Himalayan Beauty

Himalayan Beauty – Green Tea

Origin: Nepal- Darjeeling

Infusion Temperature: 75°-80° Celsius

Infusion Time: 2-3 minutes, may be re-steeped 2-3 times.

Serving Size: 2-3 grams/200 ml

Brewing Recommendations: Use soft, low-mineral water to highlight the tea’s delicate notes.

Teaware: Glass or porcelain teapot to appreciate its color and aroma.

Introducing Himalayan Beauty, a remarkable first flush green tea from the spring harvest, grown at the breathtaking altitude of 1,800 meters in the pristine Simpani Tea Garden, nestled in the Ilam region of western Nepal just across the border from Darjeeling. With its nuanced character and vibrant aroma, this tea stands confidently alongside its famed Indian neighbors, offering a bold and complex profile that is both refreshing and deeply aromatic.

The Simpani Tea Garden, part of the Himalayan Tea Producer Cooperative, is a model of innovation, sustainability, and social responsibility. Located in a high-elevation terroir where sharp diurnal temperature variation enhances the flavor complexity of the leaves, Simpani has become a beacon of modern Nepalese tea craftsmanship.

The garden’s tea makers have skillfully blended multiple cultivars Phobshering 312, Goomtee, Tukda 178, and Bannockburn 777 each selected for its unique contribution to aroma, body, and taste. The result is a green tea of extraordinary balance, floral depth, and lively freshness, reflecting both deep agronomic knowledge and artisanal processing techniques.

The tasting profile is elegant, aromatic, and multi-layered with an infusion that sparkles with freshness and complexity, offering an aroma of rich bouquet of white flowers, green grape skin, spring herbs, and a gentle vegetal undertone. The flavor is a dynamic interplay of floral brightness, stone fruit, and gentle umami, accompanied by a hint of mountain air and sweet grass.

Its mouthfeel is silky, structured, and uplifting with a delicate mineral finish, leave an aftertaste clean and long lasting, with notes of fresh citrus peel and green almond. Once infused has a soft golden-green hue with clarity and brilliance colors. This is a green tea that dances gracefully on the palate refined and expressive, yet full of vitality.

Simpani Tea Garden is a proud member of the Himalayan Tea Producer Cooperative, a forward thinking collective that promotes quality Nepalese tea on the global stage, while ensuring fair trade practices and sustainable development for local communities. Their commitment to environmental stewardship and ethical labor supports both the quality of the tea and the dignity of the people behind it. Every sip of Himalayan Beauty is a tribute to their dedication, care, and shared passion.

Himalayan Beauty is a vivid expression of Nepal’s rising reputation in the world of fine tea. Elegant, ethical, and crafted with heart, it invites you to discover a green tea like no other born in the clouds and made for those who seek depth and authenticity in every cup.