Assam Tea Breakfast (Chaah-Biscuit)

Name: Assam Tea Breakfast
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indian (Assam)
Ingredients: 2 tsp loose-leaf Assam CTC tea (high-grown, full-bodied); 400ml water; 100ml full-fat milk; 2 tsp sugar; 4 plain biscuits (glucose biscuits or tea biscuits)

🟢 Veg🌾 Gluten-free📊 Medium

Traditional 34. Assam Tea Breakfast recipe

⏱️5 minPrep

🔥10 minCook

🕒15 minTotal

🍽️2Serves

🧺 Ingredients

👩‍🍳 How to make Assam Tea Breakfast

Brew tea (5 mins, high heat): Bring 400ml water to a rolling boil. Add tea leaves. Boil vigorously for 2 minutes — the liquor should be deep amber-red and strong. Pour in milk and bring back to a simmer for 1 minute. Strain through a fine mesh into cups. Add sugar to taste.
Serve with biscuits (1 min, no heat): Serve the strong tea piping hot. The traditional accompaniment is plain biscuits — dip briefly into tea before eating.

📖 Cultural notes

The Chaah-Biscuit breakfast is the quintessential tea garden worker's morning routine — Assam produces 55% of India's tea, and the robust CTC tea of the garden breakfast has become the region's cultural signature. ---

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