Wayanad tea
Tea from the Kerala plateau where it grows alongside coffee, cardamom and pepper. Lower than Munnar and warmer, it produces a full, soft, low-astringency cup that is easy to drink and rarely sold under its own name outside India.
Character
Full and soft with very little grip. It suits milk and spice, which is largely what it is used for.
- Flavour
- Sweet, Earthy
- Aroma
- Malty
- Mouthfeel
- Full bodied, Smooth
- Complexity
- Straightforward
- Notes
- soft malt, cooked fruit, earth
- Aftertaste
- Broad and gently sweet.
Moderate intensity: noticeable weight or grip, but neither dominates the cup.
Provenance and production
- Origin
- India
- Region
- Wayanad
- Oxidation
- Fully oxidised
- Harvest
- Year round
- Processing
- Withering → Rolling and shaping → Oxidation → Drying
Brewing
Western brewing (teapot or mug)
1–1.5 g/100 ml · 95–100 °C · 1 authored infusion
No caffeine estimate is authored for this tea. TeaHQ does not infer one from its category, because category predicts caffeine poorly — matcha and gyokuro carry more than many black teas.
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- Anamalai tea
Two South Indian districts a range apart, both increasingly making orthodox tea. Anamalai is the higher and brisker; Wayanad is fuller and softer.
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