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podcasts to find out more. Some of the flavor notes that you can really expect from these teas would be highly

floral, really buttery sweetness that will come out of all of these green teas and white teas.

In the shadows of the Himalayan mountains in eastern Nepal. We are tasting Nepali tea.

For the darker teas you'll really get caramel and honey notes along with that nice touch of floralness at the end.

They have been cultivating tea here for more than 150 years.

The pure pristine irrigation that comes from the runoff of those Himalayan mountains,

irrigating all of the tea that grows. It's the perfect place to grow tea.

This small country's tea industry took a while to take off, but the story of Nepali tea has been one of growth, particularly over the last 20 years.

Now it is trying to strengthen its identity in the

shadow of powerful neighbors China and India. But it is also in a fragile state

because conditions for farmers and tea workers are so difficult

that a new generation is not interested in picking the leaves.

I am Phoninininra Daghal, a BBC journalist based in Kathmandu.

And for the documentary on the BBC Wall Service,

we will be looking at why the tea industry matters to Nepal.

We will be meeting the people who pick the tea on plantations

and asking what does the industry need to do in order to survive. I am starting my journey and

hours flight southeast from Kathmandu and then an hour's drive north.

This is the place most people living in Nepal associate with tea.

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