Assam Behora

A classic Assam with a traditional leaf style. Produced during June this tea embodies all the flavour and strength you'd expect from a top Assam estate. A great quality 2nd Flush Assam tea. Established in 1908 Behora Estate in Assam's Golaghat district is one of the region's newest. (We admit it's still pretty old.) The factory was started around 1908 on the banks of the Dhunseri River where the present day tea nursery exists. This was the best place for a factory because it was easier to dispatch tea via the river route, which was the only way to transport teas. Within the traditional wooden factory building the tea leaves were naturally withered, cut into small pieces by men and then ground in huge wooden bowls. The tea was then dried in big cast iron pans over a slow fire. There was a steamer depot on the banks of the Dhunseri and all teas were shipped from this depot. The present-day factory was built around 1935.

Please note: In order to become more environmentally-friendly we no longer add large coloured labels to our tea packets. Simply peel off the small name label from the back of your packet to make it totally biodegradable! Gift tubes are as shown.