VAHDAM, Assam Black Tea Leaves (340g/12oz) 170+ Servings | High Caffeine, Non GMO, Gluten Free | STRONG, MALTY & RICH | Pure Unblended Single Origin Black Loose Leaf Tea | Vacuum Sealed

Pleasantly impressed with this tea. Very good value for money, will definitely purchase again! Not bitter, quite mellow, leaves a rich but clear tea.

I consider myself a tea aficionado, having tried many various teas around the world. Assam is one of my favorite black teas and this tea brings out some of the best notes that only Assam can deliver. The initial brew is pretty light in colour and fully develops after 3 minutes +, the nose opens up around the same mark and this one has a very distinct one but not overpoweringly fragrant. The first few sips are easy on the tannins, I prefer strong black tea, given the amount used these leaves get pretty strong but not enough to cause a tongue tie or bitterness. The richness and maltiness arrived shortly after , they were also balanced, which I found very pleasant. I dont use milk , only a slice of lemon now then and this FTGFOP1 complemented it beautifully. After the first cup I knew this is going to be a winner and I am glad I went for a large bag at the beginning at a risk, as this has been my daily driver for the past few months along side one of the main competitors here on Amazon based in London. I dont believe in tea bags as drinking sawdust is not my idea of a good time and it looks like this tea is superb value for a FTGFOP1 grade.

In my country tea is a national drink; we usually drink it every day, couple of times. And always drink it as pure as possible; brewing properly only the fresh tea leaf, without milk, sugar etc. So I naturally sensitive to its taste. I found Vahdam from the internet by searcing a good Assam and just wanted to try. Until Vahdam I was drinking Kusmi Assam and The East India Company Assam, they were nice but Vahdam’s Assam is so delicious and has utterly different taste by far. It is rich of flavour. The packaging and the attention of the seller made me smile. Buying Assam from a local company is also very important to me. Here, I read some negative reviews about the taste and can’t believe that we taste the same tea. Probably the brewing process is very important and makes all the difference for the taste and the robustness. If you want to brew it with Turkish way, you should wait about at least 20-25 minutes for brewing time and to serve, pour about quarter or half of the cup with brewed tea ( it depends how much robustness you desire) and top up the rest of the cup with hot water.

This listing contains a lot of different teas, and I am reviewing the Daily Assam Summer Black Tea, 454 grams. I used Yorkshire Tea bags for years, but want to switch to loose, as creates less waste: tea bags contain plastic, so cannot be composted whole. I am not a tea connoiseur, I just want a decent strength cuppa.. I bought this and T2 English Breakfast loose tea, which is horrible, very weak and poor quality. Buying this larger amount works out a bit cheaper per 100 gram than the English Breakfast, and while I would not call this a premium rate tea, it's got decent flavour and strength. I would not exactly call it "strong, malty and rich" either, but it's drinkable, if you use enough. Leaves are a decent size, you can see actual leaves, not the crumbs of the English Breakfast, and while this does contain some stalks or woody bits, not nearly as much. 3rd pic is magnified x 2. Using 2 heaped teaspoons per cup (and maybe at least one for the pot if you're making a larger amount) and brewing for about 4 - 5 minutes gives me a tea approaching the strength of 1 red Yorkshire Tea bag per cup. But definitely not stronger or better flavour than good tea bags, even the pyramid shaped ones give a comparable (and slightly stronger) tea. So it's not "builder's tea" at that amount, but a medium strong tea, and flavour I rated 4 stars - it's decent for this price, but could be better. I drink tea quite strong, but not really strong, with milk, not loads, but more than a splash, and no sugar. This would also work black, maybe better than with milk, due to seeming on mild side for an Assam. If I can find nothing better, I might buy this again, but am hoping to find something that's better than tea bags, without paying the earth. I wish I had bought loose Yorkshire Gold - similar price at £9.99 for 250 grams, and I suspect, gives a stronger and more flavourful brew.. if that proves to be the case, I won't be buying this again. I will likely mix this with a stronger tea, to use it up. Bear in mind, too, that this is quite a big bag (454 gram), so if like me, you're not hugely impressed, you'll be drinking this for a while, unless you consume a LOT of tea. Now having bought 2 loose teas, I am a bit more convinced by Yorkshire Tea's claim to blend the finest teas for their bags. I imagine cost is also a factor, but maybe the sort of tea a lot of people drink in UK is not actually what you normally get from any single type (like Assam) tea, but requires a blend for strength and flavour?

