hello MEversberg
what i used in the Assam blend.
10 Assam Mokalbari.
40 Assam bio ftgfop-1[Mount Everest]
25 Assam from Tea wise they always try to buy tea that’s been drunk by the locals but fro high quality.
first i wanted to use Nilgiri to give it a balance,
but in stead of that i used 30 Pussimbing SF.
15 Dian Hong[to make it  the same with Kenya smooth and balanced for the middle part]
15 bold tippy Kenya and
5 Formosa Oolong Finest.

After a lot of changes and trial and error
it became after all a nice Blend

the Formosa Oolong is a miracle and its very aromatic and
makes the whole blend together with the K Kenya and Dian Hong nice and SMOOTH AND MADE IT ONE TEA
HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND IT A BIT
SEE YOU EVERSBERG.

Bart

hello Manilla can you give me a name of a real good quality tea??
you write  that the complex tea characteristics cannot be shown due to the long brewing time.You can also turn it around and say the tea cannot become to a maximum taste with those short infusions..I can make a perfect 4 cup pot of tea with a perfect 2nd flush Darjeeling castleton..how. do you call those teas like the Castleton?Medium quality western tea?
Can you call me the name of what you call medium quality whole leaf teas?I hope you don’t mind but i hear something spoiled in your story.Now last question do you have the things you mentioned experimentally done yourself and can you proof it?

Dear tea lovers,Manila,Betty
 and Longjing of course
i am sorry for my too offensive words.
But i don’t regret my opinion and don’t call Tea Blending fun.
Have a nice day all.