It is a grounding pleasure to see, touch and smell real tea leaves, spices and flower petals through the delicate mesh of our tea pyramids.
Fifteen years ago though, as I was building Madame Flavour, one of my first dilemma’s was the discovery that the beautiful pyramid bags of the time were mostly made from nylon.
For me this was a deal breaker, so, I painstakingly researched and finally located a supplier in Osaka Japan, the only one in the world, who was producing 100% plant based Green-pla certified biodegradable material and with whom we continue to work today. The tea pyramid material we use is made from 100% plant sources, not petrochemicals like nylon. It is a ‘green plastic’ which is biodegradable and commercially compostable, as opposed to petrochemical plastic such as nylon.
That first test reflects our ongoing mindfulness of packaging and the environment; from our Rainforest Alliance certified tea, to vegetable ink printed cartons and our most recent development; the granting of Carbon Inset certification to our packer in Sri Lanka