White Tea | Samboya Black Tea |
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Depending on season and availability you may find strong black CTC style breakfast tea (high in caffeine), exclusive orange pekoe varieties, and very rare and exquisite black Darjeeling available from Samboya. For a listing of currently available black tea, visit our online store or your local retailer. Taste: Generally our Assam black teas are full bodied, strong, and have a distinct malty taste. Flavors vary for each harvest, please see each tea for more details. Processing: Depending on the style produced, processing details vary. In general all of our leaves are processed by hand (as is common for most high quality teas). First the proper leaf types are selected for the desired style. Leaves are then oxidized in temperature and humidity controlled environments, according to recipes developed and usually kept as a secret by the family. Oxidation takes place in stages, time elapsed between processing stages significantly affects the quality of the final product. The final element of the process involves drying the leaves, which stops the oxidation process. Then leaves are again sorted by individual quality (whole leaves, broken leaves, fannings, and dust) and packaged - Samboya Tea is always of the highest quality leaves, as such you will never find tea dust in any of our offerings. Classifications: Orange Pekoe teas are long, thin, wiry leaves that often contain tips. Jardin Privee black teas usually are made up of smaller leaves which all include tips. This affects the color, strenght, and flavor complexity of the tea. CTC Method Processing: There is a very common misconception that CTC processed teas are of lower quality. Some Samboya teas are processed in this fashion, and counter this notion. CTC stands for crush, tear, curl: a process which creates a small "ball" from the individual leaf. This formation allows for faster absorption when preparing the tea, and is often favored by us for certain strong black teas from the Assam region. Origins: Most of the worlds' tea is produced in China, India, and Sri Lanka. Other areas such as Vietnam and Nepal are also known for growing teas. Currently all Samboya tea originates from a very small area within Assam, which has favorable soil conditions, tea bushes of incredible quality, and processing methods that produce some of the worlds' most famed tea. |
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