tea ceremony, in principle, historically belongs to the Chinese.They shared this drink with the world.However, we should pay tribute to the British: the country has carried a passion for tea all the colonies of the former empire, infected with love for him his companions, popularized the drink by the neighbors and has done much to improve it.Until now, the most popular Indian varieties, among them the Assam tea.
Origin tea
It owes its name the name of the field, which is located in the delta of the river with pure Indian nickname Brahmaputra.Now it is the largest area in the world where tea is cultivated.A significant advantage of the tea bushes of the neighborhood is its height: they grow right up to 20 meters, in contrast to the Chinese counterparts, whose height does not exceed four meters.Leaves of the plant where larger if collected from the bush, growing precisely in the area of Assam.Tea of them turns a beautiful reddish color, although it is considered black.The leaves of the Indian bush is not as dense as the Chinese, due to which it is easier to give the drink taste and aroma.
However, the British, who were then masters of India, did not stop the cultivation of wild plants: they are long and hard crossed it with a "family" of Chinese origin, have experimented with agronomic treating plantation methods of harvesting and methods of brewing finished product, achieving unique tasteand olfactory qualities.And as a result it has made world-famous area of Assam?Tea that is grown here.
The debate about the primacy
popularity of this variety has created in his time, even jealous of discussion on the topic of who gave the world the Assam tea.Official British military is considered a pioneer Robert Bruce, who discovered during his travels unique tea trees and brought the governor of Assam seeds and seedlings bushes.It happened in 1823, which has since been considered the beginning of the history and spread of varieties of Assam tea.However, the brother of Major named Charles claimed that he first discovered the amazing plants.The next opponent was the Robert Charlton, Lieutenant, I assure you that in 1831 he sent samples of the bushes in the companies engaged in horticulture and agronomy.However, it is entered into the history of Robert the Bruce, but as things were in fact - is covered by the darkness of obscurity.
Flavors and rules of consumption
It must be said, Indian tea "Assam" - one of the most famous and preferred varieties.Only a slight smell, but quite noticeably gives malt;but it is combined with the honey taste astringent tartness.And quite unusual for a black tea red color is very attractive for the fans of this drink.If you are a genuine lover of tea variety and want to enjoy everything from the heart bouquet of aroma and flavor, try to breathe after each sip of air through the nose and directly, and through the mouth.All the subtleties and hidden shades of you will feel the full, including the subtle touch of menthol.
If you do not want to delve into the nuances of preparing the individual varieties of tea "Assam", you can stick to average.That is, put the kettle on 300 ml of a couple of spoons of raw materials, pour boiling water and infuse for five minutes.However, note: you can lose a lot of aromatic and taste sensations.
Indian variety
Note that Assam tea is "native" production is very varied in the range.There are quite a number of variations of it in those teas that are produced in Assam.For example, "Keung TGFOPI» - still considered a new variety that has recently started to be grown on plantations Keung.Its refined flavor and sticky taste quite different from what is Assam tea BLEND ST.TGFBOP.It should be noted, is a product of the second collection and consists of a mixture of several black teas.This allows you to make a very strong drink with a very deep and rich taste.One of the most prized (and also - especially expensive) - «Assam MOKALBARI».It increased content of kidney tea tree (bush), whereby the taste of malt and honey becomes more palpable.And there are varieties of "Daysadzhan TGFOP», «Dinzhan" and so on, and each of them has its own taste benefits.So the person who wants to find the most suitable to him Assam tea, will have to try quite a few drinks before you choose your own.
Features brewing certain varieties
note that the overall similarity of the different varieties to obtain the best flavor is to listen to the recommendations of the manufacturer.For example, the same "Keung TGFOPI» advise brewing just a couple of minutes with boiling water to cool down to 90 degrees And MOKALBARI recommended brewing even more cool water, but insisted it should be longer.So black tea "Assam" production of different varieties has its own quirks when used.
Kazakh look at the tea «Assam»
India with the Central Asian country has different views on the "right" tea.Kazakhs, in particular, not too prone to-drink beverage of the sheet material.Therefore tea "Assam" Kazakhstan is mainly supplied in granular form.Since 2009, there is a parallel to the Kazakh tea bags.For true fans of the drink is not a good replacement of the Indian proposals, but the Kazakh versions are much cheaper and easy to travel.It offers friendly territory "Assam" in the following variations: evening, morning, GOLD, green and fruity.All this is packaged or granular filling, which are quite cheap.However, if you are interested in real tea "Assam", the price should not confuse you.Raw has to be a sheet, and the origin - Indian.But then you have to pay from 240 to 700 rubles per 100 grams - it depends on the variety.For the Kazakh teas you will pay from 25 (!) To 150. Choose what you like best.
