How it gets here
From the equator to your door.
Four legs, from highland tea factories near the equator to our warehouse in Massachusetts, then on to you.
Routes are drawn as simple arcs. Places are plotted to scale on a latitude and longitude grid.
Factory to the coast
Bags are packed and sealed at the factory, then trucked to Mombasa for sea freight or to Nairobi for air.
Highland tea factories → Mombasa 4°03′S · Nairobi 1°19′S
Across to the US
Ocean freight out of Mombasa, or air freight from Nairobi when a lot needs to arrive sooner.
Mombasa or Nairobi → United States
Cleared and stored
Each shipment is declared to the FDA before it lands and cleared through US customs, then trucked to our warehouse.
US port of entry → Massachusetts 42°N
To your door
We pack your order at the warehouse and send it by USPS. The bag you open is the one that was sealed in Kenya.
Massachusetts → anywhere in the US