Type Subsidiary Products Teas & herbal teas Website Mighty Leaf Tea | Industry Beverage Owner JAB Holding Company Founded 1996 | |
Headquarters San Rafael, California, United States Parent organizations Peet's Coffee & Tea, Peets Coffee & Tea, Inc Profiles | ||
Mighty leaf tea company overview
The Mighty Leaf Tea Company is a specialty tea manufacturer and distributor based in San Rafael, California. Mighty Leaf Tea was founded by husband and wife team Gary Shinner and Jill Portman in 1996.
The company helped introduce whole leaf tea pouches to the foodservice and retail sales channels. Mighty Leaf sells both whole leaf tea pouches and loose leaf tea of black, oolong, green, white and herbal teas.
In 2007, Cooks Illustrated magazine named Mighty Leaf Organic Breakfast tea as the “best, plain black tea”.
In August 2014, Mighty Leaf Tea was acquired by Peet’s Coffee & Tea, a specialty coffee roaster and retailer based in the Bay Area.
In late fall of 2016, the company introduced the "pyramid" pouch for retail stores.
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