What's Inside the Welcome Nepal Pack? Twelve Teas, Four Farms, Two Full-Size Oolongs
Last updated: October 2026
The Welcome Nepal Pack is twelve teas in one box: the full Tea Sampler Kit (ten 5g teas across black, green, oolong and white, from all four of our farms in Ilam and Taplejung) plus 25g bags of Floral Oolong Tea and Dark Oolong Tea. It is $46.48 CAD, and every tea in it is naturally free of bitterness.
What exactly is in the Welcome Nepal Pack?
Ten small pouches, 5g each, plus two larger bags of oolong. The ten pouches brew two to three cups apiece, which is enough to taste a tea twice and decide what you think.
- Muscatel Black Tea: honey-grape, dried apricot, light rose. Norling Specialty Tea, Ilam, 5,000–5,500 ft. Norling Specialty Tea is in the process of organic certification.
- Ruby Black Tea: dark cherry, cocoa, velvet mouthfeel. Sandakphu Tea Estate, Ilam, a certified organic farm.
- Theba Black (Special Black Tea): dark chocolate, dried plum, pine resin. Pathibhara Tea Estate, Taplejung district, 6,000 ft, grown following organic farming practices.
- Gold Black Tea: smooth malt, light caramel, honey. Farmers Tea Co., Malate, Ilam, 5,500 ft, a certified organic farm.
- Organic Light Green Tea and Floral Green Tea: soft spring greens and fresh-grass florals, both from Farmers Tea Co.
- Floral Oolong Tea and Dark Oolong Tea (5g each): honey blossom and orchid, then stone fruit and roasted honey.
- Fresh White Tea and Floral White Tea: wildflower and morning dew, then spring blossom and soft rose, both exclusively from Farmers Tea Co.
On top of those: Floral Oolong Tea 25g and Dark Oolong Tea 25g, at full size. That is where the "twelve" comes from, and it is the whole point of the pack. For a closer look at the kit itself, see What's Inside the Nepal Hills Tea Sampler Kit?
Is the Welcome Nepal Pack cheaper than buying the pieces separately?
Slightly. The Sampler Kit is $30 CAD and each 25g oolong is $10 CAD, so bought separately they come to $50 CAD. The pack is $46.48 CAD, which saves $3.52. It is a small discount and we would rather say so plainly. The real reason to buy it is convenience and the oolong quantity, not the price break.
Why are the two oolongs full size when everything else is a sample?
Because oolong is the tea that rewards a second, third and fourth pot, and 5g is not enough to find that out. Both of ours re-steep well: Floral Oolong goes from honey on the first infusion to orchid on the second, and Dark Oolong keeps its stone-fruit depth through several steeps. It also makes a good cold brew; 8 hours in the fridge deepens Dark Oolong's sweetness.
They are also the two teas most likely to surprise a first-timer. Floral Oolong comes from Norling Specialty Tea at 5,000–5,500 ft and is lightly oxidised. Dark Oolong comes from Sandakphu Tea Estate at 5,000–6,000 ft and sits at about 50% oxidation, roughly midway between green and black. Our Floral vs Dark Oolong comparison goes through both in detail.
A word on the science, hedged as it deserves. Taiwan's Tea and Beverage Research Station describes its high-mountain oolong as having lower levels of bitter components such as catechins and higher levels of sweet-tasting theanine and soluble nitrogen (Tea and Beverage Research Station, n.d.). That is the style our oolongs are often compared to. But altitude does not work the same way everywhere. A 2025 trial on 50-year-old oolong trees at Fenghuang Mountain, China, found theanine fell by 58.2% from the lowest to the highest site, and the authors credited soil chemistry more than altitude (Ren et al., 2025). Neither study was done on our farms, so we do not claim either result for our leaf. What we can say is that these two oolongs taste soft and sweet, and that is easy to check yourself with a full-size bag.
What makes an oolong different from the black and green teas in the kit?
The processing, mostly. After withering, oolong leaves are shaken and rested in alternating cycles so the edges bruise and oxidise a little at a time. In one published baseline from Fujian, leaves were shaken at 30 revolutions per minute in three cycles (4, 6 and 10 minutes), each followed by a rest of 1.5, 2.5 and 4 hours, then stopped with drum roasting at 290°C (Lu et al., 2023). That schedule is a Chinese research protocol, not a description of Norling's or Sandakphu's method, but it shows how much control sits between "green" and "black".
The black and green teas in the kit differ in other ways. In an Ilam study of five tea clones, caffeine was significantly higher in black tea than in green tea made from the same clone (KC, Parajuli, Khatri & Shiwakoti, 2020). The clones came from Suryodaya Municipality, not from all four of our farms, so treat it as Ilam context, not a rule for each tea in your box.
Does it matter how the leaf was picked?
For some teas it clearly does. A study of 185 Tieguanyin oolong products from Anxi, Fujian, found that 66% of machine-harvested teas were graded low, against 9% of handpicked ones (Zhou et al., 2024). That is one cultivar in one region. We cite it because it is a reason to taste before you commit, and a twelve-tea box is a cheap way to do that. We have not published a harvest-method breakdown for each of our farms, so we do not make a hand-picked claim in this article.
