According to legend, in 28th Century BC a Chinese Emperor Shen Nong also known as the "divine healer" believed that healthy people drank boiled water. One day he was boiling water over a fire made from the tea plant. A tea leaf accidentally fell into his cup and the leaf infused into the water in the cup. After he drank the beverage, Shen Nong felt very energised & so tea was created.
All teas, other than herbal or natural tea, are brewed from dried leaves of Camellia sinensis, the tea plant. The oxidation level of the leaves determines the type of tea. Tea oxidation refers to a set of chemical reactions that results in the tea leaves turning brown, leading to the development of aroma and flavour compounds in finished teas.
Green tea leaves are not oxidised at all. It is one of the least processed teas and as a result retains most antioxidants and beneficial compounds found in tea leaves.
Made from spices, fruits, seeds, herbs, roots, herbal teas also called tisanes are usually steeped in hot water. The chemical composition of natural herb teas varies depending on the herbs used to make them. Many herbs make delicious teas that are soothing, relaxing or refreshing. These healthy drinks can be taken warm in winter or cooled in summer. They make a valuable addition to the daily diet and are a healthy alternative to regular coffee or tea. While many herbs are included in teas because of their therapeutic properties, most have a pleasant taste.
HimPharm manufactures a large variety of herbal teas, green teas & black teas to cater to various conditions, tastes and preferences.
Caffeinated teas are those teas that contain green or black tea leaves. Green tea or Black tea leaves are a source of caffeine. All caffeine teas manufactured at HimPharm contain leaf of the Camellia sinensis or tea plant.
Non-caffeinated or Decaf Teas are those that do not contain green tea or black tea leaves. All non-caffeinated teas manufactured by HimPharm contain pure herb mixtures without tea leaves.
Tea is available in a primary and secondary packaging. The Primary packaging is mentioned here, while the secondary packaging details are provided separately.
Each primary packaging has its own minimum order quantity (MOQ).
Under White Label service HimPharm offers the tea as loose tea packed in Kraft paper pouches.
Tea is available in a primary and secondary packaging. The Secondary packaging is mentioned here, while the primary packaging details are provided above.
Each secondary packaging has its own minimum order quantity (MOQ).
Under its White Label service, HimPharm offers the tea as loose tea packed in Kraft paper pouches.
There is now ample proof that tea in its many forms does possess an astounding number of health benefits, that range from supporting the immune system to reducing the risk of cancer & helping prevent tooth decay.
Tea’s star compounds are called Catechins. These are related to the antioxidants in wine and, like other anti-oxidants; help prevent cell damage by harmful molecules called free radicals.
Many herbs make deliciously flavored teas, which are soothing, relaxing, refreshing or invigorating. These healthy wholesome drinks can be taken warm in winter and cooled in summer. They make a valuable addition to the daily diet if taken on a regular basis, and are a healthier alternative to ordinary caffeinated tea.
While many herbs are taken for their therapeutic properties, most are very pleasant to drink and can be continued to be taken for long periods.
Green tea contains polyphenols which are thought to improve health, particularly catechins, the most abundant of which is epigallocatechin gallate. Green tea has been used as both a beverage and a method of traditional medicine in most of Asia. Over the last few decades, green tea has been subjected to many scientific and medical studies to determine the extent of its long-purported health benefits, with some evidence suggesting regular green tea drinkers may have lower chances of heart disease and developing certain types of cancer. Green tea has also been claimed as useful for weight loss. Enjoy a cup of good health – have a cup of herbal tea.
Reselling herbal tea, green teas and black teas either online through Amazon FBA or other online platforms or selling through retail stores is a very high profit and high volume business. Contact HimPharm to know how, why and what teas you should source?
White Label is a service from HimPharm where you can source a stock product, in a pre-designed label with your logo and your brand’s name on the product. You can source small quantities of teas from HimPharm through White Label, however at present HimPharm only offers loose tea(s) in kraft paper pouches under the HimPharm’s White Label for Green Tea, Herbal Tea or Black Tea offering. To see the product offered under white label, please see the Primary & Secondary packing pictures above for White Label Tea at HimPharm.
Private Label is a service from HimPharm where you can source a customised product, with minor or major alteration in the product, in a custom designed label to suit your requirement, packed in a pacakging that is customised to your needs or choice. HimPharm’s Private Label tea(s) are available in Minimum Order Quantities (MOQs) of more than 1000 per SKU. The MOQ can increase based on your customised primary & secondary packing requirements, and can go as high as 6000 boxes per SKU on order. Contact HimPharm to know more about Private Label herbal tea, green tea and black tea.
