Tea Tasting (Assam)

Some people go wine tasting, I love to go tea tasting. There is something about coffee shops that I just adore, I love the little clinking noise of the spoons hitting the saucers and just the general atmosphere. I usually rate a coffee shop on their selection of teas, a lot of places just have bog standard tea which displeases me greatly. On the other hand some places have an amazing selection and I am spoiled for choice.

 

I am a tea drinker through and through, I have never been a coffee lover, I love the smell but just cannot stomach the taste, not even the least strongest one a latte can I handle. I’ve come to terms with this because I am a total tea jenny! In my kitchen I actually have a cupboard that is dedicated to tea!

 

I would like to share with you some of my favourite teas and some of the names that I like to refer them to. I’m one of those people who gets excited in the supermarket when a new make or brand of tea comes out, I guess I’m just a little bit of a tea oddball….

 

First of I would like to share that I do not have an ultimate favourite tea, every week I have a different preference and you would to if you drank a crazy amount of tea a day like I do, roughly on average about eight or nine cups!

 

Today’s tea tasting post is going to be on Assam tea, which is better known in my house as Assassin tea. Why I cannot remember now, but I do know that it has just been stuck to being called that!

Assam tea is a heavy bodied black tea, you can pick it up from most supermarkets. Assam teabags are best to sit in the cup from between 3-5 minutes for its full flavour, depending on the strength of tea you desire. I serve mine with a little drop of semi skimmed milk, but as I say it is what you desire.

 

Good brands to get:

 

Newby London – Assam Tea

Twinning’s – Assam

Asda’s own brand – Assam

 

Katy

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