Assam tea: Difference between revisions

'''Assam tea''' is a [[black tea]] named after the region of its production, [[Assam, India]]. It is manufactured specifically from the plant ''[[Camellia sinensis]]'' var. ''assamica'' (Masters).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tocklai.net/Activities/tea_class.aspx |archive-date=2012-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421021544/http://www.tocklai.net/Activities/tea_class.aspx |title=Tea Classification |publisher=Tea Research Association |place=Toklai |access-date=2009-03-25 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=530946 |series=ITI Standard Report Page |title=''Camellia sinensis'' var. ''assamica'' |access-date=2009-03-28 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> The Assam tea plant is indigenous to Assam—initial efforts to plant the Chinese varieties in Assam soil did not succeed.<ref>{{cite book |title=Science and Practice in Tea Culture |first=D.N., Dr. |last=Barua |publisher=TRA Pub. |page=509 |year=1989}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author1=Chen, Jin |author2=Wang, Pingsheng |author3=Xia, Yongmei |author4=Xu, Mei |author5=Pei, Shengji |date=February 2005 |title=Genetic diversity and differentiation of ''Camellia sinensis'' L. (cultivated tea) and its wild relatives in Yunnan province of China, revealed by morphology, biochemistry and allozyme studies |journal=Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution |volume=52 |issue=1 |pages=41–52 |doi=10.1007/s10722-005-0285-1|s2cid=19378597 }}</ref> Assam tea is now mostly grown at or near sea level and is known for its body, briskness, malty flavour, and strong, bright colour. Assam teas, or blends containing Assam, are often sold as "breakfast" teas. For instance, [[Irish breakfast tea]], a maltier and stronger breakfast tea, consists of small-sized Assam tea leaves.<ref name=Campbell_1995>{{cite book |last=Campbell |first=Dawn |year=1995 |title=The Tea Book |page=203 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IS8XrKTH1BcC |via=Google Books |access-date=2 March 2013 |publisher=Pelican Publishing|isbn=9781455612796 }}</ref>. BARNAA Teas is one of known homegrown tea brand from Assam.