Contract Manufacturing is a service from HimPharm that enables you to place repeated regular orders for HimPharm’s tea product(s) at an annual contracted supply price . The tea product is customised to your need, including customisation of tea for aroma, taste & colour, customised label, custom primary & secondary packing and customisation to any other aspects of the product or graphics.
The Minimum Order Quantity for Contract Manufactured tea products at HimPharm varies for each product depending on the customisation, primary and secondary packaging requirements of a particular client.
Below we provide some Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) to help answer a lot of queries HimPharm receives around White Label, Private Label or Contract Manufacturing of Teas. These include Herbal Tea, Tisanes, Green Tea and Black Tea. For any other questions that are not covered below, please feel free to write to our Global Sales Team at the Contact HimPharm Page.
HimPharm provides its tea products under 3 types of services, namely
White Label Tea - At HimPharm a white label product are sold under three price points, namely 200, 500 and 1000 pieces per product SKU. Under white label HimPharm only offers Loose tea leaf in a zip lock khakhi brown kraft paper stand up pouch.
Private Label Tea - Under its private label services HimPharm offers a large number of primary and secondary packing options to choose from. The MOQ (Minimum Order Quantity) under private label ranges between 1,000 to 6,000 pieces per product SKU depending on the selected primary & secondary packing.
Contract Manufacturing of Tea - Under its contract manufacturing services, HimPharm offer all the above listed primary or secondary packing. The MOQs under contract manufacturing are based together on minimum quarterly & annual commitments. These enterprise services are generally targeted at a minimum commitment of 6,000 pieces per quarter, together with an annual commitment of 30,000 pieces.
At HimPharm a white label tea is a stock product that is sold by HimPharm to a large number of clients in their brand’s or company’s name. Each buyer or client is selling the same tea & packing with no difference other than having their brand’s name & logo on the product label. HimPharm does not modify the product, it’s packing or it’s label other than to have the client's name with their logo on the label. These products that can be sold in smaller quantities to a larger number of clients to adjust for batch sizes are referred to as White Label Tea products. White label is also commonly referred to as "Private Label low minimum."
The stock tea product is the tea offered in the white label packing option - for both primary and secondary packing (please refer to the packing pictures above). The stock tea product is offered as-is, with no customization. The tea is manufactured in a large quantity by HimPharm and is stocked for sale as white label product. No changes are made either to the tea, the pack size, the packing or the label - except for adding the client's company name, logo, address and the Maximum Retail Price (if required).
No, HimPharm will not provide a tea product for an order quantity less than 200 packs per order under any of its supply verticals.
A dictionary defines Tisane as "an infusion (as of dried herbs) used as a beverage or for medicinal effects."
Tisanes (pronounced as ti-zahnes) is the same as Herbal Tea. It is a synonym for Herbal Tea. The word comes from Middle English & Anglo-French origin. It is derived from the Latin ptisana or from the Greek word ptisanē, which translated to literally "crushed barley". Also from ptissein to crush, similar to Pestle.
Tisanes are not tea at all though. What is commonly referred to as Tea, is the leaf from the Camellia sinensis plant. However, Tisanes or caffeine-free herbal tea(s) do not contain leaves of the tea plant at all. Tisanes are merely infusions or herb mixtures, combinations that are made from the various parts of plant(s), including leaves, bark, roots, berries, seeds, and spices.
Tea vs Tisane - A big difference in tea and tisane is that tea (Camellia sinensis) leaf contains caffeine.
Yes, you can order Loose Leaf Tea in bulk quantities from HimPharm. Contact HimPharm's sales team with details of your tea requirements to begin a conversation for sourcing loose leaf teas.
Yes, of course. You may order samples for tasting and testing before you place an order with HimPharm.
HimPharm would be happy to send out paid samples. HimPharm gets numerous requests for samples and it wouldn’t be viable for them to send out as many samples as they send out for free. Charging a token sample amount + the shipping freight for these samples enables HimPharm to offer the highest quality of products that they possibly can so that you have the freshest & best quality tea available for your tasting.
Yes, HimPharm ships tea(s) internationally. To know more contact HimPharm to start a conversation.
HimPharm manufactures four types of high quality teas.
Herbal Teas also called Tisanes- Herbal teas are not teas, technically as they are made without tea leaves. They are a speciality tea made from herbs and spices. HimPharm manufactures a large variety of decaf or caffeine-free teas, which help deal with health conditions. These teas have been balanced for delivering great colour, taste and aroma.
