Meet the Growers

Jim Chestnut and Edna Arakawa grow tea along with coffee, orchids, and macademia nuts at Second Alarm Farm. Their tea is completely handcrafted in small batches.

Satemwa Tea Estate is a small, third generation, family owned farm in Malawi. Established in 1923, Satemwa has been making artisanal tea that is unique and ensures a better standard of living for the community.

Farmer Li and his family craft puerh from old tea trees that have been growing undisturbed on Nannuo Mountain for generations.

Feng-Yao, Huang and his family have a tea and pear tree farm located over 1800 meters in QiLai Mountain.

Small scale tea farm in middle Assam with organic practices since the very beginning rather than converting them from chemical cultivation at a later stage.

Located in the famous tea-producing Wuyi Mountains region, the Chen Family works together to produce top-quality teas from their mineral-rich groves of tea trees.

Led by Purna Mukhiya, Hariyali Cooperative is an independent grower seeking to make a name for Nepal on the international tea stage.

Located in Nepal on the border of Darjeeling, the village of Chabbesey is a modest place of nature and diversity, ideal for high-quality tea.

Tecchan is a 5th geneneration tea-maker in Wazuka Village. He works alongside his father to continue the family legacy.

Mr. Nianlei Liu is a farmer and puerh tea-maker in Manla Village - his first tea garden was started by his grandfather over 100 years ago.

One of Nepal's first tea cooperatives, Teenjure Cooperative is helping to pioneer new systems to help Nepal grow into a leader in specialty tea.

The Kurihara Family, from the small village of Yabe in Yame, Japan, has won championships for their superior tea craftsmanship.

Mr. Fan Hongwei is a farmer and puerh tea-maker in Kuanhong Village. He wants to share Mt. Kunlu tea with tea lovers outside China.

The Darjeeling Small Growers Society is committed to helping farmers improve their lives, socially and economically. They collaborate for the sake of quality tea.

Pathivara is located in a very remote area of Eastern Nepal. The pristine environment and 2000m elevation results in excellent tea.

Neelamalai Organics is a family farm located at 2,000m elevation in the Nilgiri Mountains, using Indian agricultural techniques for sustainable farming.

[Pending] JusTea is creating a partnership between Kenyan tea farmers and tea drinkers around the world through hand-crafted tea.

Led by Beverly Wainwright, Amba Estate creates artisanal, hand-made teas at an unprecedented level of quality and ethics for Sri Lankan tea.

Rajen Baruah came out of retirement to create Heritage Tea, empowering small tea farmers to make high-end Indian teas at a new level quality.

Tea farmer Yoshiaki Hattori is quite unusual, even among small growers; his specialty is matcha, which is unheard of for a small farm.

Lehuapele Tea Garden is located in an ideal hidden spot on the Big Island of Hawaii, near Volcano. The soil is plentiful ...

Volcano Winery has been growing grapes and creating unique wine and fruit blends on the southern slope of Mauna Loa Volca...

This family of female teamasters traces their heritage back to 1850. Their philosophy is to craft teas according to nature and their individual spirit.

Alfredo Lin comes from a long line of oolong tea growers, and started his own gardens to apply his personal techniques and tea style.

Teaneer's Vijayalakshmi Natural Farm is a biodynamic ancestral farm maintained by brothers Suresh and Prabhu Nanjan. Their aim is to provide teas as good as nature can provide.

Bob Jacobson grows his tea in a small, 1/4 acre tea garden located in the rainforests of Hawaii, and crafts beautiful white teas.

In Hawaii it is common to use the Hawaiian word “ONO” to mean good, delicious, or flavorful. “MEA” refers to a place or t...

Grower: The Kinezuka Family (NaturaliTea)

Teamaker: The Kinezuka Family

Location: Nakayama V...

Artisan and organic high-CBD, patented industrial hemp farm in Northern Nevada

Osamu began his journey as a tea grower as a part time worker for Akky-san as he developed Kyoto Obubu Tea Plantations. T...

Chayuan is a quiet and isolated village in the mountains of Wenxian, Gansu, China. This tea growing region was discovered...

Mountain Tea is a family-owned company that originated as a small tea shop in Taiwan, and now includes high-mountain farms in Indonesia, Taiwan, and China.

Grower: Maipokhari Tea Factory

Teamaker: Mankumar Mukhiya

Location: Jasbirey Village - Ilam ...

Grower: Kyoto Obubu Tea Plantations

Location: Wazuka Town - Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Elevation:...