Tea-loving Nepal is warming up to coffee

An employees pours coffee for a customer at Himalayan Java cafe at Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. — AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha

Coffee hasn't always been an easy sell in Nepal.

The Himalayan country is a major tea producer, as well as a major consumer. When people greet each other in the morning, they don't ask "how are you.” They say "have you had your tea?”