Farmers
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Lafaza
Our partner in Madagascar sources our vanilla direct from co-op farmers who practice sustainable farming in an effort to protect the unique rainforest biodiversity in the north-east coast of Madagascar. This direct-trade model ensures farmers are paid a premium for their crops.
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Elephant Origins
Certified Elephant Friendly™ addresses hazards to elephants in tea growing regions, including impassable drainage ditches, electrocution, toxic exposure to pesticides, and human-elephant conflict. A companion benefits to helping the elephants include better working conditions for people and more biodiverse and soil healthy practices. In addition to Elephant Friendly™, Tenzing's tea is USDA Organic and Fair Trade, and included in the Ethical Tea Partnership.
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Local Lavender
We buy lavender from local Central Oregonians Heidi and Bob, a husband-wife team with several acres of plants devoted to Metolius Tea. Their garden promotes the health of the local bee population.
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Schillings Garden Market
Our local Schillings Garden Market - famous for their annual pumpkin patch - grows beautiful bachelor's buttons throughout their garden and harvests them just for us. These beauties supplement our larger stock but do not comprise 100% of the buttons you'll find in our Earl Grey and Earl Grey Gold.
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Brazilian Sugar
Our sugar is Regenerative Organic Certified™, a program that ensures both environmental sustainability and social good. Their facility is 100% carbon neutral and they were recognized as a Sustainability Champion for their proactive approach to balancing environmental and social contributions with profitability.
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Seahorse Chocolate
Cacao shells are the casings around the chocolate nib. Chocolate makers have no use for them, but they are better than chocolate itself for making chocolatey tea infusions. A few times a month we make our way to RC's divine chocolate factory and give him his family's favorite teas in exchange for allowing us to put his fantastic shells to use.