Responsible
Our teas are traceable back to the farmer and have a positive impact on society, the economy and the environment.
Natural
Due to the unique microclimatic advantages of the Black Sea region, our tea is free of pesticides.
High quality
Freshly picked whole leaf tea from the plantation directly to your home.
Meet the tea team
We are tea producers, consultants and tea lovers who want to share this journey, dreams and products with you.
We make sure that your tea is grown, picked and produced by hand in small batches with love.
We cut out the middleman so that these special teas are delivered directly to you.
We support new projects for sustainable production in the Rize region.
Tea producers
"Tea is our life. We believe in the quality of hand-picked and hand-produced teas, just like our grandparents did, and we're not afraid to go against the grain."
AYTÜL TURAN
Aytul was born and raised in Rize, where her family has farmed their large tea fields since the early 1940s. She graduated as a tea expert from Rize University and started her professional life in the tea industry.
In 2016, Aytul was Turkish Tea Master and represented Turkish tea at the Global Tea Master Competition in China.
It is shaped by what she experienced there. In addition to workshops, articles and seminars, she has also begun experimenting with making specialty teas with her friend and colleague Yasemin Yazici – TeaChef.
Aytul is a dedicated and inspiring TeaTeam member. She aims to bring innovation and sustainable development to “Turkish Specialty Tea” and raise awareness of the female workforce in the industry.
You can also support her projects with Yasemin and participate in the tea workshops in Rize.
Why Tea Team?
We experienced the high quality standards of traditional tea producers in Turkey, but we were even more impressed by the enthusiasm of the small (and predominantly young) community, who went in different directions and found their way in experimenting with specialty tea.
We want to share their enthusiasm for this natural product with a wider community. We want to find the hidden champions – those who go the extra mile for their dreams.
We want to support their work.
We want to give them additional opportunities to share their ideas with a wider group of tea lovers.
We want to ensure that they are successful in their profession and deliver the best of the best, at a price set by the farmers.
We want to promote Turkish specialty tea to a wider community.
We have begun to carry a separate line of products in our existing Sir Harly Tea line. But now we are growing together as a tea team, with the farmers, consultants, tea lovers and you who remember to add love to your tea.
It is time to bring this wonderful treasure closer to the world and, above all, to support the small tea farmers.
The famous Turkish tea glass in the shape of a tulip was the inspiration for the design of our logo – the design is by AYLIN.