CTC tea

Definition:

Tea machines, usually Assam, Sri Lanka / Ceylon and parts of Africa and South America. The treatment consists of three stages (crush tear curl or cut, tear, curl), hence the name "CTC'Â tea. The resulting product resembles small grains of black tea. A very strong flavor occurs, the infusion the tea quickly is often cooked or used in bags.

With dust tea, CTC one of the main types of tea that are used to make black tea without milk, tea and milk masala chai in India.

Alias: Crush Tear Curl Curl Subject tear