News — supply chain

Last week we wrote about the typical tea’s journey. This week, we want to tell you how we bring our teas to you! At Mana, we are the producers, packagers, exporters, importers and retailers. The tea comes from our family owned estate – Chota Tingrai, in Tinsukia, Assam. The tea is manufactured and packed at the Estate, and sent to Calcutta for customs clearance and shipping. The tea is then shipped directly to our warehouse in St. Louis, Missouri, upon US customs and FDA clearance. Once it reaches our warehouse, it is ready for dispatch. As soon as we get...

When buying tea at the store, you probably don’t think about from where it came. But that tea made a lengthy journey before reaching that shelf. If you pick up black tea, it likely grew in the state of Assam in north-east India. There small grower garden, family owned tea estates, and huge multinationals produce 6,100 metric tons black tea a year. Most growers sell their teas at auction houses in India. This hasn’t really changed since 1861, when the British established the first auction house, J.Thomas, in Calcutta. Producers send their tea to the auction houses, and the auction...