China is the birthplace of tea. While indigenous to much of Southeast Asia, tea has been consumed in China for thousands of years. It is still the largest producer and consumer of tea.

Colombia is among the new countries that have entered the specialty tea industry. We work with Bitaco, the only specialty tea garden in Colombia to distribute their teas in the United States.

India is home to several tea regions including the famous Assam and Darjeeling. It is a prolific producer and consumer of tea, and the first country we imported from all those years ago.

Kenya has grown to become the third largest producer of tea worldwide and even it's largest exporter. While much of the Kenyan industry has focused on commodity tea, the specialty producers in Kenya do amazing work.

Tea was brought to Japan over a thousand years ago by Buddhist monks for who used it as an aid to meditation. Japanese tea culture has since flourished and Japan produced tea that is unique, both in flavor as well as processing style.

Nepal sits around the Himalyas and shares geography - and tea terroir - with northern Indian regions like Darjeeling. The elevation and soil content make Nepal one of the best places to grow tea in the world.

Often called in the tea industry by it's colonial name of Ceylon, Sri Lanka grew tea as its coffee plants disappeared. Its tea is bright and brisk and is one familiar to the American palate as the base of many iced teas.

Taiwan has done a lot to modernize it's tea production, and has been at the forefront of creating new farming practices and cultivars that work best for it's terroir.