What is the minimum order for a hotel, restaurant or café?

A programme runs 5–30 kg and ships inside a consolidated lot that starts at 100 kg, with named teas from 1–5 kg per SKU. The price list carries three levels: wholesale from 50 kg, wholesale from 10 kg, and Chinese retail for reference.

Do you supply brewing guides and staff training material?

Yes. Each programme travels with a brewing guide for each tea and staff training material drawn from our tea encyclopedia at en.thetea.app. Sensory evaluation follows ISO 3103 and GB/T 23776, the standard brew, so both sides taste a cup made the same way.

Are the sample sets free?

No. A set of 8 teas is $59 and a set of 12 is $99, at 25–50 g each, courier at cost. The amount comes back as credit on your first order, so a bar can trial the list at its own expense once. Two to four weeks.

Do you have organic certification?

No. On request we arrange multi-residue laboratory testing of your specific lot against GB 2763 and GB 2762, quoted per lot, with the report delivered before the balance payment. We cite standards and arrange testing; we are not a certification body.

Can you deliver DDP to our venue in the EU or the US?

No. We quote EXW, FOB or CIF from Chinese ports, and DAP for Russia and the EAEU through white-channel carriers only. DDP needs an importer of record on the ground, which we are not, so import clearance stays with you. In Mexico we deliver locally.

How do we pay, and how long does the tea take to arrive?

By T/T bank transfer against a proforma invoice from our licensed Chinese export partner: 50/50 on a first order, 30/70 on repeats, with samples payable online. Sea to Europe takes 28–40 days, rail 16–25; air, at 5–10 days, is for samples and urgent top-ups.

Can the property’s own brand go on the tin?

Yes, from 50–100 kg per blend under your own trademark. The tin is designed in our studio, a 3D mock-up follows within two weeks, and production runs 30–60 days before shipping time is added. Full terms are on the private label page.

For HoReCa

Chinese tea for hotels, restaurants and specialty cafés

teamotea is a HoReCa tea supplier working from origin in China: programmes of 5–30 kg shipped inside a consolidated lot, with a brewing guide for each tea and staff training material drawn from our tea encyclopedia. In Mexico we deliver locally through teamote.mx.

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What a HoReCa tea programme covers

A programme is 5–30 kg of tea shipped inside a consolidated lot, and two things travel with the leaf: a brewing guide for each tea, and staff training material drawn from our tea encyclopedia at en.thetea.app.

The range is 34 core teas in retail-ready 100 g tins, with sourcing on request beyond that core range. Each of those tins carries a QR code that opens the tea’s article in the same encyclopedia, so the reference behind the training material and the page the tin opens are one page rather than two.

The encyclopedia is public. That means the depth of the training material can be judged before you order, not after the first invoice.

Programme volume — 5–30 kg, shipped inside a consolidated lot from 100 kg
What you choose from — a core of 34 teas in 100 g tins; anything past that core is sourced on request
Written material — a brewing guide for each tea, plus staff training material drawn from our tea encyclopedia
QR code — each retail-ready 100 g tin opens that tea’s encyclopedia article
Mexico — local delivery through teamote.mx

Pouring the same cup on two different shifts

Finding good tea once is the easy part. The harder part is the same cup in March and again in October, brewed by whoever is on shift.

Every tea we list is described against the Chinese national standard that governs its class. GB/T 30766 defines the six classes, and a product standard then sets the grades inside each class. Ordering to a named grade means both shipments are checked against the same written thresholds — the grade’s own parameters — rather than against a photograph or a memory of last season. The full table by class is on standards and compliance.

White tea shows why the grade name matters on a menu: GB/T 22291-2017 runs its grades as a ladder from báiháo yínzhēn down to shòuméi. Two teas from one class sit at very different places on a beverage list, and the grade is what records which of them you bought.

Sensory evaluation follows ISO 3103 and GB/T 23776, the standard brew, so both sides taste a cup made the same way before comparing notes. Grades become measured numbers through GB/T 8302–8314: sampling, moisture, total ash, water extract. Ask for the spec sheet on any tea and it comes back referenced to its class standard, ready for your supplier file.

What a venue can verify before the menu is printed

A grade printed in a listing is a claim until it is checked. What follows is what you can open yourself, without asking us for anything.

We hold no organic certification. On request we arrange multi-residue laboratory testing of your specific lot — against GB 2763 for pesticide residues and GB 2762 for contaminants — quoted per lot, with the report delivered before the balance payment. That is a number about the tea in your order rather than a claim about a certificate.

