‘‘The perfect tea starts with nurturing partnerships half a world away."

Tea is the most consumed beverage on Earth (besides water, of course). Good thing, then, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® is here to bring you the perfect version of the world’s favorite drink.

As you’re sipping one of our brews, know that the liquid gold in your cup began its journey thousands of miles away, on the lush tea plantations of Sri Lanka, Kenya, China, Japan, Thailand and India. The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® works directly with tea growers in these regions in handcrafting varieties of tea that meet our exacting specifications. This way, you’re sure to be enjoying the highest quality whole-leaf teas and tea drinks available anywhere, brew for brew, cup for cup.

On the road to tea perfection, we insist on buying direct from the growers, without middlemen, wholesalers, or importer-exporters. This isn’t only about doing what’s right, it’s about staying connected to the harvest, so that we can source and deliver the world’s finest, most distinctive teas. It also keeps us connected to the people for whom tea is a livelihood. Our commitment to local tea growers goes beyond paying fair wages; it means giving back to the plantations, estates and communities that grow our tea by supporting local education and health-care programs. Cultivating such close ties to community benefits everyone, from the local growers to our global customers who get to drink in the delicious benefits of our partnerships.

Our Master Tea Buyer-Blender David De Candia is an industry pioneer who travels the world in search of the best. David is regarded as a trailblazer in the art and business of all things tea, and, over the years, he’s joined forces with charitable organizations dedicated to the tea estates and communities where our teas are grown. He is a co-founder and a director of the Aid Lanka Kids Foundation and spearheads many community welfare initiatives at our many tea growing regions.