Nepal Illam Naturale

Brewed a pot this afternoon and the profile is genuinely different from the supermarket stuff—you can taste the hillside terroir coming through, with a subtle hint of that cardamom growing nearby. It’s a nice change knowing it’s from smallholder farms, not some giant plantation. Fourth cup going dow

First cup this morning and I’m already planning the second — the beans feel denser and richer than most single-origin bags I’ve tried, and knowing they’re grown alongside tea and cardamom on those hillside farms makes the brew taste more intentional somehow. It’s a small-batch feel you just don’t ge

The beans smell incredible and the story behind the smallholder farms is what drew me in, but the flavor comes out a bit flat and muted no matter how I brew it. It's decent for a daily cup, just not the punchy character I was hoping for.