Loose Leaf Tea

Rare Tea is an independent UK tea company, who work globally. We supply loose leaf tea across the world finding tea lovers everywhere and routes to market that support tea farmers... Read more

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Loose leaf tea is the only answer to truly sustainable tea. Teabags use precious natural resources for single use and often contain plastics, bleaches and glues. Even biodegradable tea bags must be processed using industrial chemicals to turn trees or corn into bags that first go into us and then into the bin. Loose tea leaves in a teapot waste nothing, add nothing, and can last generations.

All of our precious, loose tea leaves are bought direct from independent tea gardens. Ethical, direct trade tea is the heart of what we do. We work with people who grow and craft their tea for the highest quality. We don't buy low grade industrial product from brokers or middlemen.

Our loose leaf teas are sourced directly from farmers, from a range of amazing places and people across the world, including Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, China, Taiwan, Japan, New Zealand, Malawi, Ethiopia, South Africa, Spain, Portugal, Croatia and the UK.

All of our loose tea is vegetarian, vegan, Gluten Free, and calorie free - being completely natural.

We work directly with tea farmers and tea communities, securing unique harvests with full traceability. We know our farmers. We know where our tea comes from and how it is grown and crafted. Our focus is, and always has been, on ethical and responsible relationships with producers.

We have a range of tea that's great with milk here. We also sell loose herbs. Our tea gifts are perfect as a special present for an avid tea drinker or someone new to loose leaf tea.

If you would like a regular order of dried loose tea, then we have a curated tea subscription here.

To choose the best loose leaf tea for you, please have a roam around our website and watch the short films, or have a look at our social media @rareteacompany and choose the first tea you fall in love with. We have travelled the world to curate this collection which we truly believe are the most delicious loose leaf teas available anywhere. You really can't go wrong. Just jump in!

But if you are really lost, or dont know where to start, we have a collection of products that we recommend for those new to loose leaf tea here.

The Rare Tea Company travels the world to curate collections of the best loose leaf tea that you can buy at home, including: