What the Name on an Assam Orthodox Tin Guarantees

When a tin says "Assam Orthodox," it is making a legal promise: real whole-leaf tea grown and rolled in the Brahmaputra valley. Here is exactly what that promise covers, and the one border where it stops.

Where Assam Goes

Most Assam never leaves the country, and the blend that says Assam on the tin does not always have any in it. Here is the honest map of where the leaf travels, by weight and measure.