Kanchenjunga's Shadow (Nepal)

2 oz. (25 cups) or 8 oz. (100 cups) Harvested in eastern Nepal. Kanchenjunga's Shadow is an exceptional black tea grown within view of Kanchenjunga, the third-highest peak in the world. Reflective of the Himalayan terroir in which it's grown, it has notes of dark chocolate, raisins and cherry. "And then still up to the summit of Kanchenjunga, now so pure and ethereal we can scarcely believe it is part of the solid earth on which we stand; and so high it seems part of the very sky itself." — Sir Francis Younghusband, 1926 Brewing instructions Amount: 2 grams (1 tsp) of loose tea per cup of water Temperature: 212 ̊ (A full, rolling boil) Steep time: 3 minutes About Our Nepalese Tea Grown in the Himalayan foothills, Nepalese tea is extraordinary. However, years of industry underdevelopment, coupled with a decade-long civil war, served to stunt Nepal's economy. Development of tea farming in the country suffered as a result. Since the signing of a peace accord in 2006, Nepal's tea growers have sought to share their product with more and more drinkers around the world. Our Nepalese tea comes from small farms near Mount Everest to others in Ilam and Panchthar, a region just 45 miles west of Darjeeling, at an altitude of between 5,000 and 6,000 feet.