Green Tea- Green tea refers to the leaves of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis that have not been oxidised. Oxidising of leaves is the chemical reaction that results in the tea leaves turning brown. Green tea is one of the least processed teas and as a result retains most antioxidants & beneficial compounds found in tea leaves. HimPharm manufactures several green teas that have been collected from different tea gardens of India.
Naturally flavoured Green Teas- Naturally flavoured green teas refer to green tea leaves mixed with herbs & spices. Such teas are delicious, aromatic and provide immense health benefits of both the green tea leaves and the herbs and spices used in the tea blend. HimPharm specialises in manufacturing these teas, and offers a large variety of naturally seasoned herbal green teas that may help soothe several health problems.
Black Tea- Black teas are the leaves of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis that have been oxidised. Oxidising of leaves is the chemical reaction that results in the tea leaves turning brown. The oxidation process provides the tea with a distinctly unique flavour, aroma and colour in water. HimPharm manufactures several black teas that have been collected from different tea gardens of India. Examples of black tea available at HimPharm are Jasmine Tea, Earl Grey, English Breakfast, Assam Black Tea, Masala Chai, Darjeeling Black Tea, Nilgiri Black Tea, Kangra Tea, amongst many other teas.
HimPharm has experience in shipping herbal tea, green tea, flavoured green tea, decaf tea, caffeinated tea, black tea & flavoured black teas to global destinations.
Most documents required for imports already exist with HimPharm. In some rare case where some additional documents, certificates or test certificates are required, HimPharm works with you to provide these.
As a standard practice, HimPharm checks for required certificates and consignment documents that are needed for clearing imports early in our conversations with you.
HimPharm follows FDA compliant manufacturing practices & also makes sure that your labels are FDA compliant.
White Label Tea- No Set-up fee, label design, plate charges, or other charges under white label.
Private Label & Contract Manufacturing- Depending on the primary & secondary packing, there may be some extra charges.
Some instances that involve extra charges
Teabag Tags- Teabag have a tag attached with a thread to them. A custom design can be printed on the Tag.
Teabag Envelope- Every teabag is wrapped in an envelope, also called a sachet. A design can be printed on the envelope.
Tin printing- A design can be printed on the tin can.
Box printing & cutting- A design can be printed on the Mono carton box. The box can also be designed to assemble in a customised way.
These design customisations can come at extra costs.
HimPharm will provide a single price (per unit or SKU price) for the tea product in response to a "request for tea quote".
The price for tea is provided as
For shipping within India - The provided price will be ex-factory price for one unit, one piece or per SKU. The ex-factory price does not include GST (tax), or the freight (transportation) charges to the destination.
Shipping outside India - HimPharm will provide an ex-factory price or a CIF (Cost + Insurance + Freight) price at the destination. If you are sourcing from outside India, please make sure to share your address or nearest international airport in your conversation with HimPharm. If HimPharm shares an ex-factory price, the ex-factory price does not include the cost of customs clearance or international freight to destination.
All teas from HimPharm are Natural Teas. HimPharm does not offer Organic Teas or Certified Organic Tea.
The recommended sizes for the different teabags are provided below
Single Chamber Teabag- Ranging from 1.5 to 2 grams per teabag.
Double Chamber Teabag- Ranging from 1.5 to 2 grams per teabag.
Hand made Teabag- Ranging from 1.5 to 1.75 grams per teabag.
Pyramid Teabag- Ranging from 2 to 3 grams per teabag.
Pot Bag- Ranging from 1.5 to 2 grams per potbag.
Tea Stick- Ranging from 2 to 2.5 grams per teastick.
Tea Wand- Ranging from 2 to 2.5 grams per teawand.
No, HimPharm does not grow all the ingredients for the tea at its own farm. Some ingredients are harvested from HimPharm's farms, but other ingredients are collected by HimPharm from sustainable and genuine farms & sources.
This depends on your target market. The industry standard is to pack 25 tea bags per pack, but we've had clients ask for 15, 18, 30 or even 100 tea bags per pack.
Product pricing plays an essential part in determining the success of your tea product.
The retail price of your product depends on many factors. There are many different approaches to calculating the pricing for your teas. HimPharm strongly recommends that you plan your pricing using a logical, scientific method, and not as an after-thought.
As helpful tools, we suggest some steps to understanding the factors you should consider when you price your products.
Step 1: Find pricing strategies within the tea industry to get to a base price.
Step 2: Experiment with your pricing to get a better understanding of Price Elasticity.
