A tea that sits between green and black — hand-bruised to oxidize partway, then rolled and fired to lock in a complex, layered cup that changes across multiple steeps.
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This tea comes from the same hillside gardens as the rest of our lineup, on slopes between 3,000 and 7,000 feet in eastern Nepal. What makes it oolong isn't the plant or the elevation — it's a processing step none of our other teas go through.
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. No brokers stacked in between, no blending in leaf from elsewhere to stretch a batch.
Oolong isn't a separate plant from green or black tea — it's the same leaf, oxidized only partway. That in-between point is judged by hand, not a machine timer.
Slightly more mature leaf sets, taken by hand from gardens at 3,000–7,000 ft.
Withered outdoors in the sun, then moved inside to continue slowly.
Edges are gently bruised by hand-tumbling, kick-starting oxidation only around the rim of each leaf.
Oxidation is watched by eye and stopped partway — the exact point that defines this tea's character.
Rolled into shape and fired to lock in that oxidation level for good.
Straight from the product description, in plain terms.
Floral up front, with a warmer, slightly toasty undertone from the partial oxidation.
Sits between green's freshness and black's richness — never fully one or the other.
Long and evolving — the flavor genuinely shifts across a second and third steep.
Himalko buys straight from small growers in Nepal — fewer middlemen, fresher leaf, and more of what you spend actually reaches the people who grew it.
Getting oolong right depends on judgment, not a timer. Most mass-market oolong is processed on a fixed schedule regardless of how the leaf is actually behaving that day.
Every batch comes from the same hillside gardens — no blending in filler leaf from elsewhere to bulk up the box.
Oolong is the tea most worth re-steeping — the flavor genuinely changes cup to cup, which cheap broken-leaf oolong can't do.
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.
