaputra floodplain the monsoon builds a greenhouse: heat, humidity, fast growth. The malt and the body come from there.
Lore
The British confirmed indigenous tea trees in Assam in 1823, ending China's monopoly within a generation. The second flush, picked in early summer, carries the valley's signature: malt, body and tippy gold.
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