Ethics and Sustainability

Good tea shouldn't cost the earth. Or the people who make it.

Let's be straight: we're not perfect. But we're trying to do things properly, one small step at a time.

Fair wages, full stop.

Everyone who works on our family's tea garden in Assam gets a fair, living wage. Not the legal minimum but fair. That means they can put food on the table, send their kids to school, and live with dignity. We don't see how a "premium" tea can come from underpaid workers. So we don't do that.

No unnecessary chemicals.

We avoid harsh pesticides and synthetic fertilisers wherever we can. Are we 100% organic certified yet? Not fully,  but we're working towards it, honestly and slowly. The goal is healthier soil, cleaner water, and safer hands for the people who pick your tea.

Hand-packed, not machine-sorted.

Every order you receive is packed by hand, by us. That means less waste, more care, and no massive automated factory in between you and your cuppa.

Packaging with purpose.

We chose materials that are beautiful enough to keep, but also recyclable. We are actively looking at moving to fully home-compostable options.

Traceable, not vague.

From our garden in Assam to your kitchen table. No middlemen, no mystery. You can ask us any questions, exactly where your tea came from — and we will be happy to tell you.

The honest truth.

We're a small, family-run brand. Bee & Jack, plus our garden workers back in Assam. We don't have a big team or a fancy green certification (yet). What we have is a genuine commitment to treat people fairly and look after the land that looks after us.