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6 Ethical Tea Subscriptions to Try in 2024


A tea subscription will ensure you never have a shortage of your favourite drink. Keep reading for our socially & environmentally conscious top picks.
6 Ethical Tea Subscriptions to Try in 2024

by K T Wallace


An ethical tea subscription is a great way to expand your drinking of this all-time classic, with a more conscious twist! What’s more, there are several ethical packages to choose from for the conscious customer.

As nation of tea drinkers, we're obsessed with a good cuppa. With a steaming cup of peppermint tea on our desk (and maybe a cheeky biscuit), we’ve picked 6 tea subscription services with ethical or sustainable practices and plenty of variety to keep everyone interested.

What is a Tea Subscription Service?

Tea subscriptions ensure you’re never in short supply of your favourite pick-me-up. They allow your choice of drink to be sent to your door without the hassle of needing to go out to the supermarket when you’re running low. The interval offered between deliveries can differ between brands and chosen to suit a customer’s individual lifestyle.

Like ethical coffee subscription brands, your enjoyment of tea subscription boxes can be informed by their ethical and sustainable practices. There are even some completely vegan packages for plant-based customers. All that’s left to do is wait for the tea to arrive and enjoy a cup with one of the best milk alternatives!

Why You Should Join a Tea Subscription Service

There are plenty of reasons why a tea subscription box might be for you. The convenience of having your favourite hot drink supplies delivered to your door is ideal for those with busy lives. With exciting blends you wouldn’t see in a supermarket, there’s room to order around your current tastes and try something new. It’s also just a nice way of giving yourself a little treat to look forward to every so often, especially if you’re already adventurous with your tea varieties.

6 Best Ethical Tea Subscriptions to Try

  1. Bird and Blend Tea Co.
  2. Blue Tea Box
  3. The Tea Makers of London
  4. BRUU Tea
  5. Maverick Coffee Company
  6. Brew Tea Co.

Bird and Blend Tea Co.

The Bird and Blend Tea Co. monthly subscription service is the UK’s top rated, and for good reason. Ethical practices, alongside a wide variety of delicious blends, make this brand a great option for your tea subscription. Not only do they use carbon neutral and 100% compostable packaging, but they’re also striving to go one step further and reach net-zero emission. 

Aside from a conscious attitude towards their carbon footprint, Bird and Blend Tea Co are passionate about fostering a great workplace culture. They focus on creating worthwhile jobs for their staff, as well as a ChariTEA programme which makes positive impacts on the communities around them.

This tea subscription box is delivered monthly but paid in increments of three-, six- or twelve-month plans. You’ll receive three different blends in each package of enough loose tea to make 30 cups. 

Blue Tea Box

Blue Tea Box holds ethical practice so close to its core values that it’s what the ‘E’ in ‘BLUE’ stands for. The brand works with small merchants to provide a better standard of living for both workers and farmers. This makes sure that the families of those working at the source are able to invest in their futures and communities. The result is a tea subscription service that delivers ethically-sourced tea that is sourced directly from the growers.

A Blue Tea Box tea subscription is available in two varieties, both delivered on a monthly basis. The mini option offers 30-60 cups of loose leaf tea every month, with the standard providing a whopping 54-108 cups for diehard tea lovers.

The Tea Makers of London

A member of the Ethical Tea Partnership, The Tea Makers of London are focused on plastic-free and compostable packaging. Their tea bags are made from Soilon corn starch, rather than materials containing plastics which take much longer to decompose. All of the packaging from your tea subscription box can also be recycled on arrival.

The Tea Makers of London tea subscriptions are flexible and money-saving, offering 5% off the standard price. Your preferred blend can be chosen from a variety of 20, and the size and frequency of your tea subscription can also be handpicked to suit your needs.

BRUU Tea

Also part of the Ethical Tea Partnership is BRUU Tea, who are not only passionate about great tasting tea but an ethical approach to sourcing it. They help foster a positive impact on the environment by being Rainforest Alliance Certified and having a scheme by which customers can recycle their BRUU boxes for a discount.

A BRUU Tea subscription is offered on a monthly basis and supplies 30 cups worth per pack. Similarly to Bird and Blend Tea Co, there are three different blends to try out each time you receive a new tea subscription box. You can also pause or cancel at any time to suit your personal circumstances.

Maverick Coffee Company

Don’t be fooled by the name! Maverick Coffee Company also offers a great ethical tea subscription service. Choose deliveries anywhere from one to four weeks, with the added choice between loose tea or 100% biodegradable tea bags. 

Their packaging is compostable and the first order includes a refillable eco-tube to store future orders in. Being ethically sourced from sustainable plantations also means this brand’s ethical practices go beyond their packaging.

Brew Tea Co.

Last but by no means least in our picks for ethical tea subscription boxes is Brew Tea Co. Being a certified B Corp, their dedication to social and environmental performance permeates everything they do. They’re another brand that only work with Ethical Tea Partnership growers, and are also a Living Wage employer.

Their packaging is plastic free and their tea bags are fully compostable. The Brew Tea Co subscription package is available for delivery every one, two or three months, so you can tailor your tea subscription to your drinking habits.

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