94%… Antu Valley SFTGFOP (M) ~ Chado Tea Room 29 May 201729 May 2017 After China and Japan, my third first teas come from Nepal. Owing to their home on the high elevation Himalayas, they're really quite phenomenal and unique. But in the…
92%… Nepal Black ~ DavidsTea 1 May 201625 Sep 2016 Based on the last several DavidsTea reviews, I have come to expect, well, disappointment from their teas. I'm not sure that's fair, but it is the reality. Fortunately, i have…
94%… Nepal Jun Chiyabari ~ Eli 2 Jan 201625 Sep 2016 Coincidentally, today's review, my first post of 2016, is also my 300th blog post. Neat. ;) I'm not sure how auspicious it is, but to celebrate I decided to review…
94%… Nepal Sakhira Estate 1st Flush ~ Simpson & Vail 11 Nov 201525 Sep 2016 It's been a few months since I wrote on the Simpson & Vail Incursion, but as you can see from the reviews I've pulled together so far, their teas haven't…
94%… Nepal Emerald Green Tea Organic 1st Flush ~ Simpson & Vail 1 Oct 201525 Sep 2016 If you know me, you know i'm not capable of lying or spinning long tails. Well, believe it or not I had a dream last night where i met a…
76%… Nepal Ilam Estate ~ Crazy Wisdom Tea Room 18 Jun 201514 Dec 2015 FBOP. That is to say, Flowering Broken Orange Pekoe. Ha. I bet you're getting pretty good at decoding these tea rating codes. ;} FBOP is what I'd call a lower-refinement…
87%… Nepal Shangri Lade ~ TeaHaus 14 Jun 201514 Dec 2015 Amazingly, this White tea brews out into the aroma of a Nepal tippy golden Black. I suppose it's not all that surprising though considering it's the exact same tea (grown…
92%… Khima Full Moon Delight ~ Upton 11 Jun 201514 Dec 2015 Probably one of the most incredible smelling teas I've ever encountered. Khima Moon Delight is all but bursting with rich fresh pineapple and Tip. This Nepalese very-bold leaf single estate…
87%… Nepalese Golden Tips ~ Goldfish Tea 10 Jun 201514 Dec 2015 I don't know the exactly location within Nepal where this specific tea was raised, so I'll be comparing it to a known tea, the finest quality Everest Hand-Rolled Tip from…
88%… Nepal Green ~ Eli 9 Jun 201514 Dec 2015 I'd love to support Nepal in any way I can... but with limited funds and no chance of really volunteering to rebuild homes or pack planes with aid packages, I'm…
Nepal (नेपाल) Blog Title Formatting 26 Mar 201524 Apr 2015 As you might have read in today's blog, I'm having difficulty with the disambiguation of many different vendors calling their tea simply "Assam" (etc.). I need to start titling my…
A2 Local… Jun Chiyabari Nepal 2 Feb 201520 Dec 2015 Today I'm relaxing at home (against all odds I might add; thank you ye smirking braided snow gods!) after an exhausting weekend on the road. To say that today is…
A2 Local… Finest Nepal Hand Rolled Jun Chiyabari ~ TeaGschwendner 30 Mar 201421 Dec 2015 I thought it might be nice to have a sample from TeaHaus's Oolong Classic collection. Thanks to By The Pound, this isn't my first Jun Chiyabari, but it's the first…