How do you brew the teas in the Welcome Nepal Pack?
- Black teas (Gold, Ruby, Muscatel, Theba Black): 90–95°C, 3–4 minutes.
- Green teas (Organic Light Green, Floral Green): 75–80°C, 2–3 minutes.
- Floral Oolong: 80–85°C, 2–3 minutes. Dark Oolong: 90–95°C, 3–4 minutes.
- White teas (Fresh White, Floral White): 75–80°C, 3–5 minutes.
- Use about 2–3g of leaf per 240ml, and re-steep the oolongs.
A tasting order that works well: white, green, Floral Oolong, Dark Oolong, then the four blacks from lightest to boldest. Our oolong brewing guide covers the re-steeping.
Who is the Welcome Nepal Pack for?
Someone who wants one purchase that answers "which Nepali tea do I like?" and also leaves them with enough oolong to keep going. It also works as a gift for a person who owns everything: every tea is labelled by farm, and five percent of every purchase goes to the farmer organic certification fund. If you would rather start smaller, the Sampler Kit alone is $30 CAD.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is in the Welcome Nepal Pack?
The Welcome Nepal Pack holds the full Tea Sampler Kit (ten teas, 5g each, covering black, green, oolong and white from all four farms) plus 25g of Floral Oolong Tea and 25g of Dark Oolong Tea. That makes twelve teas in total, for $46.48 CAD.
Is the Welcome Nepal Pack cheaper than buying the items separately?
A little. The Tea Sampler Kit ($30 CAD) plus two 25g oolongs ($10 CAD each) comes to $50 CAD, while the pack is $46.48 CAD, a saving of $3.52. The bigger benefit is getting enough oolong to brew several times and find out which style you prefer.
Which farms are represented in the pack?
All four: Farmers Tea Co. (Malate, Ilam, 5,500 ft), Norling Specialty Tea (Ilam, 5,000–5,500 ft), Sandakphu Tea Estate (Ilam, 5,000–6,000 ft) and Pathibhara Tea Estate (Taplejung district, 6,000 ft). Each tea in the box is labelled by farm so you can taste the differences.
Are the teas in the Welcome Nepal Pack bitter?
No. Every tea is grown at 5,000–6,000 ft in Ilam or Taplejung and is naturally free of bitterness. Following the brewing temperatures above (75–80°C for greens and whites, up to 95°C for blacks and Dark Oolong) keeps the cups smooth and sweet without milk or sugar.
Are the teas organic?
It depends on the farm. Farmers Tea Co. and Sandakphu Tea Estate are certified organic farms. Pathibhara Tea Estate grows following organic farming practices but is not certified. Norling Specialty Tea, which supplies Muscatel Black and Floral Oolong, is in the process of organic certification.
Should I buy the Sampler Kit or the Welcome Nepal Pack?
Choose the Sampler Kit ($30 CAD) if you only want to taste. Choose the Welcome Nepal Pack ($46.48 CAD) if you already suspect you will like oolong, or you want enough Floral Oolong and Dark Oolong to brew a few times and try them hot and cold.
What should you order next?
Once the pack has shown you your favorite, reorder it at full size. If the blacks won you over, the Black Tea Lover Pack puts Gold Black, Muscatel, Ruby and Theba Black together at full size. If it was the oolongs, Dark Oolong Tea is $10 CAD for 25g or $45 CAD for 180g.
External sources cited above:
Tea and Beverage Research Station, Ministry of Agriculture, Taiwan (R.O.C.). (n.d.). High-mountain Oolong tea. Read the source
Ren, X., Lin, M., Liu, J., Khan, W., Zhao, H., Sun, B., Liu, S., & Zheng, P. (2025). Effects of altitude on tea composition: Dual regulation by soil physicochemical properties and microbial communities. Plants, 14(11), 1642. Read the study
Lu, X., Lin, Y., Tuo, Y., Liu, L., Du, X., Zhu, Q., Hu, Y., Shi, Y., Wu, L., & Lin, J. (2023). Optimizing processing techniques of oolong tea balancing between high retention of catechins and sensory quality. Foods, 12(23), 4334. Read the study
KC, Y., Parajuli, A., Khatri, B. B., & Shiwakoti, L. D. (2020). Phytochemicals and quality of green and black teas from different clones of tea plant. Journal of Food Quality, 2020, 1-13. Read the study
Zhou, J., Gao, S., Du, Z., Xu, T., Zheng, C., & Liu, Y. (2024). The impact of harvesting mechanization on oolong tea quality. Plants, 13(4), 552. Read the study
Bhaskar Dahal is the founder of Nepal Hills Tea, a Canadian direct-trade specialty tea company sourcing single-origin loose-leaf teas from Ilam and Taplejung, Nepal. His father, Dev Kumar Dahal, has farmed tea in Fikkal, Ilam since 1993.
