Whole-leaf and tippy golden grades, rolled in the old manner: malty, full of body, reserved for considered blenders.
The Particulars
- Botanical
- Camellia sinensis var. assamica
- Origin
- Brahmaputra valley, Assam
- Grades
- OP · TGBOP
- Character
- Malty, full of body, golden tip
- Season
- Second flush at its height
- Manufacture
- Rolled whole, slow-fired
- Buying
- By garden mark, re-ordered by memory
- Packing
- Foil-lined paper sacks
- Storage
- Season-fresh, twist intact
Whole-leaf and tippy golden grades, rolled in the old manner. Malty, full of body, and reserved for blenders of considered habit.
Provenance
Orthodox is Assam in its formal dress: leaf rolled whole in the old manner, slow-fired, and graded by the eye for tip and twist. The malty depth that made the valley's name lives in these grades: the orange pekoe, the tippy golden broken.
Carriage & Grade
The house reserves its orthodox invoices for blenders of considered habit, who buy by garden mark and re-order by memory. Lots are carried season-fresh and stored dry, the leaf's twist intact until it reaches the blender's table.