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Teabox offers 15 different types of assam…. 15. and I just got samples of all of them. (Hey, free shipping! Gets me every time!) Assams are my first true love (via British/Irish tea bagged tea) and so I return to them, adding them into my rotation of black teas that I’m exploring. But where to begin with 15 samples staring me in the face…..Aha! something I recognize!
I’ve started with this tea because I have something to compare it to in Butiki’s upgrade version of this tea. The Teabox version of this tea isn’t as whole-leafed or as tippy as the upgrade version I have in my tea stash, but the leaf smells of malt and apricot like the other Hattialli assam. The liquid was a gorgeous dark red….exactly what I expect from assams. The taste? This tea has a medium mouthfeel and a slight astringency to it. It is nice and round tasting. When the tea was hot I got more of a malty flavor, but as it cooled, the apricot note came to the top…quite a lovely morph, if you ask me! I will have to revisit the premium version of this tea again after having this, but I am quite happy with this tea. All comparisons aside, it is a nice medium bodied assam that would please most palates. Hattialli Estate obviously creates some lovely assams!

Flavors: Apricot, Malt

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 0 sec 3 tsp 16 OZ / 473 ML
TheTeaFairy

Will have to check them out, thanks for the info…15 different Assams is an impressive number!

donkeyteaarrrraugh

The Tea Fairy, first order and you’re shipping is free….they have tons of Darjeelings as well.

TheTeaFairy

Right up my alley, I have bookmarked them, thank you :-)

donkeyteaarrrraugh

TheTeaFairy, I just place my review on Teabox’s website and surprisingly enough got a $1 credit…. I didn’t see the rewards for reviews on their site anywhere, but apparently there is one, so if you start with samples and review them all, that’s $15 off your first true order! :)

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TheTeaFairy

Will have to check them out, thanks for the info…15 different Assams is an impressive number!

donkeyteaarrrraugh

The Tea Fairy, first order and you’re shipping is free….they have tons of Darjeelings as well.

TheTeaFairy

Right up my alley, I have bookmarked them, thank you :-)

donkeyteaarrrraugh

TheTeaFairy, I just place my review on Teabox’s website and surprisingly enough got a $1 credit…. I didn’t see the rewards for reviews on their site anywhere, but apparently there is one, so if you start with samples and review them all, that’s $15 off your first true order! :)

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Spot or pot, I love a cup!

I learned to drink tea while living in Dublin in the early 80’s, so as you can imagine, I am a hearty brew lover, and take tea with milk and honey. I am trying to expand my horizons with tea….that is why I’m now on Steepster! Joined in January 2014.

Currently loving strong black teas that hold up to milk and honey well. I have a curiosity about keemuns and yunnans, but smoky ones are out. Green and white teas are off my radar, but making little forays into oolong and darjeeling tea. Herbal? So far only cacao tea has gone into regular rotation in my tea routine.

I do like some naturally flavoured teas…almond, vanilla, cardamom, ginger. This seems to be mostly in the cooler months…but mostly I’m an unflavoured tea drinker.

Life is too short for bad tea and bad bread.

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