About Yogi Tea

Yogi Tea grew out of a recipe, not a boardroom. In 1969 the yoga teacher Yogi Bhajan began serving students a warming Ayurvedic blend of cinnamon, cardamom, clove, ginger and black pepper that they nicknamed Yogi Tea. Demand turned the recipe into a product, built from the start on the principle that a blend should be composed for balance and effect rather than only flavour, which is why the range is organised by purpose rather than just taste. Every tea bag still carries a short saying on the string tag, a small ritual signalling how the brand wants the cup approached.

The range is broad and tightly themed around wellbeing occasions: the original Classic chai, the bestselling Bedtime, throat comfort, cleanse and a wide herbal and green spread, all certified organic and built around named botanicals. The European arm operates from Germany with a strong organic and responsible-sourcing commitment and long-standing plastic-light packaging. For our shelf Yogi Tea is one of the most characterful names in functional herbal tea. The spiced blends in particular have real depth and warmth, far more assertive than the timid supermarket norm, and the by-purpose range makes it easy to point a customer at the right cup for the moment. It sits alongside Pukka at the considered end of the herbal shelf and earns it, because the blends genuinely taste composed, with a fifty-year Ayurvedic lineage behind them rather than a marketing brief.

Key facts

• Founded 1969 Yogi Tea founded by yoga teacher Yogi Bhajan in 1969, drawing from traditional Ayurvedic kitchen blends.
• Ayurvedic Functional Blends Every blend has a named functional purpose (Bedtime, Detox, Choco) built from herbalist tradition rather than marketing trend.
• Wisdom Quote Tags Every tea bag carries a wisdom quote on the tag, the signature Yogi Tea touch.
• Organic + Plastic-Free Bags Full organic certification across the range, plant-based plastic-free PLA tea bag mesh, FSC cardboard.

Sustainability

Yogi Tea sustainability commitments include full organic certification across every blend, plant-based plastic-free PLA tea bag mesh, FSC-certified recyclable cardboard outer cartons, fair-trade direct relationships with herbalist-tradition farmers, and CO2-optimised logistics.

• Sustainably Sourced Every herb in this box comes from farms that protect biodiversity and ensure fair wages for over four thousand farmers globally.
• Compostable Bags The teabags are made from natural abaca plant fibres and are industrially compostable containing zero plastic seals or staples.
• CO2 Optimised Production in Italy uses one hundred percent renewable energy and rail logistics across Europe to keep the carbon footprint at a minimum.
• Ayurvedic Heritage Every Yogi Tea blend draws from traditional Ayurvedic principles and herbalist tradition, sourced from organic-certified estates committed to traditional farming methods.