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STARTER SET TEABAGS

STARTER SET TEABAGS

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Quality everyday tea from Rwanda that totally hits the spot and pays farmers 50% above Fairtrade.

This starter pack includes 1 x pack of 80 tea bags and a storage tin for keeping your tea fresh.

You save 15% when you buy the set, compared to buying the tea and tin separately.

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More About This Tea

Bold (not Meh). Full bodied (not wishy washy). Thick (not thin) Golden (not grey). Totally hits the spot.

IT’S DOWN TO THE LEAF

Rwanda has big hills, volcanic soil, tropical sun, big showers. These are the things that make great tasting tea. 

Plus, tea farmers in Rwanda have a formal plucking standard; it’s a serious business. The freshest 2 leaves and a bud. From the top of the bush. Not too big, or too small. Farmers receive premium for plucking tea to this very high standard. And they pluck by hand; hands see better than machines. 

Origin

Rwanda

Elevation

High - 2000m-2700m 

Process

Oxidised Black Tea

Taste, Appearance

Bold. Full Bodied. Thick. Golden. 

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Origin

Rwandan tea is a tea taster's secret. Rwanda grows just 1% of the worlds tea, we think it's the best 1%

Elevation

Rwanda is known as the land of a thousand hills. The higher the elevation, the slower the tea grows and the deeper the flavour of the tea.

Process

This is a black tea so once the leaves are plucked and dried, they are left to ferment or oxidise - this means the air gets to the leaves and turns them black. The oxidation is what gives black tea it's deep flavour and colour perfect with milk.

Taste, Appearance

This tea really hits the spot and tastes exactly how you want an everyday tea to taste. 

How To Drink

Boiling water

Brew for 3 mins

With or without milk

Packaging

This pouch is paper recyclable. Please put the pouch in your paper recycling.

Spill Farmer Model

BETTER TASTING TEA

Source quality tea that tastes great, not "meh"

BETTER FARMER PRICE

Pay beyond Fairtrade
Put more cash in the farmers' pocket

SPILL!

Be open about payments to farmers

SPILL pays base price $3 / kilo

50% above Fairtrade

Plus, we make an additional farmer payment of $0.50 / kilo

Good Tea.
Nothing To Hide.

SPILL pay $3 / kilo - 50% above Fairtrade - Plus, additional farmer payment $0.50 / kilo.

FOR YOU, A BETTER CUPPA

FOR THE FARMER, A BETTER PRICE

FOR YOU, A BETTER CUPPA

FOR THE FARMER, A BETTER PRICE

From "the spill"

Do you grow your potatoes in pots?

Laurent: Farmer 1
Starting growing tea: 2007
Tea field: 0.8 hectares
Wants: An iPhone and an olive tree

Before growing tea, Laurent grew plantain and potatoes and traded them in local markets.

Smallholder farmer headshot outside home in Rugabano, Rwanda

Everything I have is because of tea...

Gianpierre and Cartas: Farmers 4 & 5
Started growing tea: 2018
Tea field: 0.4 hectares
Wants: More land for more tea!

We met Gianpierre, Cartas, and baby Brighten during our first visit to Rugabano. Gianpierre tells us how everything he has he has bought with tea!

Everything I have is because of tea...

Are you ready yet?

Emaunel & Lucie - Farmers 2 & 3
Part 2

In March 2023, we visited smallholder tea farmers Emanuel and Lucie at Rugabano in Rwanda for the second time. They updated us on how tea growing was going for them.

Are you ready yet?

Customer Reviews

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Amy Drayton
SO yum

Such lovely tea, and what a lovely brand too.

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Holly M
Outstanding Brew!

Loved this tea. Clean, comforting and full flavoured. The ethos behind the brand is brilliantly thought through - makes you feel good with every sip! Also love the tea caddy !

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Rachel A
Everything about this tea is a yes!

As a committed tea drinker, who regularly shops for ethical teas. Tastes great! Arrives quickly, and some super snazzy packaging, I'd also recommend giving it as a gift .

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Elle Moss
Fantastic Tea! Love the Tin too

There is no denying or hiding - I am a TEA LOVER! And Spill tea does not disappoint.
The vibrant, delicious flavour of my morning brew and afternoon pick me up.
The tin looks great in my kitchen, too!

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Nick Fordy
Good business, great tasting tea!

I'd forgotten what tea should taste like....it tastes like this!
Good business, great tasting tea!