Assam or Darjeeling?

Assam tea and Darjeeling tea are both black teas from India, right, so, not much difference then? Whoa! A whole world of difference, actually. Let’s review. Real ‘tea’ comes from a white flowering evergreen shrub called camellia sinensis. There are two tea varieties, camellia sinensis sinensis and camellia sinensis assamica. …

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