Amber Leaf · Everyday Chai · Launching Soon

Strong tea,
the way home makes it.

A new tea company for the cup you actually drink — twice a day, with milk, sugar, and a proper boil. Bright, full-bodied leaf that doesn't go thin the moment it hits the pan. Our first packs open in a few weeks.

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Pre-orders open · 1,160 of 5,000 first-run packs left

Why We're Starting

Everyday tea got cheap. Then it got weak.

So we started making it properly again.

We buy at auction from Assam and the Nilgiris, taste every lot with milk and sugar the way it will actually be drunk, and reject anything that turns flat, dusty, or bitter in the pan. That's the whole test.

Strong tea shouldn't be a luxury.

Garden to Cup

Seven stages, eleven days, and one cup that never lets you down.

  1. 01

    The Garden

    1,100 ft

    Assam, four in the morning. The pluckers move before the heat does.

  2. 02

    The Pluck

    By hand

    Two leaves and a bud. Everything below that is filler, and filler is why most tea goes weak.

  3. 03

    The Wither

    18 hrs

    Spread thin on troughs overnight until the leaf has given up a third of its weight in water.

  4. 04

    Crush, Tear, Curl

    3 passes

    Steel rollers tear the leaf open so it surrenders its colour in seconds, not minutes.

  5. 05

    Oxidation

    ±40 sec

    Green turns copper. Forty seconds either side of the mark and it's a different tea entirely.

  6. 06

    The Blend

    94 tasted

    Six lots married into one cup, tasted with milk and sugar — the way you'll actually drink it.

  7. 07

    Your Cup

    2 min

    Rolling boil, two minutes. Strong enough to take the milk and still taste like tea.

Launching With Four

Four packs in the first run. Each one capped, each one open for pre-order until the run is spoken for.

01

Everyday Strong

The daily pack. Brisk Assam leaf built for milk and sugar.

02

Masala Chai

Cardamom, ginger, clove and pepper, ground fresh into the blend.

03

Gold Grade

Our long-leaf pick, for when the cup is the occasion.

04

The Family Pack

A month of mornings, priced the way it should be.

Pre-Orders Close In

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3,840 of 5,000 first-run packs reservedOnly 1,160 left

Pre-order pricing holds until the clock runs out. When the first run is spoken for, the next batch doesn't leave the blending room until October.

Reserve My Pack

Pre-Order · First Run

Hold your pack before the run is gone.

  • A pack held from the first run, no card needed today
  • Pre-order pricing, locked in for good
  • A free masala sample with your first order
  • First claim on every limited run after this one

No payment now — we'll send a link when the run is packed. No spam, a note or two before launch, then it's your call.

From Our Test Kitchens

“One spoon less than my usual brand and the colour still came through.”

Pre-launch taster, Everyday Strong

“It held up to milk. Most tea at this price just disappears.”

Pre-launch taster, Everyday Strong

“The masala isn't shy. You can smell the cardamom off the boil.”

Pre-launch taster, Masala Chai

Behind the Scenes

Notes from the road to launch.

Auction Floor, Guwahati

We tasted 94 lots. Six are going in the pack.

Every cup was pulled twice — once black, once with milk and sugar. Anything that went flat the second time was out, however good it looked dry.

Blending Room

Forty seconds changed the whole blend.

A longer oxidation took the cup from thin and grassy to deep and malty. That batch is now the backbone of Everyday Strong.