Lipton

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Lipton grew from one of the great self-made Victorian retail stories. Thomas Lipton, a Glasgow grocer with a gift for showmanship, moved into tea in 1890 with a radical idea: buy the estates directly, cut out the middlemen, and sell good tea cheap, direct from the tea gardens to the teapot. He turned tea from a luxury into an everyday staple across Britain, America and beyond, and became a celebrity in his own right as the most persistent challenger in America's Cup yachting history. Lipton now sits at the centre of Lipton Teas and Infusions, one of the largest tea businesses on the planet.

Sir Thomas Lipton pioneered the direct-from-tea-garden retail model in 1890, making tea affordable for British working-class families for the first time.

Lipton sits within the Lipton Teas and Infusions sustainability framework, the company spun out of Unilever in 2022 focused exclusively on tea and infusions. The majority of the Lipton supply chain is Rainforest Alliance certified, supporting biodiversity protection and fair wages for tea growers. The Pure Nature herbal range uses Rainforest Alliance certified botanicals and the European fruit-and-citrus range supports country-specific agricultural communities (Spanish citrus, Greek stone-fruit, French berry, Italian citrus). Plant-based tea bags across the range and fully kerbside recyclable outer cartons.

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.