Numi Organic Tea

Numi offers various types of tea, including loose-leaf, iced tea, a Stay Healthy collection, drinking chocolates, flowering tea, and matcha. The flowering tea that Numi sells is similar to the blossom teas from Imperial Tea Court. Numi is very involved in making a community impact and for that we have to give the company props, but its tea is just OK, so Numi lands near the middle of our list.

Bigelow Tea

According to its family's story, in 1945, Bigelow Tea was born out of Ruth Campbell Bigelow's New York City kitchen. She was the first to create a specialty tea, hers with black tea, orange rind, and sweet spices. Now, three generations later, Bigelow Tea is the umbrella brand over Bigelow, Benefits, Botanicals, Steep by Bigelow, Steep Cafe, and Charleston Tea.

Despite all that, we hate to say it, but we find Bigelow Tea's tea a little lackluster. It's good, but it doesn't taste like anything special.

Capital Teas

However, because this brand does not offer tea sold in packages via the grocery store, we find this to be a bit inconvenient. While Capital Teas maintains a subscription service, it is currently lacking a solution for those that simply want a small amount of tea.

Harney & Sons

Harney & Sons carries Fair Trade Certified teas and contributes 1% of its total sales to environmental organizations as a way to encourage sustainability. It seems, in this industry, if your brand is not contributing to eco-friendly initiatives, it is extremely behind the curve.

Despite its long history, Harney & Sons is making an effort to keep up with both innovation and creativity. For this, we can thank Harney & Sons by placing the company near the top of our list.