Suppliers guide

Tea and coffee are often grouped together in the hot drinks category, and many cafés buy tea from their coffee supplier. This is fine if the tea is good and your supplier can give as much information about the tea as they do their coffee, but alarm bells should ring if they’re dismissive about the tea they sell.

If this is the case, tea should be treated as a separate product, just as you obtain your juice from one wholesaler and your milk from another. Some coffee suppliers are bridging the gaps in their knowledge with tea partnerships, such as what Campos