So happy to have found a stateside supplier of Jun Chiyabiri Nepali teas! What-Cha, located in England, also carries this garden’s teas from time to time.
This first cup came out rather astringent and drying but tastewise, it’s everything I love about Nepali teas. So aromatic with a certain delicacy, truly engaging and complex if one want’s to explore. I’d say one has to be confident in their brewing or at least willing to be patient to figure it out. In that way, Jun Chiyabari’s teas aren’t necessarily daily drinkers.
I’ll come back with a more comprehensive note once I dial in the brewing – thinking of going down to 185F next time. Just throwing some associations below for now because I’m getting a ton! Nepali teas are truly something special to me, so much like Darjeeling teas but uniquely their own.
Feeling: dry heat, cool sweet
Flavors: Astringent, Autumn Leaf Pile, Baby Powder, Bread, Caramel, Cedar, Chili, Chocolate, Cream, Drying, Earth, Floral, Geranium, Graham Cracker, Hay, Lemon, Lime, Marzipan, Mineral, Muscatel, Musk, Nectar, Orange Blossom, Peanut, Pear, Peppermint, Pine, Plum, Rose, Spicy, Straw, Sweet, Tannin, Vanilla, Violet, White Pepper, Woody
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Yay for local source!
This one sounds promising, if finicky. :)
I forgot to add that Camellia Sinensis in Canada also sells Jun Chiyabari teas on occasion.
Your beautiful descriptors make me feel ashamed of my frustration with Indian and Nepali teas… but also provide some encouragement to keep exploring. :)
Glad you can get some of their teas from a Canadian vendor, Leafhopper.
beerandbeancurd, no shame! Not all teas work for everybody. Black teas from Assam and Ceylon usually leave me feeling empty but every once in a while one will surprise :)
Yay for local source!
This one sounds promising, if finicky. :)
I forgot to add that Camellia Sinensis in Canada also sells Jun Chiyabari teas on occasion.
Your beautiful descriptors make me feel ashamed of my frustration with Indian and Nepali teas… but also provide some encouragement to keep exploring. :)
Glad you can get some of their teas from a Canadian vendor, Leafhopper.
beerandbeancurd, no shame! Not all teas work for everybody. Black teas from Assam and Ceylon usually leave me feeling empty but every once in a while one will surprise :)