Nepal Emerald Pearls is our first green tea from "the roof of the world," and a flavor adventure.  The tea surprises with upfront vegetal notes of a Japanese green tea, but the roasted chestnut aftertaste reminds us of a Chinese pan-fired green tea. A new green tea favorite!  

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• Ingredients

• 2 tsp per 8 oz of water, 175°F, 3 min.

  When using a Yixing teapot or a Gaiwan, use two to three times as much tea and steep the same tea leaves (between 30 sec and 2 min) multiple times until the flavor fades.

• • From Nepal's Illam Region, an area recently mentioned in a New York Times article about Nepalese tea.   
  • Illam is very close to Darjeeling, India and has a similar terroir.
• • Jeni Dodd, who lives in NYC, is a business partner and consultant with the Nepalese tea company that produces this tea.  In 8 years, she has visited Nepal over 30 times and has helped this tea farm increase their tea production, which has dramatically improved the economy of the nearby community.  
• • Fresh or lightly steamed greens
  • Scallops, shrimp, lobster or any fresh fish
  • Gruyere, gouda, Havarti or cheddar cheese
  • Rice pudding

• Nepal, Illam Region Green Tea.

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