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Top 25 Specialty tea distributors based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 177 specialty tea distributors headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 2,388 professional contacts across them, including 641 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers specialty tea distributors headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 18, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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177Companies
2,388Contacts tracked
641Verified emails
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The 25 largest specialty tea distributors based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 177 specialty tea distributors based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 18, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to specialty tea distributors: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
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1Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 20261,001-5,000846 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Finlays is a global B2B supplier of tea, coffee and botanical ingredients and solutions to many of the world’s best-loved beverage brands, retailers and foodservice operators.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
2Partial evidenceAbingdon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026201-500311 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Whittard in a Tea Cup.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
3Partial evidenceNewcastle Upon Tyne, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026501-1,000186 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Ringtons Ltd - tea and coffee producer and supplier since 1907.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
4Partial evidenceBrighton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026201-500130 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Named in The Sunday Times as one of the Best Places to Work, we are a B Corp Certified, independent, award winning tea company on a mission to spread happiness & reimagine tea!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
5Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026201-500123 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Established in London in Newby employs the very highest standards found in tea production today.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
6Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026201-50069 contacts →

Strong evidence

“English Tea Shop is a 30% employee-owned, independent specialty and organic tea company headquartered in London.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
7Strong evidenceWimborne, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202651-20055 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Spicers has been crafting speciality tea for over 80 years.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
8Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-5044 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“For the past 20 years, we have responsibly sourced the highest quality single garden leaves through our personal relationships with master producers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
9Indirect evidenceSevenoaks, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-5039 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Café Du Monde, we live and breathe coffee!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
10Partial evidenceCoventry, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 20261-1019 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Discover a wonderful selection of tea gift products.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
11Partial evidenceTonbridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-5016 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Reginald Ames is one of the few remaining traditional tea merchants set up over 100 years ago.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
12Partial evidenceTrafford Park, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-5015 contacts →

Partial evidence

“KEEPING IT SIMPLE AMAZING TEA.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
13Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-5014 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Camellia’s Tea House is an artisan tea company based in London that specialises in creating bespoke specialty and wellness teas for the premium hospitality and wellness industries.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
14Indirect evidenceKemsing, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-5013 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Blends For Friends Ltd is a bespoke white labelling ingredients company for the hot beverages industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
15Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 20261-1013 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Chinese Tea Company was founded in 2009 and was created to share our passion and love of the finest Chinese Tea with the rest of the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
16Indirect evidenceLiverpool, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-5012 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
17Partial evidenceLooe, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-5012 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Bringing Cornish Tea & Cornish Coffee to hotels, restaurants, cafes and homes around the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
18Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 20261-1011 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Good & Proper are London-based tea specialists, offering a wide variety of premium quality, award-winning loose leaf teas, tea bags and tea accessories.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
19Strong evidenceCardiff, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 20261-1010 contacts →

Strong evidence

“We specialise in sourcing the world's finest teas direct from the farms for our partners; luxury hotels, Michelin-starred restaurants and speciality coffee shops.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
20Strong evidenceArundel, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-5010 contacts →

Strong evidence

“CAFÉ • STORE • ROASTERY • TRADE • ONLINE | Established in 1981 Edgcumbes is an independent, family owned specialist coffee roaster and tea blending company.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
21Partial evidenceBlaydon On Tyne, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-5010 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Pumphreys of Newcastle upon Tyne supplies the finest quality coffee and tea to all their customers from the catering trade or the general public.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
22Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-5010 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Purveyors of exceptional coffee and tea.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
23Partial evidenceHertfordshire, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 20261-108 contacts →

Partial evidence

“To tea or not to tea, quite simply, is never the question but here at Hope & Glory we believe the tea you take should always be top notch.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
24Partial evidenceHemel Hempstead Industrial Estate, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 20261-108 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We at NutraTea are here to cultivate the best inner you through our unique herbal tea blends that have been formulated to deliver a range of health benefits.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
25Partial evidenceLoanhead, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 20261-107 contacts →

Partial evidence

“An Edinburgh based tea company that believes tea should be affordable and accessible to everyone.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026

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Specialty tea distributors based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 18, 2026
26.8%Verified-email coverage
13.5Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
33.3%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 18, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
125
11-50
34
51-200
7
201-500
8
501-1,000
1
1,001-5,000
1

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 177 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among specialty tea distributors, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “specialty tea distributors”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names specialty tea distributors), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among specialty tea distributors, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 641 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 18, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Specialty tea distributors by metro

  • Specialty tea distributors in London59

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names specialty tea distributors, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many specialty tea distributors are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 177 specialty tea distributors headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Finlays, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most specialty tea distributors?

London leads with 59 headquartered companies, followed by Edinburgh (5) and Manchester (5).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 641 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 177 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 18, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.