1692 – Louis 14th grants Sir Damame the exclusive privilege to sell tea in France. It marks the beginning of a long history…
Over the years, the greatest chapters of the history of French tea have been written: the company has developed and its range of products multiplied, but it continues to be driven by its passion for tea’s most enchanting and captivating qualities. This same expertise has now been passed on to our children, the third generation, who continue to cultivate and grow this passion for tea.
Ahmad Tea is a tea company based in London, England. The company produces a range of tea bags, loose teas and gifts including: black tea, green tea, flavoured teas, and herbal teas.
Ahmad Tea distributes to over 70 countries, where it can be found in selected restaurants, hotels, specialty shops as well as some chains. In 2015, it was awarded with three Great Taste Awards for various blends.
In 1880, 40-year-old, Glasgow-born entrepreneur and innovator Sir Thomas Lipton envisioned an opportunity to make tea universally accessible with guaranteed quality at acceptable prices.
In 1890, he began purchasing tea estates in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, and packaged and sold the first Lipton tea. Staying true to his vision, he arranged packaging and shipping at low costs to sell his teas directly from the tea garden to the tea pot. In 1893, he officially established the Thomas J Lipton Co., a tea packing company with its headquarters and factory in Hoboken, New Jersey.
The Bioprogramme Co. was founded in 1993 in the city of Sofia, Bulgaria. Its CEO is also former Chairman of the Bulgarian Association of Herbalists and Mushroom Gatherers and Growers.
Today Bioprogramme has become a leading producer of Bulgarian tea and tea infusions and is among the leading Bulgarian producers of packed herbs on the local pharmaceutical market. In addition Bioprogramme is one of the leading companies exporting whole and cut Bulgarian herbs, dried fruit and spices, as raw materials for many industries in Western Europe and the United states such as Pharmaceuticals, tea production, cosmetics, food etc.