Tea is excellent but check the refill bags before use as some have a very contaminating stench that leaves the whole batch inedible.

I have been buying this Assam tea for some years and it is delicious. Beware, the price has gone up and the size has gone down - a good dose of shrinkflation, not advertised. One star gone. What really annoys me is the hugely wasteful packaging. It used to come in a sealed, resealable vacuum pack. Great. It now comes in a vacuumed, not resealable bag, in a box, which has inside another bag and separate labels. Why? It is so incredibly wasteful. Another star gone. Hence the dropped rating. I approached the company for comment, but they didn’t get back to me.

I have tried 4 of the Vahdam Assam teas and Enigma remains my favourite but it is a little expensive for a regular cuppa, so I tried the cheaper Summer Black Tea (mine is labelled 2020 harvest). It has much more flavour than I expected and makes an excellent cuppa; just strong and malty with no complexity. I use one heaped teaspoon per cup and let it brew for 5-6 minutes. I will definitely reorder and it compliments Enigma nicely, the latter being one to savour rather than to just drink down.

I am a lover of strong tea, thats why I bought Assam. Now, as an engineer, I know that the greater the surface area of a soluble item, the greater its solubility is. In tea terms, this equates to a stronger cuppa than otherwise. I notice that the tea as arrived was of very a course cut and in need of steeping to such a degree that it became "stewed" in order to get the strength and taste out. So I put it in a freshly washed herb mill and ran the mill until it reduced to a very finely cut product. I then added one teaspoonful to a single fine filter cafetiere and let stand for three minutes. The result - a supremely strong fresh tasting assam cuppa. You should try this. You won't be disappointed.

Un tè eccezionale ad un prezzo imbattibile. Provate a mixare una porzione di questo straordinario tè con un'uguale quantità di infuso del vostro erborista, tipo Frutti di Bosco o quel che vi aggrada: otterrete una miscela meravigliosa. Diversamente gustatelo così com'è: favoloso!

Muy rico este té negro.

コロナ禍で◯UPICIAで値上がりしまくったアッサム。 値段がお手頃で美味しいアッサム「だった」のですがしばらく本当に飲めませんでした。 値段が倍加して50g買ってみたけど直ぐ無くなるし、少し値段を抑えようとすると買って後悔する茶葉になる。 ◯iptonでアッサムを買ったら....紅茶色の水状態（値段据え置きだからわからなくもない）で悲しい思いをしながらこの数年、 普段用紅茶探してアールグレイのフレーバーで飲んでました。 こちらの茶葉は、ちゃんとアッサムでした。 勿論、選別して良い茶葉を選んだ際のクオリティーアッサム（感動レベルで美味しい）ではありません。 ただ、値段からすると驚異的な程のきちんとアッサムだったので、普段用には充分過ぎると思います。 ただ、アッサム独特の風味が嫌いな方もいると思いますし、癖があるのも事実だと思います。 日本で紅茶を飲むと、アッサムを謳っていてもアッサムじゃないコレ、はよくあるある、なので「アッサム茶葉」が好きな方に。 アッサムの焼き栗？焼き芋？的な風味、鼻に通る様なスッキリ感やコクが嫌いな方が、買うとこの量はもて余すと思います。 真空パックされてる2026年迄なので買って良かったです。 直ぐ飲む分は茶葉用のストッカーに開けて、入らない分は包装ごとジプロックに入れて空気抜きしました。 買って良かった。販売者さんありがとうございます。予備買おうかなぁ。

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I'm relatively new on my journey of teas. I do know that I prefer an Assam to any of the more floral varieties. This tea, at least to my taste, defines the descriptor "malty". It is a very full and robust, well rounded flavor. If you're looking for that astringent cut of a dry tannin in your tea, don't look here. (And this is coming from someone that does enjoy a tart tannin tea as well). There is true depth in the flavor of this tea and I wholly appreciate it. I'm a strong tea guy, I put four full spoons of this tea into my diffuser and let it steep for close to 5 minutes. I will definitely buy this again, and of the 7 or 8 teas that I've tried so far this is the first one that I can say that about.