Delicate white tea from the high hills of Nepal, made from only the youngest buds and dried with almost no processing — the gentlest cup we make.
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This tea comes from the same gardens as our other teas, on slopes between 3,000 and 7,000 feet in eastern Nepal — but only the very youngest buds make it into this one. Everything else stays on the bush.
Every bud 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.
No rolling, no oxidizing, no firing — white tea skips almost every step that shapes other teas.
Only the youngest, still-closed buds — picked by hand from gardens at 3,000–7,000 ft.
A long, slow wither — sometimes over a full day — letting moisture leave naturally.
Dried gently with minimal heat, the softest finish of any tea we make.
Left to rest briefly so moisture evens out across the whole batch.
Sorted by hand for uniform buds, then packed the same week.
Straight from the product description, in plain terms.
Soft and honeyed, with a faint whisper of hay — nothing sharp or grassy about it.
Light and delicate, almost sweet, with none of the bitterness stronger teas can have.
Clean and quiet, fading gently rather than lingering on the tongue.
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.
Most white tea sits for days before drying, losing freshness along the way. Ours is dried within a day or two of picking.
Every batch comes from the same hillside gardens — no blending in filler leaf from elsewhere to bulk up the box.
We use only the first-flush buds, not the coarser later leaves that bulk out cheaper white tea blends.
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.
