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Harney & Sons Assam Irish Breakfast Blend

Assam, India
Harney & Sons (Millerton, NY) is North America's most prestigious specialty tea house and a key supplier across BC and WA through direct and Sysco channels. Their Assam-dominant Irish Breakfast blend uses CTC Assam as its foundation — the industrial processing method that creates small, uniform particles with maximum extraction speed. Irish Breakfast is the daily-service benchmark for North American hospitality: robust, straight tea or with milk, brewed quickly, consistent batch to batch. For restaurants requiring reliable high-volume Assam service, this is the professionally positioned standard.
The deductive profile Library
styleCTC Assam dominant blend
originAssam blend (Harney & Sons, NY)
characterstrong, consistent, quick-brewing — daily service standard
processingCTC (cut-tear-curl)
availabilitySysco, direct; widely available in BC and WA
Service
milkthe intended preparation
vesselteapot or mug
brew temp c98°C
steep time min3
leaf to water g per ml3g per 200ml

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Irish Breakfast Assam with milk beside a full cooked breakfast: the classic morning pairing that defined the tea's name
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Irish Breakfast Assam and digestive biscuit: the fundamental, honest British pairing of daily tea service
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Irish Breakfast blend demands an Irish breakfast; the robust malty strength handles the rich cured meats
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Irish Breakfast tea and brown soda bread are Ireland's morning defaults; a national culinary tradition
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Irish Breakfast blend and Irish soda bread with butter is the complete Irish morning tradition; terroir unity
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Harney Assam Irish Breakfast's full-bodied character bridges the buttered brown bread with milk; the classic Irish morning ritual
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