Assam (tea)
Assam ( Assamese : অসম , Hindi : आसाम also असम ) describes a type of tea from the cultivation area of the same name in northeast India . Black Assam teas are characterized by a strong, mostly malty and z. Some taste reminiscent of honey. They are very economical and relatively insensitive to hard water . Assam teas are more rarely offered as green teas . Assam teas are the main component of the well-known East Frisian blends .
history
In 1823, wild tea bushes were discovered in Assam. A Scottish traveler observed that the Singpho people made tea from the leaves of these bushes. This was particularly noteworthy because it was previously assumed that tea grew exclusively in China or Japan . In the early 1830s, the Calcutta Botanical Garden confirmed that it was a subspecies of the tea bush Camelia sinensis known from China . Thereupon tea gardeners and tea seeds were brought from China to Assam. Over time, it turned out that a cross between Chinese and wild indigenous tea bushes gave the best yields. Today Assam is the largest contiguous tea-growing area in the world.
literature
- S. Slavin et al. K. Petzke: Tea. Culture & Enjoyment (from English, 2005).
