PASSIONATE TEA SUPPLIER SINCE 1978
WHOLESALE SALES ONLY
PASSIONATE TEA SUPPLIER SINCE 1978
WHOLESALE SALES ONLY
While you won’t find any Fairtrade labelled teas in our line-up, we do carry many teas grown on Fairtrade certified estates. We choose to forego the Fairtrade label, since they are a for-profit organization.
While many of Fairtrade’s ethical policies reflect our own, our experience has shown that better results can be made through the Ethical Tea Partnership. As well, many Tea Estates remain beyond the scope of Fairtrade.
Did You Know?
Plant hunter, botanist, thief and spy?
Scotsman, Robert Fortune is widely credited with introducing tea to the British Empire.
In one of the first cases of corporate espionage, Robert disguised himself as a Chinese merchant and purchased tea plants in China. At the time, China had a global monopoly on tea. He shipped these to India in specially-made crates to keep the plants alive. They were planted and a new industry was born.