Guys i just heard that nepali tea is challenging the coffee in USA. In fact Nepali tea is being sold around the world as Darjeeling tea. Hami bidesh am basera jaile ni kina indian store ma gaera darjeeling tea kina kinne hola jaba ki tyo nepal ma nai baneko ho. I just found out a website that sells nepali tea ani when i ordered 4 kg last time they gave me a good price. check this out. www.tealoverskettle.com . i think we need to support nepali business. hope we have more enterpranours in the future. It is really nice to hear that nepali industries are turning global and also recognizing the importance of internet as a medium of business. I think we need to support them. do visit www.tealoverskettle.com adn comment what you think about them. maile america ayera balla mitho dudh chiya khana pae. good job guys.

nepali patriot,

http://www.choiceorganicteas.com/himalaya.htm

Unfortunately it is no longer available. This is for dual cause!

Not only nepali tea, now coffee of nepal is emerging as potential competitor to us coffee. I have been planting coffee in nepal and looking for export to usa. Here are the picture of my plantation area

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Coffee plant nursery

Partial owners and workers

Baby plants

Manure deposition area

Cow dung, source of manure

New plants on the ground from nursery

Landscpe for plantation

Nepali coffee is now Himalayan Specialty Nepal Coffee

Last week, Nepali coffee producers celebrated the registration of the official trademark of Nepali organic coffee. The Department of Industry granted the trademark after the Nepal Tea and Coffee Development Board (NTCDB) applied in May 2007. Organic coffee grown in Nepal will now be known as 'The Himalayan Specialty Nepal Coffee'.

"This trademark will assure international buyers that the coffee is organic and has been produced in Nepal," says Binay Kumar Mishra, executive director of NTCDB. The trademark will also standardise and
guarantee the quality of Nepal-grown
coffee. The process of certifying 10 Nepali coffee producers with the trademark has already begun.
Commercial farming of coffee in Nepal started in 1976, but the market finally began to pick up in the last decade. Only the highland Arabica variety is produced in Nepal. At present, 1,630 hectares of land are used for coffee farming, spread over at least 23 districts, including Syangjha, Gulmi, Palpa, Kaski, Tanahun and Baglung.

The industry employs 25,000 farmers and this year, total coffee production amounted to 334 tonnes, up from 265 tonnes in the last fiscal year. "The coffee produced here is called specialty coffee because it fulfills certain standards," says Shyam Prasad Bhandari, Chairman of Nepal Coffee Association. "Our coffee is grown above an altitude of 800 metres, is farmed in the shade, and is organic."

Nepali coffee has done well on the international market because of the taste these criteria add to a brew. This year, out of total production, 120 tonnes of coffee were exported. The trademark is expected to boost this figure. Nepali coffee is already finding a niche in the US, Japan, Korea, Germany, Netherlands and Canada, and from this year on, exports have been extended to the Gulf countries. According to Bhandari, Nepali coffee ranked second among 80 coffee producers in a recent grading exercise in Germany.

Unlike most Nepali export industries, the coffee industry here does not need to import any of its raw materials, except for jute bags for packaging, which are sometimes not available locally. This means that all of the revenue earned through coffee export and sales goes into the pockets of Nepali producers and farmers.

The industry has also been encouraged by domestic demand. Local coffee culture has grown over the years, demonstrated, for example, by the coffee shops popping up here and there across the Kathmandu Valley. "When we started selling coffee 27 years ago, it was difficult to sell even a tonne in the Nepali market," says Krishna Ghimire, Chairman of Highland Coffee Company. "Now we sell over 50 tonnes a year."

Coffee producers here are now lobbying to register the trademark internationally. For the time being, Nepal is just an observer member in the International Coffee Organization, but membership will facilitate access of Nepali coffee to wider markets. For those who don't get the Nepali love of chiya, something else is brewing.

http://vn2011.blogspot.com/2009/12/ilam-tea-garden-of-nepal.html

hey KYtipusultan

Could you please provide some more information about Nepalese coffee both organic and non organic

1. At what stage of processing you guys sell the coffee
2. Types of package (air tight, moisture tight etc)
3. Size of packages (wholesale packages, retail packages)
4. Retail and wholesale price for different types of Nepali coffee
5. Do you guys also provide certificate that the product is free from pesticides?
6. what is the coffee harvesting season in Nepal

TMS

Glad to know about it-thanks for info!

Timi_mero_sathi

We don not sell non organic coffee as price is low and competetive in international market. And there are so many non organic  coffee from around the world and we want to sell only typical organic coffee grown above sea elevation of 2000m.

Right now we have only cultivated in 100 ropanies of land leased in Nuwakot district. We sell coffee and caregiver sell ginger grown together with coffee plants, as coffee takes couple of yrs whereas ginger is seasonal and is good cash crop.

We have fair trade certification and  entered in australia market and we deal only in wholesale not retail, and so it is not roasted.Morever we are looking for US market and appreciate if you know anyone who is interested in our product. I am sure we have to take some certification and FDA approval, and we are in the process of applying it.

Thanks Kytipulultan

Could you please you sajha in box, I have sent you a email there. You can reply to that email. I am interested in marketing Nepalese coffee in north America. I have a coffee related business here. I need more information, so that we can proceed further.
Thanks