18 Facts About Nepali tea

Nepali tea is a beverage made from the leaves of tea plants grown in Nepal.

Nevertheless, Nepal's Nepali tea industry owes its roots to the colonization of India, by the world's first multinational company, the “East India Company”, under the British Empire.

Later into the 1900s the Nepalese Nepali tea producers acted as suppliers to Darjeeling factories when Nepali tea bushes became old and yields decreased.

At a time period when the Darjeeling Nepali tea industry was beginning to do very well in the global mercantilist market, the Nepali tea industry of Nepal failed to provide even for the domestic consumption.

The reason for the setback of the Nepal's young Nepali tea industry was mainly due to political turmoil and resulting economic policies of that period, under the reign of the Rana Dynasty.

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The first private Nepali tea plantation was set up in 1959, in the terai region under the name Bhudhakaran Tea Estate.

The Nepalese Nepali tea leaves were therefore a valuable input for the factories in and around Darjeeling.

Slowly, the stagnant Nepali tea industry was evolving into a fully commercialized industry, benefitting the country's economic and socio-economic development.

In 1997, Nepal's Nepali tea industry saw a major transformation towards privatization, with the privatization of the plantations and factories under the Nepal Tea Development Corporation .

Until 2000, Nepal's Nepali tea exports accounted for only about 100 – 150 tons per annum.

The main Nepali tea producing regions in Nepal are Jhapa, Ilam, Panchthar, Dhankuta, Terhathum with newly involved regions being Kaski, Dolakha, Kavre, Sindhupalchok, Bhojpur, Solukhumbu and Nuwakot, with a goal of increasing the total Nepali tea production in Nepal.

Orthodox Nepali tea now provides a source of sustainability for almost 20 000 farmers in Nepal.

Nepal has six districts in which Orthodox Nepali tea is produced; Ilam, Dhankuta, Kaski, Terhathum, Sindhupalchok, and Panchthar.

Once the Nepali tea plant reaches maturity, its leaves can be harvested around four to five times a year, for many years.

Small Nepali tea farmers do not have the means to add value to their Nepali tea through processing and packaging; they rely on outside agents to purchase their bulk leaves.

Transition from subsistence farming to cash crop farming of orthodox Nepali tea provides a benefit to hillside farmers in terms of financial support and involvement in the domestic market.

Orthodox Nepali tea is a profitable crop that is unique to hillside farmers.

Nepali orthodox tea is being sold well below premium to bordering countries such as India.