Cheap Nepal tea hits India’s Darjeeling tea sales. Cheaper alternatives from Nepal, as well as rising costs of domestic production, have slashed demand for the ‘champagne of teas’.

“Nepal has always been classified as a poor cousin of Darjeeling,” said Bachan, 57, “and when we spoke with tea buyers, it became clear there’d be no reason for them to buy a similar tea ...

Nepal tea is considered similar to Darjeeling Tea because of the similar terrain and other geographic conditions but comes at a lower price because of factors like low cost of production “In 2023, 17 ...

On December 7th tea estates in Darjeeling, a hill station in West Bengal straddling India’s border with Nepal, will carry out the final full-moon harvest of the year. Illuminated by fire-lit ...

The overwhelming factors impeding the Darjeeling sector are imports from Nepal and climate change, Arijit Raha, secretary general, Indian Tea Association (ITA), said. Photograph: Reuters .

Inferior imports from Nepal were being sold and re-exported as premium Darjeeling Tea, which was not only affecting India’s global brand image, but also impacting domestic prices.

Darjeeling tea was the first product to get a GI tag in India. In the domestic market, the aromatic tea is facing competition from varieties grown in Nepal, which costs up to 50% less than the ...

Kolkata, Nov 15 : The India-Nepal border in Darjeeling district of West Bengal will be closed between November 17 and 20 in view of the upcoming Nepal general elections. Currently, there are ...

It might be inferior tea imported from Nepal and sold as premium Darjeeling tea. India imports a large quantity of tea from Nepal. In 2020-21, nearly 10.74 million kg of tea was imported from the ...