Step 3: Ensure that your product pricing drives long-term profit for your business. Otherwise, your endeavour may not be a sustainable one.
Pro Tip: If you can understand pricing even before you approach the product, then you could increase your chances of getting that product that fits well within your marketing strategy.
The MRP, Maximum Retail Price is the maximum price that can be charged by anyone selling that product. It is a regulatory requirement in some countries. Based on your country's laws, you may need to print the Retail Price on the product. HimPharm can help you do this.
No, HimPharm does not make changes to its stock formula under White Label services.
HimPharm needs the below from you for making White Label tea in your brand name
Logo - Your company's or brand's Logo to go on the label.
Company details - Your company's name & full address to go on the label.
Contact details - phone number, email & website you want on the product label.
MRP or MRSP - If it is mandatory in your country to include the MRP or MRSP on the label, then the amount you want the label to carry & the currency.
EAN, UPC or Bar-code - Bar-code details, if you want a bar-code on your label.
Billing & dispatch details - The billing & dispatch details, addresses and contacts.
That's all the information that HimPharm needs from you to process a white Label tea order.
No, HimPharm sources all ingredients for the teas through its own network and sources.
No. HimPharm will not pack a tea blend manufactured elsewhere.
Most black teas go well with the addition of milk. For herbal or green tea based teas, it is suggested that one should not add milk, as these do not mix well in milk.
Yes, HimPharm can develop the custom formula with you. Contact HimPharm's Sales mentioning details of your product's requirement to discuss MOQs, cost & delivery timelines.
Details required for the custom formulation of tea product
1. Formula ingredients,
2. Primary packing preference,
3. Secondary packing preference,
4. Order quantity - order quantity for the first order,
5. Target cost - If you have a target cost or budget outlay for the project.
6. Testing - Nutritional value or other testing requirements,
7. Timelines - Deadlines for making this purchase,
8. Other considerations - Any other considerations.
White Label Tea - HimPharm offers, under its white label service, Loose tea leaf in a zip lock khakhi brown kraft paper stand up pouch. The loose leaf tea is offered under three price points, namely 200, 500 and 1000 pieces per product SKU.
Private Label Tea - Under it's private label services HimPharm offers a large number of primary and secondary packing options to choose from. The MOQ (Minimum Order Quantity) under private label is as below
1. Loose Tea in Bulk packs - 100 Kilogram per tea type
2. Loose tea leaves in kraft paper zip & standup pouches - 1000 pieces per tea
3. Single Chamber Tea bags - 150,000 tea bags per tea
4. Hand-made tea bags - 25,000 tea bags per tea
5. Pyramid bags - 50,000 tea bags per tea
6. Tea Wands - 50,000 tea wands per tea
7. Tea sticks - 50,000 tea wands per tea
Contract Manufacturing of Tea - Contract HimPharm Sales to understand MOQs under its contract manufacturing services. Typically the MOQs under contract manufacturing have two features
1. Quarterly MOQs and
2. Annual MOQs
Our advice to all new entrants in the tea business & startups who wish to sell online through channels like Amazon FBA, Flipkart Assured, Nykaa, Paytm, Snapdeal, etc is to start selling in a small batch to test markets. You can source small batches of the teas through HimPharm's White Label services. Based on your initial response, market test & sales experience from the initial small batch you can get an initial understanding of the market. Based on that understanding one can tweak their marketing plan, change or customise packing, transition to sourcing products in Private Label, or even contract manufacturing. This initial small batch allows you to minimise risk, while understanding the demand from the market.
HimPharm's has worked with marketing companies that ordered a large variety of teas in small numbers under the White Label service, to then move some products from their initial order to our Private Label service so that they could customize the container & labels, get better cost on their sourcing, and scale their sales once they understood the market & demand potential for their product(s).
HimPharm does not declare brands, companies or customers they work with or manufacture herbal teas, green teas, tisanes, flavoured green teas or black teas for. As a standard practice in the third party manufacturing or private label tea manufacturing industry, HimPharm does not disclose the name of clients, to maintain their confidentiality. All sourcing & tea marketing companies like to protect their supply source, and hence HimPharm does not share information about their customers or clients.
You can wholesale under two services offered by HimPharm, namely
White Label- Download HimPharm's White Label Product's Catalogue to see the white label tea offerings that you can wholesale. Write or Call the Sales team @ HimPharm to begin a conversation around sourcing Caffeinated Tea or Decaf/ Caffeine Free Tea to wholesale. You can source these White Label Teas in our standard stand up Khakhi zip pouch.
