Nepal Hills Tea continues uplifting artisans and sharing premium Nepali teas with North America—one small batch at a time.

Nepal Hills Tea pledges 5% of annual revenue to support organic certification for small tea artisans.

Bhushit’s Chiyabari factory closes due to unfair pricing—strengthening our mission to uplift artisans.

Farmers Tea Processing Company, Malate Illam, joins as a micro-batch supplier.

Norling Specialty Tea joins as a trusted artisan partner.

Nepal Hills Tea begins importing artisan teas and introducing them to new markets.

• Bhushit establishes Chiyabari Bhanjhyang Tea Processing Company.
• Bhaskar founds Nepal Hills Tea to connect Nepali artisans with North America.

The farmer-owned company is sold, closing an early chapter of the Dahal family’s tea journey.

Bhaskar moves to Canada, beginning a new chapter in the family’s tea legacy.

Determined to take control, Dev and local farmers open a small factory, hiring skilled tea makers from Darjeeling.

The Maoist Insurgency causes hardship and exploitation for small farmers, who often must discard their harvested leaves.

The family begins producing loose-leaf teas and selling them to factories in Darjeeling and Illam.

The Dahal family garden expands to 4 acres, inspiring other villagers to plant tea and strengthening smallholder farming in the region.

Inspired, Dev converts part of his farmland into a tea plantation and returns from Darjeeling with cuttings to begin a nursery.

Schoolteacher Dev Kumar notices small tea plantations in Shri Antu, Illam. He sees how this emerging crop is transforming farmers’ lives—but also realizes the struggle of small farmers without processing facilities.