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FINLAYS IS A ONE-STOP-SHOP FOR LEAF TEA SOURCING, MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLY

Finlays is one of the world’s largest independent companies in sourcing and manufacturing traceable and sustainably-sourced tea. Our aim is to bring clarity and colour to the intricate world of tea by being your proactive partners on the journey from bush to cup.

Thanks to our powerful global network, integrated supply chain, world-leading expertise and our approach of putting sustainability at the heart of all we do, Finlays is trusted by the world’s biggest and best beverage companies to supply the right tea solutions for a diverse range of applications and channels.

WHY CHOOSE FINLAYS AS YOUR TEA SUPPLIER?

Trusted Leaders

in Tea.

A leader of the tea industry for over 200 years, Finlays is trusted by the world’s biggest and best beverage companies to help simplify the tea sourcing process while accessing growth opportunities.

Strong on

Sustainability.

Sustainability at Finlays isn’t about doing the minimum required – it’s at the very heart of our business as one of our three core values. Partnering with Finlays not only means peace of mind that tea ingredients have impeccable sustainable credentials, but that you have access to a rich vein of stories and information to support your brand.

Proactive and

Progressive Partners.

Finlays takes a progressive approach to tea, seeking to develop new and better ways to solve customer challenges, add value, and help tea achieve its true long-term potential.

EXPERTS IN TEA SOURCING,
MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLY

With our extensive global footprint and deep experience and expertise, we can source, blend, pack and supply any type of tea for our customers.

As a large scale, global tea supplier, we are able to innovate from the start of the supply chain, all the way through to the end, packed product.

Finlays is a fierce custodian of the tea industry. This means we are passionate about pushing boundaries to improve quality, pioneer new and better products and create innovative tea packaging formats to capture new customers.

Our highly-trained and experienced tea experts are a global authority on tea and tea markets.

A Comprehensive Range of Tea Leaf Products and Solutions

Black Tea

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Green Tea

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Speciality Tea

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Botanicals

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Decaffeinated Tea

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Blending and Packing

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Something Entirely Different

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OUR GLOBAL TEA NETWORK

Finlays operates a global tea network through four specialist tea businesses located strategically around the world. This ensures control over the quality of our product, and offers our customers security and consistency of product supply.

Finlay Beverages (UK)

The UK’s leading own-brand partner in tea and coffee, Finlay Beverages sources, packs and supplies a vast range of tea and coffee formats to UK retail and foodservice customers. Based in Yorkshire, UK, Finlay Beverages has been serving the UK beverages industry since 1896. Today it supplies many of the biggest retailers and foodservice chains in the UK, working as a trusted partner and serving as a flexible one-stop-shop for all tea and coffee needs.

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Finlays Colombo (Sri Lanka)

For over 130 years, Finlays Colombo has been a global leader in tea, blending tradition with innovation. Since 1893, it has elevated tea experiences and popularised brands worldwide. A stateof-the-art facility, including an ISO accredited laboratory, produces high quality teas, including biodegradable teabags. Offering over 400 products, Finlays Colombo meets evolving consumer preferences whilst remaining committed to sustainability. As it expands globally, Finlays Colombo continues to shape the future of tea with excellence and innovation.

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Finlays Argentina

Finlays Argentina is Argentina’s largest producer and exporter of tea. Founded in 1952, Finlays Argentina has four tea farms covering an area of 2,000 hectares, three factory sites and two fully equipped tea blending and packing facilities, Combining blending expertise with the efficiency and ingenuity of the field and factory, Finlays Argentina supplies high-quality Black Tea, at scale, consistently and reliably throughout the year, to the global market including the US, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East.

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Finlays Mombasa, Dubai, Blantyre and Jakarta

Finlays Middle East, Africa and CIS offers tea sourcing, blending, packing via its facilities in Kenya, Dubai, Malawi and Indonesia. It offers a wide range of leaf tea solutions including auction buying from the Mombasa and Limbe tea auctions, as well as bespoke blending and global sourcing from virtually all tea exporting origins and a robust supply chain to ensure on time in full customer deliveries. In addition, it supplies coffee and extracts to the region via its Dubai office at the Dubai Multipurpose Commodity Centre (DMCC).

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EXPERTS IN TEA SOURCING AND SUPPLY

With tea testing and tasting rooms across the world, our team of tea experts loves tasting, sourcing and supplying tea from around the world to meet your requirements. Whether it’s black and green teas from our farms in Kenya and Argentina, or Oolongs from China, Matcha from Japan or Darjeeling from India – we know tea and where to source the very best to capture unique regional flavours and profiles.

Our network of offices and gardens around the world, in major tea producing and consuming countries means we can service all of your tea requirements from bush to cup. This includes auction buying, bespoke blending, sourcing hard to find speciality teas from remote areas around the globe.

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Tea Solutions for a Range of Applications

Thanks to our global network of sourcing, blending and applications experts, we are able develop range of organic tea leaf solutions specific to your needs. Our tea is used in everything from loose tea, to the tea bag, to techniques such as Direct Leaf Extraction. We offer a vast range of packaging formats to meet your needs.

A LEADING PRODUCER AND SUPPLIER OF CERTIFIED LEAF TEA

Across different parts of our global business, we offer tea, coffee and botanical products and solutions with a range of certifications including Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance, Organic, Kosher and Halal. Please get in touch to find out more.