Brahmaputra River Assam India

The strong tea of the Assam region was first grown wild in the jungles for hundreds of years before being commercially produced by the British East India Company in the early 1800’s with estates created throughout the low lying areas of the Assam valley in North Eastern India.

Our Single Origin Assam tea is sourced from the Harmutty Estate which has been producing Assam tea since the late 1800’s and is one of the finest estate’s in the region, located along the shore of the Brahmaputra River. Harmutty was first planted by Major Gibb and named for Queen Harmati, wife of King Arimatta who was ruler of a kingdom that encompassed the Assam region from 1366 to 1385.

Assam Harmutty tea has a rich, malt and honey flavour with a slightly bitter after taste which hides the extra strong caffeine brew that makes this tea the perfect replacement for your morning coffee. With an average 86mg of caffeine when brewed for the recommended time Harmutty has approximately the same level of caffeine as a standard latte or cappuccino.

If we haven’t won you over with the malted taste and strong brew there are additional benefits to Assam tea; it’s loaded with more antioxidants than any other black tea, improves memory, decreases the risk of stroke and finally tea from the Harmutty Estate has been certified fair trade so what are you waiting for? Order a box now.