When stored appropriately (cool, dry, away from sun & away from odorous substances), flavored teas have a shelf life of 18 months. Teas without flavoring can still be enjoyed after 24 months.
Tea is a dry and shelf-stable food that is often edible well after the best-before date. Look at the tea, smell and taste it before you throw it away. However, the longer tea is stored, the weaker the aroma becomes. Teas without flavoring may react with the surrounding air and change your taste.
For some articles you will find a note that the packaging contains a certain amount of plastic. We want to be absolutely honest and have therefore added this clear note:
But what is it all about? First of all, this plastic packaging does not come from us. True Tea will never add its own plastic packaging. If you see this notice, it means that the packaging from our supplier contains plastic.
This can be for various reasons, for example to protect the surface of the product or to prevent breakage. We are in constant contact with our suppliers in order to constantly reduce the proportion of plastic or even replace it completely with alternative materials.
We draw your attention to this fact with the notice shown above. We hope that this information will help you with your product selection.
True Tea Points (or TT Points) are bonus points that you can earn when you shop. You can then redeem them later in your account for discounts.
For every 1 € of purchase value you collect 2 TT Points.
With many teas, this works. Exceptions are herbal and fruit teas. We show you within the description on the respective product page with the multiple infusion symbol 
indicates that this tea is suitable.
Generally, the more often you infuse a tea, the longer you should let the infusion steep.
For green and black teas, 3-4 infusions are usually very good. If additives such as jasmine flowers are in the tea, certain flavor nuances may be lost.
From 29,90€ we take over the shipping costs for you. For a purchase value below 29,90€ we charge a shipping fee of 4,99€.
The flat shipping rate helps cover costs for transportation and packaging. Our sustainable packaging is unfortunately relatively expensive, yet we also want to offer you the flexibility of low order quantities. We think we have found a good compromise here.
Your data should remain your data! We take the protection of your data very seriously. Therefore, we have taken a variety of measures, including:
- We collect as little data as possible to fulfill your order.
- Our external service providers for order processing, payment processing, accounting and hosting as well as our marketing platform are based within the EU and are subject to the strict data protection laws of the European Union.
- All connections between you and us are secured with SSL encryption.
- We do not use Google Analytics, as your personal data would be sent to the USA without your consent. Instead, we use our own analytics tool to protect your privacy. The data collected from the analysis is stored in Germany and helps us to make True Tea better for you.
- Your payment data is not stored on our server, but at Mollie. Mollie is a European company that specializes in payment processing.
- We make it necessary to choose a strong password when creating an account.
If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact us.
For more information about privacy, please see our Privacy Policy.
Tea should be stored airtight in a cool, dry place protected from the sun. Tea quickly takes on foreign odors – so always remember to seal your bag or Tin properly. Of course, this also applies to matcha.
Very important: Do not store flavored teas next to non-flavored ones. If your precious green tea Gyokuru is next to our Ibiza, it may taste like mango.
We use the market leader DHL for shipping larger packages. We send smaller shipments cost-efficiently with Deutsche Post. When shipping with the German Post, we can unfortunately not provide you with tracking.
Whether by DHL or Deutsche Post: Shipping is guaranteed to be climate neutral.
The bags are made of kraft paper, cellulose film, starch film and starch zipper. 100% Plastic Free & 100% Pollutant Free.
Good question! We firmly believe in the credo: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
Therefore, we currently offer two packages:
Cardboard cans
The chic tins are handmade and are made of cardboard. The core of the sleeve is made of recycled paper. After use, you can refill them or simply dispose of them in the paper trash. The cans are of course food safe and plastic free.
The cans are made of only one material (paper). Thus, recycling is particularly easy. The use of already recycled paper in the cans also reduces the environmental footprint. A round thing, we think.
Reclosable bags
We rely on garden compostable and 100% plastic-free bags. And they are honestly good! These high quality bags are made in the EU and become compost after 180 days. This has also been confirmed by the TÜV. And the bags are also practical to reseal. The bags are made of cellulose, paper and starch.
We fill our shipping boxes only with paper material or floppies made of corn starch. Both can be recycled and are 100% plastic free.
And what about our tea accessories? Well, here, unfortunately, possibly (recyclable) plastic is used in the packaging, so that these arrive safely at your home. Unfortunately, this cannot be done any other way at present. As part of our transparency, we show you exactly how each item is packaged on the product pages.
We pay attention to sustainability in all steps and especially the elimination of plastic wherever possible. Not everywhere we have reached where we would like to go. But be sure: we will continue to do our best to further improve the packaging materials.
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