Make Fairtrade Your Cup of Tea

There is a right way and a wrong way to drink tea.

Mind you, we’re not talking about Downton Abbey right and wrong. We don’t care if you drink from bone china or a chipped “Pugs and Kisses” mug.

You can sip Earl Grey or Rooibos with pinky outstretched or double handed. You can even have four lumps of sugar or an upside down milk-to-tea ratio and we won’t judge (much).

What simply isn’t done, however, is buying tea without the Fairtrade mark.

Why? Because Fairtrade standards help regulate wages, health and safety standards, and address child and forced labor. In addition, Fairtrade is part of the Ethical Tea Partnership, which is working to make the long-term future of the tea industry sustainable.

Fairtrade is a custom even the Dowager Countess would approve.

Image: Female worker smiling amidst tea estate in Kenya. Photo - Linus Hallgren