Clipper
Fairtrade pioneer, unbleached bags, organic teas, based in Dorset.
Clipper was the first UK brand to launch a Fairtrade tea (1994) and remains synonymous with ethical, unbleached, plastic-free tea bags. Dorset-based and owned since 2012 by Wessanen, now Ecotone, with a comprehensive range covering everyday English Breakfast, organic blends, and herbal infusions.
Clipper is the brand for customers who want all the certifications without paying premium prices. Fairtrade, organic, unbleached and plastic-free: a long credentials list at a supermarket price, and its UK maker, Ecotone UK, is a certified B Corp. The Everyday One is decent everyday black tea. Not the strongest character in any category, but solid, ethical, fairly priced.
About Clipper
Clipper is the Dorset tea company started in 1984 by Mike and Lorraine Brehme, a husband and wife team who began with two chests of Assam sold to local health food shops. In 1994 it was one of the first three UK companies to receive the Fairtrade Mark. Everything is still blended at its Beaminster factory, and the range runs to over 150 products in more than 50 countries.
Clipper is for the household that wants the daily brew to be the ethical one without thinking about it. Organic Everyday is the builder's cup, made for milk and the morning rush; the Earl Grey belongs beside shortbread. The peppermint and the chamomile blend are the after-dinner end of the shelf, and the decaf keeps the ritual going late.
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Clipper Organic Infusion Peppermint & Spearmint is a twenty-bag box of two mints brewed together, thirty-four grams across twenty bags, picked into the teas.co.uk curator selection as the rounder alternative to the…
Clipper Organic Fairtrade Earl Grey is an Earl Grey with the bergamot turned down and the base tea turned up, picked into the teas.co.uk curator selection as the version for anyone who…
Clipper Organic Everyday is a certified organic everyday black tea, eighty bags at a generous 2.9 grams each.Ingredients and dietary suitability: This barcode's published ingredients amount to organically grown black tea alone,…
Clipper Organic Everyday is the organic version of the everyday British black tea, in a full 160-bag household pack rather than the small premium box organic tea usually arrives in, picked into…
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Clipper is the Dorset tea company started in 1984 by Mike and Lorraine Brehme, a husband and wife team who began with two chests of Assam sold to local health food shops. In 1994 it was one of the first three UK companies to receive the Fairtrade Mark. Everything is still blended at its Beaminster factory, and the range runs to over 150 products in more than 50 countries.
Clipper was founded in 1984 in England (Dorset). A husband and wife start-up, still blended in Beaminster.
Use fresh, just-boiled water for black teas (around 100°C) and slightly cooler water (75 to 85°C) for green and white teas, steeping 2 to 4 minutes to taste. See the teas.co.uk brewing calculator for the ideal temperature and time for each tea.
