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Nepali Himalayan Spring Loose Leaf Green Tea

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CHF 17.00
CHF 17.00
CHF 0.57 per cup
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A hand rolled Nepali green loose leaf tea picked in early Spring. Leaves from one specific field, one specific harvest.

This very rare loose leaf tea comes from a tiny and exquisite tea garden which produces just a few kilos of some of the finest tea in the world.

Tasting Notes

Tropical fruit notes of mango, cooked pineapple and lychee, yet low in acidity.

Cost Per Cup

CHF 0.57 per cup based on 2g of tea per 150ml of water and 2 infusions.

Origin

Jun Chiyabari tea garden, Dhankuta district, Nepal

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🍃 HIGH IMPACT TEA

While all of our teas are the best available from around the world, this tea makes a vital socioeconomic impact on the community that grows and crafts it.

With these high-impact teas, we are shining a light on the people who most need our support.

A prosperous nation like Japan, with a long history and strong domestic market, commands great prices for great tea. Land, labour and expertise are highly valued. Demand for the most famous teas often outstrips supply and buyers compete to get their hands on the best.

For less fortunate economies, where even safe drinking water is not a given, tea is an export. Origins are obscured. Terroirs hidden. If all we are shown is a packet and a brand with no connection to the people and place it comes from, we remain ignorant of its impact.

Many people do not know that much of the tea they drink comes from places like Malawi in East Africa. They are unaware that land, labour and expertise are given little value; that their tea is traded as a commodity by giant multinational agribusinesses, bought for low cost and high quantity over quality; that the farmer has no control of the price. Nor do they know that people in tea communities often do not live beyond their 50s.

It is our business to change that, to establish a value market for their incredible craft and amazing terroirs, much like fine wine.

Recommended Infusion Guide

  • Quantity

    Use 2g of tea per 150ml of water.

  • Temperature

    For the optimum infusion use 80°C water.

  • Time

    Infuse for 1 - 2 minutes, tasting regularly.

  • Infusions

    You can infuse this tea at least twice. With each careful infusion, different subtleties of flavour are revealed.

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More infusion tips

How to infuse your tea is very personal, and these are just our recommendations based on experience. Please experiment with these variables to your heart's delight. These are our recommendations, not hard and fast rules. The most delicious tea is the one you love.

Our guide uses a standard tea cup size (150ml/5.5 oz) as a measure, please adjust the quantity of leaf accordingly for less or more water. Our whole loose leaves are of such a high quality that you can infuse our teas at least twice, and the second infusion is often better than the first, with different flavours revealed as the leaf softens. If you prefer your tea stronger, add more leaf, don’t leave it for longer (this will just make it bitter).

High in the Nepali Himalayas lies the tiny but extraordinarily beautiful Jun Chiyabari Tea Garden. At 1835 meters above sea level, the tea grows slowly but with intense flavours.

The garden is run by Bachan and his brother Lochan Gyawali. These lovely gentlemen have a great respect for the land, the tea and the small team they work with - it is an honour to be part of that.

  • The tea garden is about 90 hectares with altitudes between 1650 and 2200 meters above sea level.

  • It comprises several small fields in amongst forested areas, planted with a mix of various cultivars.

  • They have always been an organic tea garden since the first planting in 2001.

Photo credit: Jun Chiyabari Tea Garden

Unique terroir

This Nepali green tea from Jun Chiyabari truly exemplifies the ideas of unique craft and terroir. The early spring pick comes from one specific field, one specific harvest.

The flavour is unlike any other green tea in the world, as is the method of its crafting.

Bachan is a true iconoclast and makes tea, not to old colonial norms or outdated expectations, but purely for the best flavour and highest quality. He is on an endless quest to tell the story of his precious land through the flavours of his tea.

He prefers not to classify his teas even but colour- hence the name Himalayan Spring. This is the most intense taste of springtime in their high mountain gardens. It has a truly luscious taste and aroma.

Amazing iced tea

This succulent loose leaf tea makes an extraordinarily good cold infused iced tea.

Add just 6g of dry leaf per litre of cold filtered water, left to infuse overnight in the fridge, you will get a light and highly quaffable iced tea. Simply strain it and its ready to make a wonderfully refreshing drink.

For pairing with rich food use 10g of leaf per litre of cold water in the same way, and it will give you a more intense infusion and a rich mouthfeel that balances beautifully with fish dishes and even highly spiced food.

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Returns

The Rare Tea Lady believes that our teas are some of the greatest in the world, and that our range and service are second to none.

In the isolated case that you are not completely satisfied with any product you purchase from our website, please get in contact with our customer services team to discuss returning your order.*

In most instances, we will give you a full refund of the item's cost, excluding postage. We may ask you to return the item to us.** Customers in the UK & European Union have statutory rights not affected by this guarantee, but any bags of tea must remained sealed for this to be in effect.

*We only accept returns/refunds for tea within 30 days of receipt, because it is impossible for us to know if the tea has been stored correctly.

**We will endeavour to ask for pictures where possible - but if you have changed your mind and are outside of any statutory rights time period, return postage is payable by you.

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