I originally got this tea thinking I would gift it to my friends and family who like tea, but aren’t really tea nerds. Instead, I ended up drinking almost all of it on my own. This tea has such a nice story and the packaging is amazing, so it really is a nice gift to give someone. This is a smooth tea that tastes of caramel, apricots, and malt. It has a similar flavor profile to jin jun mei, but it has much more complexity. Smooth, Cocoa, Caramel. Tart, Bitter, Malty. All those flavors each take their turn lingering on your tongue.
Flavors: Apricot, Bitter, Caramel, Cocoa, Malt, Tart
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Have you explored other Nepali teas? I find many of them to have some incredibly engaging complexity.
I tried one of Nepal Tea Collective’s white teas as well, but those two have been my only Nepali teas. If you have any vendor recommendations, I’d love to hear them.
It’s been a few years since I’ve bought from What-cha in England, but that is where I happened upon very high quality teas from Jun Chiyabari. They also carry teas from other Nepali tea gardens. Klasek Tea in Czech Republic has a range of offerings right now and I’ve had a few of them gifted to me by Martin Bednar from Steepster. If you’re looking for stateside, I see The Stepping Room in Texas carries some Jun Chiyabari and others. And there’s Nepali Tea Traders, which I haven’t tried, in Massachusetts.
I second derk, and I think Rare Tea Co. in London has some teas from Nepal as well.
This one – there are two that pop up when you google.
https://rareteacompany.us/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwyJqzBhBaEiwAWDRJVFLAIKLHQfZ5X7JUxvEF59SuBYotyYBdsHdUMWh9v81qMP1wHGmnYBoCYNUQAvD_BwE
Have you explored other Nepali teas? I find many of them to have some incredibly engaging complexity.
I tried one of Nepal Tea Collective’s white teas as well, but those two have been my only Nepali teas. If you have any vendor recommendations, I’d love to hear them.
It’s been a few years since I’ve bought from What-cha in England, but that is where I happened upon very high quality teas from Jun Chiyabari. They also carry teas from other Nepali tea gardens. Klasek Tea in Czech Republic has a range of offerings right now and I’ve had a few of them gifted to me by Martin Bednar from Steepster. If you’re looking for stateside, I see The Stepping Room in Texas carries some Jun Chiyabari and others. And there’s Nepali Tea Traders, which I haven’t tried, in Massachusetts.
I second derk, and I think Rare Tea Co. in London has some teas from Nepal as well.
This one – there are two that pop up when you google.
https://rareteacompany.us/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwyJqzBhBaEiwAWDRJVFLAIKLHQfZ5X7JUxvEF59SuBYotyYBdsHdUMWh9v81qMP1wHGmnYBoCYNUQAvD_BwE