Assam Mangalam Tea - Strong Black Tea - Second Flush (BPS - Broken Pekoe Souchong)
Broken and then granulated leaves provide Assam Mangalam Tea with a dark mahogany infusion and a bright, rich, full-bodied, malty and exquisitely smooth flavour. An ideal strong breakfast tea. Good with milk. Too strong for some, but deservedly popular.
Second Flush teas are picked in the premium harvest season of late Spring / early Summer and typically have deeper, more rounded flavour profiles that can be enjoyed with a dash of milk, or without.
Our Assam tea comes from the famous Mangalam plantations. This granulated tea has been produced using the CTC - Crush Tear Curl method which cuts the tea leaves into small pieces. This allows a greater depth of flavour of the tea to be extracted from the leaves when brewed, typically resulting in a strong infusion that works well with milk.
First planted in the 1970's, the Mangalam Tea Estate is one of India’s finest tea gardens. Modern cultivating techniques enable the estate to produce a high yield of fine quality tea. Unlike Darjeeling teas, where the lighter, more aromatic teas are highly prized, second flush Assam teas are valued for their strong, deep, & malty flavours.
Origin: Mangalam Estate, Assam, India
