Monsoon Tea

Forest-Grown Assam, Chiang Mai

100 g

฿680

Tea grown under forest canopy instead of clearing it.

Monsoon grow tea beneath standing forest in the hills above Chiang Mai rather than terracing the hillside, which keeps the canopy and the birds.

It brews darker and rounder than a Chinese black and takes milk without collapsing. Ninety-five degrees, three minutes.

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