Assam Whole Leaf Black Tea

Spice Zen’s Assam Whole Leaf Black Tea is a single estate, second flush, organic Assam tea of the finest quality. The delicate malty and floral notes of the medium strength tea with a full body and low astringency gives it the natural flavour of Assam black tea.

The “second flush” refers to a second round of harvesting in the growing year, which takes place during the summer monsoon when the tea leaves are truly developed, and the flavour is full and well rounded black tea.

This tea represents very best quality of Assam tea. The official industry grading system, introduced by the Dutch East Indian Company, assigned the highest grade of Assam Tea the code: FTGFOP1, meaning Finest Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe 1! The delicate buds just below the fresh shoots are picked to make this leaf tea.

Totally unrelated to the citrus fruit, “Orange Pekoe the story behind the Orange Pekoe label to classify tea comes from the Dutch Royal Family, members of the House of Orange. The word “orange” was bestowed on the most highly ranked tea leaves, associating them with royalty!

Brewing Instructions: Add 1 teaspoon of the tea to a cup of boiling water and steep for 1-2 minutes for a medium strength or 3-5 minutes for a stronger cup of tea. Enjoy with or without milk.

Loose leaf tea.

Organic Ingredient: Assam Whole Leaf Black Tea.

No added sweeteners, preservatives, flavourings, dairy, flour, gluten, nuts, salt, sugar