Organic tea

After water, tea is the most popular beverage in the world - popular in China and India for centuries. Camellia sinensis is the plant from which black tea, green tea, and oolong tea are derived. In the United States, tea sales last year reached $6.2 billion, with sales continuing to rise.
When you buy organic tea and fair trade tea, you help tea growers in many countries by helping to preserve the land. Fewer toxic chemicals will make their way to the soil, the water, and the atmosphere.
The benefits of drinking tea (especially green tea) have been touted for some time. Studies have shown that the flavonoids and polyphenols in tea can help fight cancers (especially breast and prostate cancer) and heart disease. Green tea contains theanine, which helps reduce blood pressure. It also contains small quantities of vitamins and minerals, including Vitamin C and fluoride. And it may help you burn calories! You can visit our News You Can Use page, or you can click here to read about the health benefits of tea.




Organic teas can be obtained in caffeinated and caffeine-free varieties, and include many varieties of herbal teas.

Below are links to a few organic tea retailers. Our favorites are indicated with an asterisk.

Choice organic teas

Around since 1989, why not try their newly introduced Yerba Mate tea? Learn more by clicking here for more yerba mate information.

Stash Tea*

Honest Tea certified organic teas

Honest Tea was one of the first organic bottled teas in the United States (1999). They also provide fair trade teas, and a line of low-sugar, caffeine-free drinks. Visit their website for the complete collection.

Oregon Chai organic teas

Chai (which means "tea" in Hindi) is a traditional drink in India. It became all the rage on the California coast, and is now available throughout the country and online. Try certified organic vanilla chai tea latte concentrate, good with either milk or soy.

Peet's organic teas

Purveyors of fine quality coffee and tea, including hard-to-find varieties of tea, like organic pu-erh tea. For more information, visit our News you can use page.

Traditional medicinals organic teas

Yogi organic teas*

Numi Certified Organic teas*

For a rich, spicy tea, try Numi's Rooibos Red tea. It's good with a little skim milk.

Tazo teas

Equal Exchange

Equal Exchange has introduced two new organic, fair-trade teas to their reqular line -- "Green Magic" (a light green tea) and Irish Breakfast tea. Why not visit their website to see their entire line of organic products?

For a change of pace, try combining two different tea bags for a richer, more complex taste. Steep for at least 2 minutes.

In addition to drink organic tea hot, tea can be enjoyed iced, as well. Organic tea leaves are often combined (as with jasmine green tea). Recently, new products have been created to take advantage of tea's benefits; for example, Zen green tea liqueur by Suntory Ltd. hit the U.S. market this past summer.

Organic tea can also be purchased by the ounce in loose-leaf varieties, which are brewed using infusers. You can visit greentealovers.com for a nice selection of loose-leaf tea blends.




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