Hand-picking tea leaves in Darjeeling

Our teas are great quality whilst also being ethically and carefully sourced, they are direct from growers and artisan producers around the world. All of whom are treated fairly and who have to meet strict specifications to become our partners. We take it upon ourselves to personally visit estate teas and build relationships with the local community. Being a member of the Ethical Tea Partnership (ETP), we try our best to look after those who grow and pluck the tea for us. This means all our teas are sourced from producers who belong to the monitoring and improvement programme that is the ETP. The ETP is a not-for-profit membership organisation ensuring that tea producers and workers are supported. Together, we improve their well-being and environment as well as support, advise and train them to raise standards on tea estates and in tea processing factories; which result in better sustainability of tea supply chains. We are helping to create a thriving tea industry that is socially just and environmentally sustainable by committing to facilitating certification, leading on strategic sustainability projects, ensuring rigorous health and safety standards, driving fair treatment of workers, supporting environmental management and increasing smallholder farmer’s resilience to climate change.