Fair Trade Teas
White:
Fannings (bulk pack) – Item: 5153 – Standard Min: 110Lbs [Kosher, Organic]
Origin: China. Specially selected for tea bags this organic tea offers an amber liquor with a neutral cup.
Greens:
Indian
Ambootia Estate GFTGFOP1 - Item: 247-GSH – Standard Min: 44Lbs [Kosher, 100% Organic, 100% Darjeeling, Fair Trade Optional]
Origin: Ambootia, Darjeeling, India. A very refreshing take on classic Darjeeling as the green oxidation style makes this tea drinkable as an iced tea as well.Ambootia Estate GBOPF - Item: A2202 – Standard Min: 55Lbs [Kosher, 100% Organic, 100% Darjeeling, Fair Trade Optional]
Origin: Ambootia, Darjeeling, India. This green organic tea offers a strong, sharp clean fresh cup with a green/amber liquor.Ambootia Estate Fannings - Item: A2201-2 – Standard Min: 55 or 61Lbs [Kosher, 100% Organic, 100% Darjeeling, Fair Trade Optional]
Origin: Ambootia, Darjeeling, India. The green fannings, are specially made for tea bags. The same sharp clean fresh cup with a green/amber liquor comes through.China
Wuyuan Fannings (bulk pack) – Item: 4157 – Standard Min: 99Lbs [Kosher, Fair Trade Optional]
Origin: Xiaxi, Jiangxi, China. This green tea is cut for tea bags and offers a great specialty tea alternative for iced or hot tea with a mild taste.
Oolong Tea:
China
Ancient Beauty Jasmine – Item: 533211 – Standard Min: 5Lbs [Organic, Fair Trade]Origin: Jing Mai Mt., Yunnan, China. In Yunnan, likely the most culturally diverse province of China, you find in the Southern tip equa-distant from Laos, Burma and Vietnam the Jing Mai Mountains and its’ wild forest of ancient tea trees. This forest is a national treasure made of trees 1000 years old. The Bulang and Dai hill tribes have enjoyed the area’s teas for more than 1300 years. The particular jat of these tea trees is called Yunnan Da Yeh or Yunnan Broad Leaf and being wild they are unspoiled by machine or chemical cultivation. This is a unique tea that is also certified Fair Trade, 100% Organic and supports an indigenous natural heritage. The tea’s tippy base is unusual as a pairing for jasmine but works wonderfully; to find a heavily oxidized Oolong based jasmine tea is unique. This tea yields a beautiful caramel colored liquor and provides an uncommonly smooth and sweet base that balances with, but is not over-powered by the rich jasmine taste.
Blacks:
Indian
Ambootia Estate FTGFOP - Item: A1100 – Standard Min: 44 or 73Lbs [Kosher, 100% Organic, 100% Darjeeling, Fair Trade Optional]
Origin: Ambootia, Darjeeling, India. A mellow delicate cup Darjeeling that also has a fancy leaf.Ambootia Estate Fannings - Item: A1201 – Standard Min: 55Lbs [Kosher, 100% Organic, 100% Darjeeling, Fair Trade Optional]
Origin: Ambootia, Darjeeling, India. This Darjeeling black tea is cut specifically for bags.Iyerpadi Estate OP – Item: 6001 – Standard Min: 40Lbs [Kosher, 100% Organic, Fair Trade Optional]
Origin: Iyerpadi, Coimbatore, India. This South Indian whole leaf tea, has a sweet, mild cup with a slight bite.Iyerpadi Estate BOP – Item: 6002 – Standard Min: 53Lbs [Kosher, 100% Organic, Fair Trade Optional]
Origin: Iyerpadi, Coimbatore, India. South Indian, BOP tea, with a full bodied cup with a nice, heavy mouth feel.Iyerpadi Estate Fannings – Item: 6003 – Standard Min: 57Lbs [Kosher, 100% Organic, Fair Trade Optional]
Origin: Iyerpadi, Coimbatore, India. South Indian, tea bag cut with a heavy but balanced cup.
Transfair USA is the worldwide Fair Trade Standard setting and Certification organization. Launched in 1999, it permits more than 800,000 producers, workers and their dependants in more than 45 countries to benefit from labeled Fairtrade. Fair Trade certification identifies teas produced by gardens and cooperatives and verifies that they follow Fair Trade standards:
- Guarantee fair wages and decent working conditions
- Establish a Fair Trade premium, managed by the workers for the benefit of their community
- Promote the use of sustainable farming methods that are safer for humans and the environment
Go to www.transfairusa.org for more information and to look up if your tea vendor is a member.
The G.S. Haly Co. has been a member of the Transfair USA organization since 2004 (ID 2566) and seeks to offer teas in all categories with a Fair Trade certification. More Fair Trade teas are available for special order.
Fair Trade Teas have an additional charge of $.88/lb for leaf tea and $.56/lb for fannings that is paid to the producer and to support the Transfair USA organization.
