Tea is about 5,000 years old and has become deeply woven throughout cultures on all continents. It has played an important part in the history of commerce, ship-building, the formation of corporations and international conflict. Wars have been fought over tea. Marriages have been celebrated with tea. Tea is a part of the world’s culture from the Chinese tea house to the Japanese Tea Ceremony to British High Tea to people’s homes and kitchens around the globe.
Tea For Me is an exciting specialty tea business offering accessories and naturally delicious, hand-packed rare loose leaf teas from farms that we have visited to both consumers and trade throughout Australia and internationally. We are based in Perth and were established in 1998 giving us over 10 years experience in the retail and wholesale sector.
We are a Tea Merchant for all four types of tea, White Tea, Green Tea, Oolong Tea and Black Tea. Tea For Me offer a range of over 110 flavours and a collection of specialty loose leaf teas that awaken the senses and revive the soul. Perfect for tea connoisseurs and novices alike.
Tea is grown in a semi-tropical band around the world characterized by sufficient daytime heat, cool nights and intense periods of rainfall.
Tea For Me do not source our teas from International Agents or packing houses. Proprietor, Barry Dawson, travels to the tea regions in various countries in search for the best tea available. He will visit small gardens that preserve traditional artisan methods of nurturing tea, the collection includes immune-boosting white tea, skin purifying green tea, rejuvenating oolong tea, warming black tea and calming herbal infusions. Many hours are spent tasting and testing every tea to satisfy himself that it will be suitable for the most discerning tea drinker.
NB: A well packaged tea should not have any aroma from the packet and never stored in glass containers.
TeaBits
- Iced tea (see Recipe) was first reported to be served by Englishmen Richard Blechynden at the St. Louis Fair in 1904,
- and in 1903 a tea and coffee shop merchant, Thomas Sullivan of New York inadvertently made the first tea bag. Looking to save money, Sullivan reportedly distributed small samples of tea in silk bags instead of little metal tins. The loose tea was intended to be removed from the bags by customers, but they found it easier to prepare tea with the tea enclosed in the bags. It wasn't until after he saw restaurant and coffee shop owners brewing the entire bag of tea leaves that Sullivan realized the potential of his actions
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