Albion Tea Assam

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Albion Tea Assam

The brew
3 gleaf
300ml
98°Cwater
3:30steep

3 teaspoons for 2: one for each person and one for the pot, as your grandmother had it.

Brew it

Tasting note

Dry leaf Tightly rolled dark brown leaves

Liquor
Copper
Aroma
Pronounced
Body
Full
Astringency
Medium (+)
Sweetness
Medium (+)
Bitterness
Low
Umami
Medium (+)
Finish
Medium (+)
AromaBodyAstringencySweetnessBitternessUmamiFinish

Serve with

Savoury toast with butter

Steeping the notes on this tea…

If you are cold, tea will warm you; if you are too heated, it will cool you; if you are depressed, it will cheer you; if you are excited, it will calm you.

Attributed to W. E. Gladstone

himinbjörg the tea caddy