Tea subscriptions are becoming more and more popular. In times of travel restrictions and lockdowns, tea subscriptions are the most convenient way of discovering great new teas. To help you find the best tea subscription plan that suits your needs we put together a list of top 5 picks for 2020 (see also our long list):
- Art of tea – a rich selection of teas for all tea lovers
- JalamTeas – it’s all about stories
- Offblak – makes tea time sexy again: cool, fun, and yummy
- Tea Repertoire – if you are serious about your tea sommelier goals
- Verdant Tea – monthly box curated by small family tea farmers
See the detailed descriptions below.
1. Art of tea
Art of Tea is a tea importer and wholesaler based in Los Angeles, California. We hand blend and custom craft the world’s finest organic teas and botanicals. Our teas are carefully selected directly from growers, each one offering a unique story.
https://www.artoftea.com/pages/about-us
How it works: If you join the “Tea of the month” club, you can pick from 5 options: Caffeine Free, Classic, Single Origin, Explore, and Pyramid Sachets. The subscription runs for 3, 6 or 12 months. Unfortunately, it’s not available outside of the US territory.
Who is it best for? Tea lovers who want to explore a variety of teas and blends.
Price range: from 70$ for 3 months to 220$ for 12 months
2. JalamTeas
One of the globe’s most timeless and vital commodities, tea, has inspired words, thoughts and deeds like few other plants. We celebrate its ability to both bring people together and to enhance the solitary moments. We also find inspiration from tea’s understated and eternal role as one of the planet’s great unpolluted fuels. JalamTeas concentrates on Yunnan’s teas, with an emphasis on the heralded Puerhs.
https://www.jalamteas.com/pages/about-us
Who is it best for? If you believe that each cup of tea tells a story, then this tea subscription is for you.
Price point: $19/month
3. Offblak
OFFBLAK was founded on the belief that tea shouldn’t just be black, it should be anything but. All the health benefits you need without having to give up or lose out on taste or excitement. This is a healthy lifestyle tea with style. We are rewriting the rules of tea for a new generation of you.
https://offblak.com/pages/about
How it works: You begin with a tea starter kit with 2 x 12 different flavors in pyramid tea bags being sent to you in a stylish letterbox. Once you tried the teas, you can customize your tea and refill frequency.
Who is it best for? For all people who value tea not only taste but also look and feel of a tea brand.
Price range: Starter kit trial is £5,99/delivery. Ongoing subscription renews every 3 weeks for £15,99.
4. Tea Repertoire
The founder of Tea Repertoire, the tea sommelier Sujin Lee truly believes that authentic single estate teas should reflect the terroir and tea culture of their origins and she is committed to curating our tea collection with only the finest, exceptional teas by carrying out sourcing trips to various tea regions and endless tea tasting to source the very best of each tea category.
https://tearepertoire.com/pages/about-us
How it works: You receive 2 x 50g of rare, award-winning, top quality loose leaf teas from heritage tea gardens in Japan, South Korea, China and Taiwan.
Who is it best for? All tea enthusiasts and tea connoisseurs looking for real, top quality, artisan, single-origin, loose leaf teas.
Price point: 133€/3 months or 266€/6 months. Worldwide shipping from the UK.
5. Verdant Tea
Verdant Tea is founded on over a decade of relationship-building with farmers across China. That’s why our tea partners are our some of our oldest friends. To us, transparency isn’t a buzz-word –
https://verdanttea.com/teas/tea-of-the-month-club/
it is a code of conduct.
How it works: If you subscribe to Verdant’s Tea of the Month Club, you will receive a Community Supported Agriculture style box curated by one of the associated small family tea farmers.
Who is it best for? People who seek authentic taste and like to support environmentally and socially sustainable businesses.
Price point: $30/month. While you get free shipping within the US, the shipping prices for other countries are relatively high.
This list represents the subjective opinion of the editors based on the extensive evaluation of the tea subscription market. Tea-subscription.com is not affiliated with any of the listed companies. The information as at Nov 2020. Please address your inquiries to hello@tea-subscription.com.
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