Organic Nepali White Tea Loose Leaf – Ama Dablam, Sweetgrass & Gardenia
Autumn-picked Nepali white tea with sweetgrass, water chestnut, dried gardenia, lemon peel, and marjoram. Golden straw liquor, soft and round.
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About This Tea
The Autumn 2025 harvest is what ships today, sealed straight from the lot at our Saugus, MA warehouse. We list the harvest on every tea so you always know how old your leaf is.
Quick Facts
- Origin: Ilam, Nepal · 7,000 ft
- Harvest: Autumn flush · Autumn 2025
- Pluck: Silvery buds and one leaf
- Style: Bai Mudan style, white peony
- Certification: USDA Organic
- Caffeine: Low to moderate, roughly 15 to 45 mg per 8 oz depending on leaf amount and steep time
- Brew: 180°F · 2 to 3 min · 2 heaping tsp per 8 oz
- Re-steeps: 2 to 3 times
What you get
A 1.2 oz bag, roughly 14 cups at 2.5 grams per 8 oz cup, plus two to three re-steeps per portion. White tea leaf is light and fluffy, so measure by volume rather than weight.
Want a pure-bud white with no leaf at all? See Nepalese Silver Tips. Prefer a spring, vegetal white? See Jade Spring.
Ama Dablam is our autumn white, named after the peak in eastern Nepal. Picked at the close of the season from silvery buds and one leaf, it pours a delicate golden straw liquor with sweetgrass, water chestnut, and dried gardenia, accented by dried lemon peel and marjoram. Where a spring white leans green and brisk, an autumn picking runs rounder and softer. Good hot or over ice. Single-origin from Ilam at 7,000 ft, USDA Organic. Shop our full Nepal White Tea collection
An autumn-picked Nepali white tea in the Bai Mudan style
Ama Dablam is a single-origin Nepali white tea from Ilam at 7,000 ft, named after the mountain peak in eastern Nepal. It is made from silvery buds and one leaf, the pluck that defines Bai Mudan, or white peony, as opposed to a pure-bud needle tea. The leaf is minimally handled, and the cup pours a delicate golden straw.
Autumn is the other end of the tea year from the spring flush, and it shows. Where a spring white is green and brisk, this one is rounder and softer: sweetgrass, water chestnut, and dried gardenia, with dried lemon peel and marjoram underneath. It holds up hot or over ice.
What makes it different
In the leaf and the cup
- Autumn flush: picked at the close of the season, not in spring.
- Silver buds and one leaf: the Bai Mudan pluck, more body than a bud-only white.
- Herbal and citrus accents: lemon peel and marjoram alongside the florals.
- USDA Certified Organic: no synthetic pesticides or fertilizers.
- Works iced: the golden liquor stays clear and soft when chilled.
Brewing guide
- Leaf: 2 heaping tsp per 8 oz, since white tea leaf is light and fluffy
- Water: 180°F, so boil and let it cool about 2 minutes
- Time: 2 to 3 minutes
- Re-steep: 2 to 3 times, adding about a minute each round
Full method: how to brew white tea.
Taste and pairing notes
In the cup
- Aroma: dried gardenia, sweetgrass, a lift of lemon peel
- Flavor: sweetgrass, water chestnut, dried gardenia, marjoram
- Body: light to medium, soft and round
- Liquor: delicate golden straw
Food pairings
- Roast chicken, autumn squash, mushroom dishes
- Honeyed pastry, pear, baked apple
- Mild cheeses, toasted nuts
Spring white vs autumn white
The same garden gives a different tea depending on when the leaf is taken. That difference is the whole point of keeping both on the shelf.
| Ama Dablam (autumn) | Spring-flush whites | |
|---|---|---|
| Picked | Close of the season | First new growth after winter |
| Character | Rounder, softer, herbal and citrus accents | Greener, brisker, more vegetal |
| Liquor | Golden straw | Pale yellow-green |
| Pluck here | Silver buds and one leaf | Buds, or buds and first leaves |
Compare across the range: Jade Spring is our first-flush, vegetal white, and Nepalese Silver Tips is the pure-bud needle tea.
Iced and cold brew
An autumn white cold-brews into a soft, golden cup with very little astringency to extract.
- Ratio: 2 heaping tsp per 12 oz cold water
- Time: 6 to 8 hours in the fridge
- Strain and serve plain, or with a slice of lemon to pick up the peel note
Full method: cold brew Nepali loose leaf tea guide.
What is in the leaf
White tea is the least handled of the tea types, so the leaf arrives close to how it left the garden. Ama Dablam naturally contains:
- Catechins, including EGCG: the most-studied polyphenols in tea.
- L-Theanine: an amino acid naturally present in tea leaf and bud.
- Caffeine: low to moderate, roughly 15 to 45 mg per 8 oz depending on leaf amount and steep time.
- Polyphenols: present in unrolled, minimally processed white tea.
This describes what the leaf contains. Caffeine in white tea is often assumed to be the lowest of any tea type, but published figures overlap green and black tea, and how you brew matters more than the type.
How it is made
Silvery buds and one leaf are plucked at the close of the season and minimally processed, with no rolling and no firing, so the leaf keeps its downy surface and the liquor stays clear golden straw.
Micro lot. Packaging may vary.
Related guides
USDA Organic. Grown and processed in Ilam, Nepal, and packed at our Saugus, MA warehouse. Direct trade with Ilam producers since 2012.
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