Nepal Tea

Nepal's tea grows on the same ridge system as Darjeeling and often at the same altitude — it simply had a smaller name for a long time. The orthodox gardens sit between roughly 1,200 and 2,000 metres in Ilam, Panchthar and Dhankuta; the CTC estates sit lower, in the Jhapa flatlands.

We buy leaf, not brand. Everything here is sold as a garden-level lot with its flush stated, because "Nepali black tea" tells a buyer almost nothing.