Mighty Leaf Tea

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Mighty Leaf Tea Company
Type Private
Founded 1996
Headquarters San Rafael, CA
Industry Beverage
Products Tea
Website [Mighty Leaf Tea]

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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 a 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]

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  1. ^ [>[1] Tea and Coffee Journal 2002
  2. ^ a b [2] Tea and Coffee Journal 2005
  3. ^ a b [3] Tea and Coffee Trade Journal March/April 2005
  4. ^ [4] Specialty Coffee Association “Best New Packaging” winner in 2006/2007
  5. ^ [5] Tea and Coffee Trade Journal Dec 03/Jan 04
  6. ^ [6] Cooks Illustrated Magazine

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