Estates and Terroir

Assam tea grows on a hot, low, river-fed floodplain in northeast India. The Brahmaputra valley's heat, monsoon rain, and alluvial soil are what make the leaf malty and strong. This is the terroir, the two valleys, the estate system, and what a single garden's name on the tin actually certifies.

Assam Tea

The canonical reference on Assam tea: the malty, brisk, full-bodied black tea grown in the Brahmaputra valley of northeast India from Camellia sinensis var. assamica. What it is, where it grows, how it is made and graded, and where it ends up.