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“I received a box of this tea for review. It contains 25 nylon sachets/bags. Each is individually sealed in a protective envelop and contain 2.25 g of CTC. I probably have already lost 1/2 of you by...” Read full tasting note
Our family owned tea estates of James Warren in the South Bank of Upper Assam, making our tea single origin and unblended. We do very little to the leaves once plucked ensuring that the maximum quality remains in the cup and the liquor is gutty and full bodied.
We are a team of 20,000 people behind Assam1860 and we strive to make every cup count. We cut out the middlemen to bring you the tastiest, freshest and well-priced tea available.
Our family owned tea estates of James Warren in the South Bank of Upper Assam, making our tea single origin and unblended. We do very little to the leaves once plucked ensuring that the maximum quality remains in the cup and the liquor is gutty and full bodied. We are a team of 20,000 people behind Assam1860 and we strive to make every cup count. We cut out the middlemen to bring you the tastiest, freshest and well-priced tea available.
I received a box of this tea for review. It contains 25 nylon sachets/bags. Each is individually sealed in a protective envelop and contain 2.25 g of CTC. I probably have already lost 1/2 of you by mentioning bag and CTC in the same sentence. I personally use a lot of bagged tea and find if you are selective there are some jewels to be found. They do sell it in loose form though it is CTC. That is normal for nearly all tea originating in India.
Dry this has a pleasant malty aroma that only intensifies when steeped. The brew color is a truly beautiful cherry mahogany. I steeped for 2 1/2 minutes and the first sip was intensely eye opening brisk – just like a good breakfast tea should be IMHO. After the initial shock, I got the malt notes along with woody, fruity, and slightly sweet. Just as is it is pretty good.
For fun I added a little Splenda. This civilizes the savage bite, if you are in to that. I will admit it gave the malt and other notes a little more room to display what they had to offer.
Next, I did something for science I never try. I added a splash of milk. Brilliant! While it destroys the beautiful color, it totally surprised me otherwise. To me, milk normally muddies up the cup making all the notes indistinguishable from one another. Here, while it added nothing really new, it did marry all the flavors together while they remained separate notes. I don’t know if that even makes sense. What I know is at this point the cup became empty very fast.
Final analysis – I really enjoyed this and look forward to drinking more of it. In fact, I am going to try it iced in a few moments.
sounds like a good quick option!
I like good bagged tea! And it’s oftentimes convenient to make when you’re short on time.
A good and friendly bagged option—sounds great!