In the Ilam tea-growing region in Nepal, where Fikkal is located, the main harvesting period is approaching its end. The autumn flush generally runs from late September through October and sometimes into November, depending on altitude, rainfall, and temperature. This year, the monsoon in Nepal officially ended on October 14th,

We are multilayered beings, and nothing is fixed Perhaps this is ultimately what I love about these systems of thought. They do not ask us to reduce ourselves to one definition. The Wu Xing reminds us that life moves through cycles of transformation. The koshas remind us that our experience of being human has many layers. The seasons remind us that nothing remains still. And tea gives us a way to experience these ideas rather than merely think about them.

Every great tea carries stories: of the land where it was born, stories that unfold when you brew and enjoy each sip of it. This tea is called Amam - mother. Bibeck’s mother is highly involved in the whole creation of this tea and other teas produced on the family farm. The name also fits so well with the harvesting season we are in right now, where Mother Earth provides us with all her gifts, a reminder of how we are directly linked to her; she is the foundation for our live