Assam....Anyone?

I have two canisters of organic Assam green tea. Only about 10% of Assam tea is made into green tea. The teas were a gift to me, and the tea is in bags. It is not great green tea. To be honest I use it to season tea pots just to get rid of it.

I adore a good quality Assam when you need a really hefty punch of a brew. Remarkably one of my favourites was a supermarket own label Booths Royal Assam for which a 125g bag sets you back around £1.50.

I love Brisbane Breakfast from T2, an Australian company. It’s a strong Assam with a hint of mango.

I don’t actually like assam. :( I find it bitter and too strong and possibly too close to coffee. I can stand some blends with assam but I prefer pretty much every other country. Black tea is da bomb, but only a few assams appeal to me. I remember really liking Butiki’s Taiwanese Assam, though I liked it because it didn’t remind me of typical assams.

If I do drink assam, I tend to have to add milk and sugar which I don’t like to do very often, but they do go well together.