In addition to better quality and higher profit margins, there are some other good reasons to market and sell loose leaf tea. In fact with loose-leaf teas it is very easy and affordable to create custom and proprietary blends, signature items that are absolutely unique to your customer’s business. With tea bags there is a huge economy of sale necessary that makes it difficult and much more costly to create proprietary blends.

Also in retail settings there are the additional sales of other tea brewing/infusing devices, when you are selling loose leaf teas. Another reason to focus on loose-leaf tea is that is where the growth is. Tea bag sales in the U.S. are flat, at best. Specialty loose-leaf teas are on a very healthy upward trend.

In addition I believe there are many more merchandising opportunities using loose leaf tea vs. tea bag tea. Loose-leaf teas are rather much eye appealing than another box teabags on the shelf

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