Orthodox black tea from the high hills of Nepal — a slightly floral cup with a bright orange-fruit note and a smooth, rustic finish.
This tea is grown in the hills of Ilam, in eastern Nepal, on gardens that sit between 4,000 and 8,000 feet. At that height, the air stays thin and cool even in peak season, so the plant grows slower than it would lower down.
Every leaf here is still hand-picked, the way it's been done on these hillsides for generations, by farming families Himalko buys directly from.
Most black tea on grocery shelves is CTC — crush, tear, curl — built by machine for speed and tea bags. This is the slower, orthodox way.
Two leaves and a bud, taken by hand from gardens at 4,000–8,000 ft.
Leaves are spread out to soften and lose moisture before rolling.
Rolled by hand to shape the leaf and release its natural oils — no machine curl.
Rolled leaves rest and oxidize, building the tea's colour and backbone.
Fired to lock in aroma, then sorted by hand into the SFTGFOP tier.
Straight from the product description, in plain terms.
A slightly floral lift over a warm, rustic base — you'll smell the malt before you taste it.
Fruity, with clear notes of orange sitting on top of a rustic, full-bodied black tea.
Smooth and sublime, without the flat bitterness of lower broken-leaf grades.
Himalco buys straight from small growers in Nepal — fewer middlemen, fresher leaf, and more of what you spend actually reaches the people who grew it.
Himalco buys straight from small growers in Nepal — fewer middlemen, fresher leaf, and more of what you spend actually reaches the people who grew it.
Himalco buys straight from small growers in Nepal — fewer middlemen, fresher leaf, and more of what you spend actually reaches the people who grew it.
Himalco buys straight from small growers in Nepal — fewer middlemen, fresher leaf, and more of what you spend actually reaches the people who grew it.
This is the real tube — mountain-line logo, a hand-drawn tea shoot on the front, and the full brew guide (hot, iced, and cold-brew instructions) printed right on the back, so you're never digging through a drawer for a card you lost.
No shrink-wrap, no plastic tin, no printed inserts to throw away separately. Just one recyclable tube, front to back.
A thin foil liner sits inside the tube itself — isolating the leaf from outside air and moisture — so the outer packaging can stay simple cardboard without the tea losing freshness.
