Estate Grown Teas from East Africa About Birchall Birchall is a family-owned British tea company based in London with roots in the trade dating back over 140 years to Darjeeling, when Captain Birchall Graham first planted tea. Today, their teas are served daily on every major UK high street and they are now one of the world’s largest exporters of East African teas, shipping approximately 40 million kilos of black tea worldwide per annum from their buying offices in London and Mombasa.
Birchall believe that every cup of tea should be bright, delicious and bursting with full flavour. That’s why they source their blended and single origin black teas exclusively from the finest tea estates across East Africa, from Rwanda through to the Great Rift Valley in Kenya, where the very best teas are to be found.
Birchall’s dedication to quality ensures that all of their tea leaves are hand-plucked.”
Tea in a Socially Responsible Way
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Although Birchall is dedicated to creating fine tasting tea, they also work hard to ensure that all their teas are sustainably sourced in a manner which respects both the environment and their tea producers. Birchall is a long-standing member of the Ethical Tea Partnership, which they work with collaboratively to raise ethical standards of industry-wide practices. They are also proud to hold full certification from NGOs the Fairtrade Foundation and the Rainforest Alliance.
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Award-Winning Black Teas Birchall specialise in single origin and blended black teas, the summation of knowledge passed down through five generations. They source their signature Great Rift and Virunga black teas from estates across East Africa, from Rwanda through to the Great Rift Valley in Kenya, where the very best teas are grown
