assam
IPA: ɑsˈɑm
Root Word: Assam
noun
- A state in northeastern India. Capital: Dispur.
- (historical) The former realm it was named after.
- Ellipsis of Assam tea: tea from or similar to that grown in Assam; any tea made from the broad-leaf Assam variety of tea (C. sinensis var. assamica).
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Examples of "assam" in Sentences
- Most everything here is good, including the assam laksa
- In other news, I have a delicious cup of tea this morning -- Mokalbari Estate East assam from Upton Tea, brewed for four minutes.
- I bought a 3 tea combo assam, nilgiris, darjeeling for my colleague, he simply loved it and also said he had never tasted such a great tea :D.
- I have the book, "The Agony of the Leaves", and it introduced me to the sublime pleasure of "peppertoast", which I enjoy regularly with a nice pot of assam.
- Quick note: I cannot stress enough how wonderful this will taste if you can get a good floral, loose leaf black tea such as an assam or a darjeeling with light floral flavors.
- Within the heritage zone, sit-down restaurants of note include Kedai Makanan Teik Seng (closed Tuesdays) at Carnavon Street between Chulia and Campbell streets assam prawns (glazed with tamarind) and roast pork stir-fried with sweet soy sauce and chilies are a must.
- We ended up staying a week – eating chendol, gorging on assam curries, having massages, hanging out at the night market, encountering boiling pots of satay flavoured lava, meeting wonderful people, being enchanted and doing all those things couples are meant to do on holidays.
- Then I got the assam sambal shrimp, which was tasty but not that spicy, while my friends got nyonya chicken, a tasty bowl of deep fried small pieces of boneless chicken in a sweet sauce; tamarind beef, which reminded me of potroast and some dishes I've had at Burma in the past, and Malaysian Curry Shrimp, which I don't think I tried.
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