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Tag: Nepal

  • The Green Teas of Nepal

    I’ve confessed (here and there) to turning into a bit of a Nepalese tea fanboy lately. I may have even made a lofty claim that whatever it is they’re doing may very well be a possible future for the tea industry. (But that’s a whole ‘nother article.) While I’m not going to retract that statement,…

  • The White Forest Oolong Finish Line

    NaNoTeaMo, Day 30: “The White Forest Oolong Finish Line” Holy heck . . . I made it. This is it, Day 30. The final post in my self-inflicted NaNoTeaMo challenge. No one put me up to it; I wasn’t trying to prove anything. The only reason I did it was to see if I had…

  • A Teenjure and Tealet Tea Tale

    NaNoTeaMo, Day 11: “A Teenjure and Tealet Tea Tale” I have an unwritten rule for Facebook: “If I’ve never talked to you before, chances are I won’t accept your friend request.” Through my other tea-centric social media accounts, I come in contact with a lot of industry professionals from around the world. Most have no…

  • A Business Trip with Benefits

    A Business Trip with Benefits – World Tea Expo 2015, Day 1 Arriving at the Long Beach Convention Center, and seeing that sign, was like coming home again. This was to be my third World Tea Expo in a row. The first year was a three-day whirlwind of awesomeness. The second was like a quickie,…

  • A Tale of a Nepalese Tea Estate

    I’m well aware of the awkward timing of this blog, given recent events. Originally, I’d intended to have this up the week prior. Circumstances of the lazy kind prevented me from finishing it by then. So, here it is, now. And, yes, I will be addressing the really shaky subject matter toward the end. But…

  • The Whites of Nepal’s Eyes

    White Tea Week, Day 2: “The Whites of Nepal’s Eyes” Back in June, again at World Tea Expo, I had the pleasure of meeting the proprietors of the new company, Nepali Tea Traders. I first sought them out when I noticed they had Nepalese oolongs and a Nepalese pu-erh among their wares. I found both…

  • Wrestling a Wild Yeti

    The yeti – or Abominable Snowman – is a possibly mythical, ape-like beast native to Nepal and Tibet. The name “Yeti” derives from a Tibetan compound word that loosely translates to “manbear from the rocky place”…or something like that. “Abominable Snowman” was coined by a British lieutenant-colonel on a Mount Everest expedition. They located some…