- Mighty Leaf Tea
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Mighty Leaf Tea Company 
Type Private Industry Beverage Founded 2000 Headquarters San Rafael, CA Products Tea Website Mighty Leaf Tea The Mighty Leaf Tea Company is a specialty tea manufacturer and distributor based in San Rafael, California. Known for pioneering the whole leaf tea pouch filled with whole tea leaves, herbs and fruits, Mighty Leaf Tea was founded by husband and wife team Gary Shinner and Jill Portman in 2000. [1] [2] [3]
The company’s signature whole leaf blends come wrapped in handcrafted silken and award-winning biodegradable tea pouches.[4]
The eco-friendly tea pouches are stitched with unbleached cotton and without glue or staples. The company played an integral role in introducing the innovative whole leaf tea pouches to the foodservice and retail sales channels.[3] Mighty Leaf’s unique design combines the easy-to-use functionality of traditional tea bags and the quality of loose tea.[2] [5]
Mighty Leaf sells both whole leaf tea pouches and loose leaf tea through retail, grocery, foodservice, spa, hospitality and retail website channels. Mighty Leaf Tea sources and markets a diversity of tea products including black, oolong, green, white and herbal teas.
In 2007, Cooks Illustrated magazine named Mighty Leaf Organic Breakfast tea as the “best, plain black tea”. [6]
From mid-2010, the UK retailer Debenhams have served Might Leaf Tea in their foodservice outlets (Cafés and Restaurants)as their Speciality Tea brand.
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References
- New York Times - Teas Got a Brand New Bag - 09/06
- San Francisco Chronicle - Entrepreneurs see a lifestyle in their tea leaves - 10/03
- Beverage World - Mighty Leaf Get Equity Investment Funding - 12/07
- Bazaarblog - Mighty Leaf Tea Means Business - 4/08
- About.com - Video - Benefits of Whole Leaf Tea
External links
Categories:- Tea brands
- Food production companies of the United States
- Companies based in Marin County, California
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