Nepal Hills Organic Black Tea

Gold Black Tea is a smooth, single-origin loose leaf black tea from Ilam, Nepal — grown at 5,500 ft above sea level on Farmers Tea Co.’s certified organic farm. Gentle malt, light caramel, honey sweetness, and a clean golden-tipped finish. The everyday black tea for coffee drinkers making the switch — no bitterness, ever.

The Story of Gold Black Tea

Not every great tea has to announce itself. Gold Black Tea is the kind of cup you reach for every morning — smooth, satisfying, and effortlessly drinkable from the first sip to the last drop. It is grown at 5,500 ft in Malate, Ilam, on Farmers Tea Co.’s certified organic farm under the guidance of Dil Kumar Rai and 150 farming families and youth artisans who have built this farm into one of Ilam’s premier organic operations.

The golden tips in this tea are not cosmetic — they are a marker of young, carefully selected leaves picked at the right moment in the spring flush. The high-altitude growing conditions slow the leaf’s development and concentrate the natural sugars, producing that characteristic honey sweetness and clean finish without a trace of the bitterness that mass-market black teas carry. This is the tea that converts coffee drinkers.

Why Gold Black Tea Is Different

• Grown at 5,500 ft on a certified organic farm in Malate, Ilam — altitude-grown leaves with naturally concentrated sweetness
• Golden tips throughout — a sign of young, carefully hand-picked leaves at peak flavour
• Smooth enough to drink black, every day, with no bitterness and no astringency
• Single-origin from Farmers Tea Co., Ilam — never blended with lower-quality leaf
• Purchasing this helps support farms like Farmers Tea Co. maintain organic certification through our 5% back to farm program

About Farmers Tea Co.

Farmers Tea Co. is located in Malate, in the Ilam district of eastern Nepal. Led by Dil Kumar Rai alongside 150 farming families and youth artisans, the farm sits at 5,500 ft above sea level and holds certified organic status. Every bush is tended without synthetic pesticides or fertilisers, and every batch is hand-processed with artisan care. Farmers Tea Co. produces Nepal Hills Tea’s full range of green and white teas alongside Gold Black — a testament to the farm’s versatility at altitude.

New to Nepal Hills Tea? Start with the Tea Sampler Kit ($30 CAD) — 10 single-origin teas from all 4 farms, including Gold Black Tea, in one discovery set.