Standards are cited and testing is arranged. Certification is not ours to issue, and we do not describe ourselves as a certification body.

en.thetea.app — our tea encyclopedia, and the article each tin’s QR code opens
41 research tracks aligning our teas with GB/T and ISO national standards
3dgallery.teamotea.com — 34 tin designs in 3D, at true relative size
shop.teamotea.com — the retail line, live and shipping
teamotea.com — the company behind the offer

Volumes, price levels, and the tin on the counter

A programme of 5–30 kg travels inside a consolidated shipment that starts at 100 kg, with named teas from 1–5 kg per SKU. That is what lets one venue carry a wide list without funding a whole lot of any single tea on it. The same consolidation seen from the trade side is on the page for importers and distributors.

The price list carries three levels: wholesale from 50 kg, wholesale from 10 kg, and Chinese retail for reference. Prices are set at origin in Chinese yuan (CNY) and converted at the day’s rate, and tier pricing by volume comes with the catalogue on enquiry.

If the house wants its own mark on the tin, that is a private label run from 50–100 kg per blend, with terms on the private label page. If the property also sells tea over a counter"/for-tea-shops/">tea shops and chains.

Shipping and payment for a venue abroad

We quote EXW, FOB or CIF from Chinese ports through a licensed Chinese export partner, with the export document pack: GACC phytosanitary certificate, health certificate, certificate of origin, certificate of analysis, commercial invoice, packing list, and ISPM-15 pallets. Import clearance stays on the buyer’s side, and the split of duties per Incoterm is on trade terms.

DAP is available for Russia and the EAEU through white-channel carriers only. DDP to the EU or the United States is not offered: that term needs an importer of record on the ground, which we are not.

Orders settle by T/T bank transfer against a proforma invoice from the export partner — 50% and 50% on a first order, 30% and 70% on repeats. Samples are payable online. Orders are payable by bank transfer, by card or through the local payment systems of your country. No NET-30/60 and no consignment. If your country cannot wire funds to China, say so in the first message: the routes buyers in each region normally use are on payments and shipping.

Plan an opening date against real transit. Sea to Europe is 28–40 days and China–Europe rail 16–25 days; air, at 5–10 days, is kept for samples and urgent top-ups and priced accordingly. Freight is quoted by volumetric weight, because tea is light and bulky.

Questions from venues

What is the minimum order for a hotel, restaurant or café?: A programme runs 5–30 kg and ships inside a consolidated lot that starts at 100 kg, with named teas from 1–5 kg per SKU. The price list carries three levels: wholesale from 50 kg, wholesale from 10 kg, and Chinese retail for reference.
Do you supply brewing guides and staff training material?: Yes. Each programme travels with a brewing guide for each tea and staff training material drawn from our tea encyclopedia at en.thetea.app. Sensory evaluation follows ISO 3103 and GB/T 23776, the standard brew, so both sides taste a cup made the same way.
Are the sample sets free?: No. A set of 8 teas is $59 and a set of 12 is $99, at 25–50 g each, courier at cost. The amount comes back as credit on your first order, so a bar can trial the list at its own expense once. Two to four weeks.
Do you have organic certification?: No. On request we arrange multi-residue laboratory testing of your specific lot against GB 2763 and GB 2762, quoted per lot, with the report delivered before the balance payment. We cite standards and arrange testing; we are not a certification body.
Can you deliver DDP to our venue in the EU or the US?: No. We quote EXW, FOB or CIF from Chinese ports, and DAP for Russia and the EAEU through white-channel carriers only. DDP needs an importer of record on the ground, which we are not, so import clearance stays with you. In Mexico we deliver locally.
How do we pay, and how long does the tea take to arrive?: By T/T bank transfer against a proforma invoice from our licensed Chinese export partner: 50/50 on a first order, 30/70 on repeats, with samples payable online. Sea to Europe takes 28–40 days, rail 16–25; air, at 5–10 days, is for samples and urgent top-ups.
Can the property’s own brand go on the tin?: Yes, from 50–100 kg per blend under your own trademark. The tin is designed in our studio, a 3D mock-up follows within two weeks, and production runs 30–60 days before shipping time is added. Full terms are on the private label page.

Tell us the menu and the volume

Send the teas you are considering, the country of delivery, and roughly how much you pour in a month. We reply within one business day with the catalogue and current prices for your market. If you want to taste before you commit a menu, the sample sets on this page are paid — $59 for 8 teas, $99 for 12, at 25–50 g each, courier at cost — and the amount is credited in full against your first order. Most sets arrive in two to four weeks. Plain email works as well: [email protected], or WhatsApp and WeChat +86 186 0206 2404.

Send a HoReCa enquiry Email for the catalogue and price list

Other buyer paths

Private label — your own trademark, from 50–100 kg per blend
For tea shops — reorders of 20–200 kg in retail-ready 100 g tins
For importers — Consolidated orders, the exporter on your invoice, volume tiers