Article · Grades & Processing
Fired to Three Percent, and What Burns to Get There
Firing drives a fermented Assam batch down to about 3 percent moisture in twenty minutes of hot air, the number that decides whether the leaf keeps or rots. Here is what the driers actually do, the rate that can ruin a batch even at the right final number, and why the fuel underneath them is changing.
Dec 27, 2025 →