Kalami Assam

Tea type
Black Tea
Ingredients
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Flavors
Astringent, Tannic
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Average preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 3 min, 45 sec 16 oz / 473 ml

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  • “Certainly a great any time of the day tea. You will be hard pressed to have a good golden tippy full leaf Assam tea for the price of around $8. It carries a medium punch of caffeine along with good...” Read full tasting note
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  • “This tea brews to a nice copper colour. It smells of biscuit, plums, honey, and a slight hint of cocoa. This tea is great when I’m craving baked goods as it has the powdery taste of biscuit, and...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Another selection from Artp’s Traveling Teabox: This is a decent black tea. Kalami Assam is a premium blend of golden tippy long leaf assam tea. It is not as malty as I like in my assams for this...” Read full tasting note
    80
  • “Exceptionally good for how cheap it is! This is a strong, edgy Assam with good complexity. Loose-leaf with large pieces of broken leaves. I picked up a pound of it at a local middle-eastern...” Read full tasting note
    71

From Ahmad Tea

Kalami Assam is a premium blend of golden tippy long leaf ssam tea from the best gardens of the picturesque Brahmaputra Valley in Northern Indian. Producing a tasteful cup with balanced color and flavor. Pleasant for any time of the day. Simply brew for 8 minutes. Ahmad Tea London Kalami Assam is a pure Indian tea.

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12 Tasting Notes

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141 tasting notes

Certainly a great any time of the day tea.

You will be hard pressed to have a good golden tippy full leaf Assam tea for the price of around $8.

It carries a medium punch of caffeine along with good astringency.

I tend to like the serving color at amber, which would mean cutting the recommended steeping time in half (8mins is recommended).

Beware: Steeping for 8mins or longer will produce a much higher astringency (bitter, even) and a jolt of caffeine equaled to a kick from the south end of a north bound mule! :)

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 4 min, 0 sec

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This tea brews to a nice copper colour. It smells of biscuit, plums, honey, and a slight hint of cocoa.
This tea is great when I’m craving baked goods as it has the powdery taste of biscuit, and a slight hint of apricot and plum jam with honey and citrus. There is a faint hint of bitterness from malt and cocoa. It is fairly smooth easily drinkable little to no astringency after the 4 and half minutes I brewed it for. There is an aftertaste like eating scones. The tea Offers great value for the money.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 4 min, 30 sec

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Another selection from Artp’s Traveling Teabox:

This is a decent black tea. Kalami Assam is a premium blend of golden tippy long leaf assam tea. It is not as malty as I like in my assams for this one seems more like one of the breakfast blends – strong and smooth. A tiny bit acidic but not in an unpleasant way because it adds a bit to the complexity of the tea. While I prefer other assams, I could drink this again and be satisfied – just finishing the mug now and I’m surprised I enjoyed it as much as I did. Bottom line – this is a solid, low cost black tea for everyday drinking.

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 0 sec

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Exceptionally good for how cheap it is! This is a strong, edgy Assam with good complexity. Loose-leaf with large pieces of broken leaves. I picked up a pound of it at a local middle-eastern store for $6.15, and I love it.

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 0 sec

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This is good, but nothing special. I steeped it with a little bit of rock sugar, and decided not to add cream (I don’t think it needs it, and I think that would dilute the flavor). This is the first time I’ve had Assam tea. I just read on Wikipedia that English and Irish breakfast teas usually have some Assam leaves. Right now I think I like this much more than the breakfast teas I’ve had bagged (no surprise). I’m not sure if this is because my feelings about black breakfast tea are changing, or if loose leaf is simply that much better than bagged tea. Despite my positive impression of this, I don’t like it as much as chai, green, or mate tea.

(Tea from silentrequiem. Thanks!)

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77
1 tasting notes

with a short steep, this a good strong morning tea.

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 2 min, 30 sec

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75
6 tasting notes

A brisk, astringent, invigorating cup. Takes milk well. Blends well with other things, too—I especially like it with a little mint, tulsi, or lavender from my garden. Not that you have to put anything in it—it is delicious straight too and very versatile. Very reasonably priced, too, for the quality! I’ve been drinking this tea very happily for years.

Flavors: Astringent, Tannic

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 16 OZ / 473 ML

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136 tasting notes

I love the Ahmad Tea Company, and I love this tea. I think I paid $8 for 16 oz! It tastes great to me; malty, good strength, with kind of a raisin or plum flavor. It holds up well to multiple steeps. I went with 3.5-4 minutes, as you guys recommended on here.

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 30 sec

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3 tasting notes

اینو همیشه با مادرم می خورم.. ولی بازم مطلوب ترین نیست

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33 tasting notes

I steeped this eight minutes, per the instructions, and ye galloping gods, is this ever bitter, but I can’t tell if that’s due to the oversteep or simply part of the style.

It is also incredibly, over-the-top malty, but I really enjoy the strength of that flavor, so am going to try a shorter steep and see if that helps.

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