Organically Grown Sakhejung Black Tea from Nepal

We were honored to meet Milan, the founder of Sakhejung Tea, on a recent trip to Nepal, and we absolutely fell in love. Her factory and farm are in the village of Sakhejung, in the Ilam district of eastern Nepal. Before she started her tea company, she was a smallholder who had to walk more than an hour each way to take her leaf to the nearest factory. When that became too much to bear, she essentially taught herself to make tea. She hand-rolled it at home and sold it at the roadside, handing out samples until word of mouth brought people back. For about ten years she made all her tea this way, with help from her family and neighbors. Today the company runs its own factory in the village and works with 84 small farmers who grow organically, most on less than an acre each, with gardens at about 6,000 to 6,500 feet.

Milan is mostly retired now, but she spends a lot of time teaching yogic farming. She has also started a compost cooperative so all the members have plenty of organic-compliant compost for their tea plants.

Sakhejung grows Darjeeling cultivars, but this one isn't made in the Darjeeling style. It's a well oxidized black tea: toasty, with a bit of fruit and delicious notes of cherry and cherry bark. It's a super solid cup to start the day, and a great value. We highly recommend it if you're looking for a new tea to become your morning or afternoon companion.

Spring 2026 harvest. SFTGFOP grade.