Nepal Kanchanjunga Green Tea

Kanchenjunga, one of the highest mountains on Earth, looks down on tea gardens in far eastern Nepal, including Taplejung, where bushes grow at around 2,200 meters. This green tea is bright and clean, with wildflower, meadow herbs, sweet citrus and roasted nuts. Brewed in a glass teapot at 80°C.

Origin & Story

Kanchenjunga, about 8,600 meters high, is the third-highest mountain in the world, and its five peaks look down on a ring of tea gardens: in Darjeeling, Sikkim, Kalimpong, Pedong and, on the Nepali side, Ilam, Hile and Taplejung.

Taplejung is the far northeastern district of Nepal and the gateway to Kanchenjunga base camp. Its tea gardens are among the highest in the country, at around 7,300 feet, or about 2,200 meters, and the bushes grow slowly there, with lower yields than lowland tea.

Nepal's tea districts, Ilam, Taplejung, Panchthar and Dhankuta, sit at elevations between 3,000 and 7,500 feet in the eastern Himalayan foothills, and many of the gardens were started by collectives of farmers who pooled their land. Tea writers link a few things to the character of mountain tea like this: the slow-growing China bush of the Himalayas, and north-facing slopes that catch the cool, fresh air coming down from the mountains. The result is a bright, clean cup with a floral edge.

In the cup you find wildflower, meadow herbs, sweet citrus and roasted nuts. Use water at about 80°C and 3 g of leaf for 240 ml in a glass teapot, and steep for two to three minutes.

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