Jan 14
Jamie’s Teaview Snapshot
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9.5/10
I'm feeling about Assam tea as I have in the past when I've encountered a writer or musician that I enjoy and then find out they have a body of works already in existence, so there will be more to try when I've enjoyed the first book or album.My previous Assam experience was with Zhi Tea's Coconut Assam, which I enjoyed so much I bought a tin of and can now barely from steeping it at all hours of the day. So I was very excited to try Jing Breakfast Assam. Jing is a new company to me. They are based in the UK and will ship around the world. The website is attractive and only minimally confusing. I am very impressed with the beauty of the samples of all the Jing varieties I received. They are beautiful to look at and the smells are wonderful.
The Breakfast Assam has short, broken leaves, very small and pale chocolate in color. I steeped my leaves for about 3 minutes, using about 1.5 tablespoons for a 23 oz. pot and nearly boiling water. The leaves open up and unfurl to color the steeping tea a deep and rich amber. Its mellow, rounded scent I suppose could be described as malty. I found the flavor to be more to the slightly sweet and honeyish than the malty, but when I think of malty, I think of beer, and this wasn't beerlike to me at all. The color of the tea is gorgeous, full and dark, reminiscent of coffee. The scent of the tea is rich and the flavor is so rounded and easy to drink that I was hooked at once. I did taste the slightest bitterness as I finished my first cup, so I'm glad that I limited my steeping to 3 minutes. More would have been to excess, and I will knock 30 seconds off my first steeping of this tea next time around. I had one other great infusion from this tea, also steeped for 3 minutes, and then a weaker third infusion that nudged me to give up the leaves to the compost as the taste was expiring. I have to say that this naturally sweet, smooth and beautiful deep amber tea was really something wonderful. It would be delightful iced, and I expect that it might bring out a different set of flavor strengths. This tea opens up the world of black teas to me. The assam really impresses me as it is so without bitterness, and the flavor has a sweet fullness that I associate with perfectly ripe, completely in season fruit - like raspberries picked from backyard canes. Full and mellow, richly sweet. Delicious!
If Jing's Assam Breakfast is anything to judge some of their offerings by, I will be setting up an account with them shortly.
— To purchase JING Assam Breakfast Black Tea, or for more specific information on ingredients or the story behind this particular blend, click here to go directly to the manufacturer's web site.
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