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The Journey From Bush To Cup

  • The Field

  • It all starts here – from the tea bush. There is a saying in tea that you can’t make good tea out of bad leaf. In other words, good quality is dependent on good agricultural practices.

  • The Factory

  • This is where the plucked leaves get turned into dried tea and then packed into sacks. Different processes will take place depending on the type of tea being manufactured.

  • The Warehouse

  • Tea is stored in warehouses until they are ready for shipment. Tea is loaded into containers at the warehouse. This is Chai Trading in Mombasa

  • THE PORT OF DEPARTURE

  • After the tea is containerised it is loaded on board huge container ships. Shipments have to be planned carefully because sometimes vessels only call in at port for a short time.

  • THE SHIP

  • Our teas leave from the ports of Colombo, Mombasa and Kolkata. They take between 4-6 weeks to arrive.

  • THE PORT OF ARRIVAL

  • The containers are unloaded at Felixstowe and then warehoused.

  • BLENDING

  • The containers are unloaded at Felixstowe and then warehoused. Our tea is blended by our friend Will at Fine Tea Merchants. Not only is he a forklift wizard, he literally wrote the book on tea!
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  • PACKING

  • THE KETTLE

  • Final destination!

The Field

It all starts here – from the tea bush. There is a saying in tea that you can’t make good tea out of bad leaf. In other words, good quality is dependent on good agricultural practices.

The Factory

This is where the plucked leaves get turned into dried tea and then packed into sacks. Different processes will take place depending on the type of tea being manufactured.

The Warehouse

Tea is stored in warehouses until they are ready for shipment. Tea is loaded into containers at the warehouse. This is Chai Trading in Mombasa

THE PORT OF DEPARTURE

After the tea is containerised it is loaded on board huge container ships. Shipments have to be planned carefully because sometimes vessels only call in at port for a short time.

THE SHIP

Our teas leave from the ports of Colombo, Mombasa and Kolkata. They take between 4-6 weeks to arrive.

THE PORT OF ARRIVAL

The containers are unloaded at Felixstowe and then warehoused.

BLENDING

The containers are unloaded at Felixstowe and then warehoused. Our tea is blended by our friend Will at Fine Tea Merchants. Not only is he a forklift wizard, he literally wrote the book on tea! Fine Tea Merchants

PACKING

THE KETTLE

Final destination!