Our Approach
Co-Label. Not White Label.
Our tea comes from real long term partnerships and connections between communities. We don't white label. We celebrate the individual and shared stories brought together over a cup of tea shared between people looking to grow lasting change.
We’re not just curating quality teas that drive community growth — we’re setting a precedent. This is the age of hype and branding where teas, coffees, liquors and just about everything else can be bought and sold with little regulation or accountability or respect to the connections that our purchases can and should put between product, place, people, and community.
We believe that a business can be profitable without being hype or purely profit driven. That communities can be connected through shared work and shared benefit, curated partnerships not just curated socials. That every step of the process, from field to cup to community, can honor the people who make it possible.
We don’t expect the rest of the industry to change overnight. But we do expect more of ourselves — and invite you to expect more from your tea providers, and the dollars you put towards growing a better world together.
Our Producer Partners
Wang Family Tea (Nantou, Taiwan)
Our mission is to share the best tea that Taiwan has to offer. Hailing from Nantou County, we are the Wang family. We've been involved in the Taiwanese tea business for several generations.
Now our youngest generation, comprised of the brother and sister team of Josh and Ivy, have decided to make our finest teas available to tea drinkers the world over.
To do this, we work with our family and trusted friends to ensure that we can always offer the highest quality Taiwanese tea. Our partnership with Communitea is a continuation of this mission.
Wang Family Tea has been farming and producing tea for four generations in Taiwan. We take pride in our traditional and sustainable farming practices that have been passed down through the generations; we believe in letting nature do its work, rather than relying on chemicals or other modern farming techniques.
By working alongside nature, we ensure that the unique characteristics and flavors of Taiwan's beautiful terroir are preserved in each cup of tea.
Another important aspect of our tea production is our use of traditional charcoal roasting. Unlike most modern tea roasters that use electricity or gas, we use high-quality longan wood charcoal sourced from a local renewable forest. The charcoal tea roasting process is a delicate task that requires skilled hands, patience, and a keen sense for the fire. During the entire roasting process, we must stay vigilant to ensure that all aspects of the roast go well. Only by doing this, can we ensure that our tea is roasted to the highest quality standards in Taiwan.
We believe that with every sip of our family's tea, tea lovers all over the world can enjoy a taste of Taiwanese tradition.
Partnership with Communitea
At Communitea, we choose partners who share not just excellent tea, but also a deep respect for tradition, integrity, and the communities that make tea culture possible. That’s why our relationship with Wang Family Tea is so special.
The Wang family has been crafting award-winning Taiwanese oolong teas in Nantou for generations, with a dedication to skillful cultivation, honest representation of their terroir, and education about what makes Taiwanese tea unique. They don’t just grow tea — they steward a legacy of craft and connection, treating each leaf as a story worth telling.
That ethos resonates deeply with Communitea’s own mission: to connect people across communities and generations through tea, education, and creativity. We proudly feature Wang Family Tea in our curated offerings, our tasting events, and our educational programs because their teas are not only extraordinary — they embody the values we strive to grow ourselves.
Together, we’re keeping traditions alive, fostering understanding, and showing that every sip carries the work of real hands, real families, and real care.
Nepal Tea Collective (Kanchanjangha, Nepal)
At Communitea, we partner only with tea growers whose work reflects the same roots and vision we bring to our own communities — and Nepal Tea Collective embodies that spirit.
A public benefit corporation on a mission to lift one million farmers out of poverty, Nepal Tea Collective transforms lives by connecting smallholder organic tea farmers directly with tea drinkers around the world. Their commitment to transparency, traceability, and impact aligns perfectly with Communitea’s belief that every cup of tea should strengthen the communities it comes from — and the ones it’s shared in.
Like us, they refuse to treat tea as just another commodity. Instead, they see it as a way to build opportunity, dignity, and connection — generation by generation, one cup at a time. That’s why we proudly serve and feature their teas in our Communitea House hubs, our curated marketplace, and our educational programs — so your purchase doesn’t just taste good, it does good.
Together, we’re building a supply chain — and a world — that’s more equitable, more rooted, and more connected.
Shangyeu Tea Farm (Yilan, Taiwan)
Our partnership with Shangyeu Tea Farm in Yilan, Taiwan, is one of our longest and most meaningful relationships.
Through our Village Teacher and Storied Journeys programs, we bring students, teachers, and families from the U.S. to Yilan to work alongside Mr. Liu and his family in their organic tea fields. Together, we pick, roast, and prepare tea by hand, learning directly from the land and the people who tend it.
This is not tourism — it is shared work, shared learning, and shared respect.
At Communitea, we feature Shangyeu’s teas not just for their clean, sustainable quality, but because each leaf represents the kind of connection we believe in: rooted, reciprocal, and lasting.
Together, we continue to cultivate understanding and skill across borders and generations.
Growing Together
Sales of our teas help fund the community exchanges we facilitate between all of our communities.
Through these exchanges, we grow and share both process and product — working side by side with the same growers whose teas you drink, and sending families, teachers, and students to and from their communities through our “community as curriculum” programs. Every cup supports real connections between the people who grow the tea and the people who share it.
We curate and co-label intentionally
We curate and co-label intentionally — honoring the names, businesses, and practices of our partners. That might seem counterintuitive in an industry where suppliers and distributors often hide their sources to protect margins or keep customers in the dark. But we believe customers deserve to know why their tea tastes the way it does, how it’s been handled, and why some teas are worth more than others.
Too often, the teas sold as “quality” in fancy tins and big-box stores are anything but: stale, blended, and stored so long they taste more like the bag than the leaf. Tea is not a commodity to us — it’s a living craft that deserves better.
We’re growing a different kind of market.
One rooted in balance: yes, profitability matters. But not at the cost of integrity, transparency, or community. Through creativity and discipline, we curate teas that truly reflect their origin — and invest in the people and places that make them possible.
Communitea Consortium Partners
Communitea Project 501(C)3 Tax Exempt
Our nonprofit partner and root system that all our work grows from. The Communitea Project (501c3) stewards the physical spaces, scholarships, and programs that make our vision real — from building neighborhood hubs to funding teacher and artist development. Every tax-deductible donation helps us invest directly into the people and places we serve.
Communitea is Grown Together. ™
Village Teacher
Cultivating teachers who grow communities. Village Teacher equips aspiring and experienced educators with the tools, mentorship, and certifications to lead creative, community-centered solutions, not just in classrooms, but in housing, healthcare, entrepreneurship, and the arts. Every Village Teacher is trained to see the neighborhood as their curriculum and to foster local ownership of outcomes. Many go on to deepen their expertise and bring their lessons abroad through our global exchange programs.
Because it Takes a Village. ™
Storied Journeys
Bridging communities, at home and abroad. Storied Journeys extends the Village Teacher philosophy across borders, sending educators, artists, and community members to and from mission-aligned neighborhoods around the world. These exchanges strengthen cultural understanding, bring back new approaches to local challenges, and ensure our communities remain globally connected while locally rooted.
The last great frontier is the space between two people. ™
Reach out and we can schedule a time to meet, do site visits, and tastings.
Become a Communitea Partner
Are you a tea producer looking to promote your work while helping grow and connect communities across the globe? A small business that wants share in the work and benefits of growing business and community together?