Petit-déjeuner à Waterloo

Notre thé de petit-déjeuner haut de gamme.

Être amateur de thé ne signifie pas nécessairement être un connaisseur de blancs et de puerhs.

Ce remarquable thé en feuilles brisées d’Assam est une merveille. Normalement, cette qualité ne serait présentée que sous forme de feuilles entières, mais la taille des particules plus petite permet au thé de s'infuser plus rapidement et de délivrer une boisson plus percutante. Vous pouvez déguster du noir, ou avec quelques minutes d'infusion supplémentaires, vous pouvez l'inonder de lait.

Si vous souhaitez vous faire plaisir et rester dans les limites du thé du petit-déjeuner, vous ne trouverez sans doute pas de meilleure représentation que celle-ci.

Khongea est située dans la partie supérieure de la région de l'Assam, sur la rive sud du fleuve Brahmapoutre. L'Assam est la plus grande région productrice de thé au monde, produisant un excellent thé pour le petit-déjeuner, apprécié pour son caractère riche, malté et robuste en tasse. Le meilleur thé Assam, produit lors du Second Flush, possède de grosses pointes dorées. Le caractère fort du thé Assam en fait la base idéale pour le thé Chai, ou comme l'appellent les locaux, le thé Masala.

Récolte 2022.

Assam 2e chasse d'eau. GFBOPCL

£10.50 GBP

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Taille Loose Leaf 100g Loose Leaf 250g Loose Leaf 500g 15 Tea Bags 50 Tea Bags 100 Tea Bags Sample - Tea Bags x 3

Delivery & returns

Free standard delivery for orders over £40. We aim to deliver your Waterloo Tea order quickly and securely. For full details on shipping options, delivery times, and our returns policy, please visit our Delivery Information page (link the delivery information page).

Packaging

Our teas are designed with sustainability in mind. Loose leaf teas and tea bags are packed in recyclable pouches, and our tea bags are fully compostable, perfect for your home food waste bin.

Storage

Store your tea in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight. Keep pouches sealed between uses to preserve flavour and character. Most teas remain enjoyable after their best-before date, though blends with added flavours may lose their intensity after this date.

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Full Description

Waterloo Breakfast is our premium take on a classic breakfast tea. Sourced from the Khongea Estate in Assam, on the south bank of the Brahmaputra River, it comes from a region celebrated for producing some of the world’s boldest and most distinctive black teas. Unlike many breakfast teas, Waterloo Breakfast is single origin and single harvest, ensuring a consistent cup with a clear sense of place.

This tea is processed into a broken leaf format, an unusual choice for leaves of this quality. The smaller particle size allows for a faster infusion and a stronger brew, while still retaining the malty depth and layered character that define Assam teas. The result is a breakfast tea with power and refinement in equal measure.

Harvested during the 2024 Second Flush, this clonal Assam includes a generous proportion of golden tips - the young buds of the tea plant. Their presence reflects careful plucking and skilled production, marking this as a premium lot.

Waterloo Breakfast adapts to your taste. It is full-bodied and complex enough to enjoy black, yet bold enough to carry milk with ease. Its depth also lends itself to masala chai, making it as versatile as it is distinctive. For those seeking more from their morning tea, Waterloo Breakfast delivers strength, character, and a clear connection to origin. Available as loose leaf or in high-quality tea bags.

Origin

Assam, in northeast India, is one of the most famous tea-producing regions in the world. Situated along the fertile plains of the Brahmaputra River, the area benefits from rich alluvial soil, heavy rainfall, and a humid subtropical climate. These conditions combine to produce teas with a bold, malty character that has become synonymous with the name “Assam.”

The Khongea estate, located on the river’s south bank, is known for its particularly robust and flavourful teas. Gardens here have been cultivating tea for generations, and their reputation for quality stems from careful field management, selective harvesting, and expertise in processing. Unlike blended breakfast teas that draw from multiple sources, Waterloo Breakfast comes from a single farm, ensuring both traceability and a unique sense of place.

Processing

Assam teas are fully oxidised black teas. After harvest, the leaves are withered to reduce moisture, then rolled to break down the cell structure and initiate oxidation. This process darkens the leaves, intensifies their flavour, and develops the malty richness characteristic of Assam. Once oxidation is complete, the leaves are fired to halt the process and lock in flavour.

What makes Waterloo Breakfast unusual is the grade: GFBOPCL (Golden Flowery Broken Orange Pekoe Clonal). While high-grade Assams are typically produced as whole leaf teas, this lot was produced in a broken leaf style. The smaller leaf particles infuse more quickly, creating a stronger, fuller-bodied liquor in less time. At the same time, the presence of golden tips - the young buds of the tea plant - ensures sweetness and complexity.

This combination of premium leaf quality and broken style results in a tea that is bold and malty, yet still nuanced and layered. It is particularly well suited to breakfast drinking, whether enjoyed black, with milk, or as the base for masala chai.

Brewing the Perfect Cup

With Milk:

1.5g per 100ml. Boiling. 4 Minutes.

Without Milk:

1g per 100ml. Boiling. 3 Minutes

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