Assam Green Tea

Assam Green Tea- comes from Camellia Sanseis Var, Assamica plant originates from lowlands of Northern Himalayas in India. In fact, all 6 types of teas come from the same plant Camellia Sanseis Var Sanseis (whether it is China, Japan or India) they just vary slightly in name.

The Assamica strain grown in Assam region has high humidity, more rainfall, and warm temperatures which allow this larger, more robust tea variety to thrive. The Assamica plant will grow to between 30 and 60 feet. The Assamica leaf is ideal for producing strong, malty, green, oolong and black teas.

The leaves undergo a series of processes like withering, fermentation and drying before the final product is made. Tea is classified into two categories based on the processing techniques: Orthodox and CTC.

1. Orthodox Teas: Orthodox teas contain only two leaves and an unopened leaf bud, which are handplucked and then processed using basic steps.

2. CTC: Crush Tear Curl is a much faster style of production for teas. These teas may or may not be plucked by hand. For commercial production, large machine harvesters are used to "mow" the top of the bushes to get the new leaves. CTC production uses a leaf shredder which macerates the leaves (crushing, tearing, and curling them, hence the name) into fine pieces. They are then rolled into little balls. These teas will brew very quickly and produce a bold, powerful cup of tea. Crush-tear-curl is usually used primarily in the tea bag industry, as well as in India to create blends (due to their strength and color).

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Assamica green tea has a smokier, robust flavor than other strains of Camellia Sanseis. Both varietals are used to make black tea. Most Indian tea is produced as black tea although you will find some estates producing green, oolong and white tea as well. The Assam tea leaves are characterized by large leaves with their malty smoothness. The Assamica Tea estate produces Organic, Green Adventure Tea, which is very delicious tea bordering light golden color with specs of green.

Because of their rich, malty, robust character, Assam teas make good breakfast teas that go well with and without milk. Assam teas with golden tips in them are the finest quality.

The British East India Company (4) was losing its monopoly on the lucrative tea trade with China by the middle of the nineteenth century. They sent Scottish botanist and curator of the Physic Chelsea Garden, Robert Fortune, to China to discover the secrets of their tea plants.

Fortune smuggled thousands of seeds and plants from China and stole the tea processing knowledge from Chinese manufacturers. He basically took China’s trade in tea and started supplying it to the British plantations in India. Since India was a British colony at the time, this gave the British their own tea supply from India instead of China.

Fortune’s adventures in agricultural espionage are detailed in the book For All the Tea in China: How England Stole the World's Favorite Drink and Changed History. It's really a fascinating story for all history buffs.

Even though tea is indigenous to India and was cultivated for thousands of years, it was the British East India Company that actually commercialized the mass production of tea on plantations. India is now the second-largest producer of tea, next to China.

Preparation

• One heaped teaspoon lose leaves

• Water temperature 85-90 degrees Celsius

• Steeping time 50-70 seconds (if fresh leaves)

• If processed leaves steep for 1-2 minutes to get the most value of L-theanine, catechins and caffeine.

The fresh leaves of Assamica green tea will give you a luminous green color and yellowish-golden if you are using processed green tea leaves.

The L-theanine and caffeine in green tea helps boost energy while keeping a person in a quiet alert state of mind. For this reason, we can say that, green tea is a nuetropic and productivity enhancer. L-theanine has been found to reduce anxiety and high blood pressure. EGCg is most abundant in green tea and it is best to have it 30 minutes before meals, as it is best absorbed in the small intestine.

Green tea has recently been proven to increase Dopamine and Serotonins in rats. Not only that in 2017 improvement in cognitive wiring in the brains of aging rats.

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