Assam Latumoni Spring Wonder SFTGFOP1 FF - Option: 50 g

Assam Latumoni Spring Wonder is a completely handmade Assam from Latumoni, a very small family-run plantation located in Tingkhong, Upper Assam. The careful hand processing in small individual batches results in large, beautiful leaves and a rich yet mellow liquor. Dry leaves are large and dark in colour with 15-20% of golden tips. It produces a dark amber liquor with a malty aroma, very much like a classic Assam. There are mineral, dry floral and lightly woody notes on the taste. The aftertaste is tangy, mineral, with a hint of tobacco and some pleasant tannins. This tea delivers a classic Assam taste but without the harsher and overpowering tannins commonly found in more mass-produced teas. Being an earlier harvest, this further elevates the taste, making it milder, smoother and more complex.

The Latumoni Tea Garden is only about 7 acres in size. It was established in the early 1990s. No artificial fertilizers are used in the garden and the tea is grown completely organically and the garden itself is located in one of the best tea growing locations in Upper Assam. Limited tea production here began in 2016 with the birth of The Tea Leaf Theory initiative. The tea plants are fertilized only with cow dung and the tea is picked and rolled exclusively by hand. In the garden, you will find only the best clones mixed with wild tea plants, which give the resulting tea a characteristic taste. Undoubtedly one of the best Assamese black teas.