Private Label- Download HimPharm's Private Label Product's Catalogue to see the private label teas that you can wholesale. You can source these teas as loose leaf tea in Zip pouches, tea bags in printed boxes, pyramid teabags in Tin containers, Tea sticks in wooden boxes, or in packing of your choice. Contact Sales at HimPharm to start a conversation around Teas you can wholesale.
All tea products manufactured and packed at HimPharm are hundred per cent natural and do not contain any additives, preservatives that enhance the tea's shelf life.
The shelf life for tea varies between 9 to 18 months from the date of packing, depending on the type of tea, the primary & the secondary packaging used for that tea & the tea storage conditions. For optimum shelf-life tea needs to be stored in an opaque air-tight container away from heat, light and at a particular humidity level that is specific to that tea.
Yes, a higher quantity order costs less to manufacture and so for large quantities, HimPharm offers lower prices. How does this work? Many factors drive the per-unit cost down when processing bigger lots
1. HimPharm negotiates better prices for ingredients from suppliers as volume discounts.
2. When a manufacturer like HimPharm processes a bigger lot, they save on fixed costs. This saving drives the per-unit cost down.
3. HimPharm negotiates a volume discount from vendors for all packing including labels, boxes, tea bag material.
4. HimPharm gets better pricing on inward or outward freight for a volume shipment.
5. HimPharm adjusts its margins with an increase in the batch size.
No, HimPharm's price will not decrease with every increase in tea lot size. The tea prices decrease when the quantity increases by a certain number. Many factors drive this decrease. Check with the HimPharm Sales team for a volume discount for 2x or 5x of your order quantity to compare volume discounts across Private Label teas.
Yes. HimPharm can copy a tea for you. HimPharm will not copy any product that is protected by Patents or Intelectual Property rights.
New product development is charged at a cost to cover HimPharm's effort in developing the new tea mix. The development cost for a tea development project covers the sampling cost for this new tea. Contact HimPharm to know more.
Yes, the tea bags are wrapped in an individual envelope. The Tea bag comes with a tag attached to it through a thread.
No, the tea bag is not stapled to the thread. Stapled tea bags are banned from use by the regulatory authority in India. Please see the picture of the tea bag below for more details
You must make this choice based on your target market and budget for the product. HimPharm can help you choose by providing details of the cost and minimum order quantity involved with each secondary packing option. Based on these inputs you can decide if you want to pack the tea bags in a square printed tin container or a paper monocarton or other final packing options.
For all tea enquires, HimPharm Sales will provide a price quote for the tea product. If the price quoted for the tea is in line with expectations, then HimPharm will share samples of selected teas. When samples are approved and you wish to place an order for a tea, then HimPharm will email all documents that may be required to formalise the purchase.
You'll love HimPharm's turnaround time.
White label tea is dispatched within 1 to 3 weeks.
Private Label & Contract Manufactured tea takes more time to dispatch. The lead time is dependant on the type of tea, packaging and quantity. Timelines can only be worked out on a project to project basis.
Constant client communication & managing of your expectations is what sets HimPharm apart!
When a Tea order comes in, someone from our team will be made in-charge of your Tea supply account. This account manager shall be the point person for all communications with you.
Your account manager shall share an email Tea production status update with you & your team once every week with the option to get on a call to discuss the status update the next business day. All timelines are transparently shared with the order documentation, and progress updates are shared regularly in an organised way to make sure your tea buying experience at HimPharm stays positive.
HimPharm accepts client packaging or labels under its Private Label or Contract Manufacturing services.
HimPharm does not accept client packaging or labels for it's White Label Teas.
No, HimPharm does not warehouse or distribute products on behalf of clients.
HimPharm can ship bulk consignments or shipments within India, or internationally to a third party warehousing company, logistics, drop-shipping or fulfilment company that can assist you with your warehousing and distribution requirements.
HimPharm accepts payments through multiple channels including bank transfers, wire transfers. Speak to our Sales Team for more methods of payment & payment terms for your orders.
Yes, HimPharm can manufacture sample tasting packs for teas, but for a minimum order quantity.
HimPharm has standard payment terms. These payment terms are for any service you may choose to source your teas under - White Label, Private Label or Contract Manufacturing. For all these modes of manufacturing teas in third party brand names HimPharm's payment terms remain the same.
Payment Terms - 50% advance with Purchase Order, Contract against a ProForma Invoice. The balance payment is made before dispatch of consignment from HimPharm's facility against the final invoice and final statement of account.
All teas that contain the tea leaf, or the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant contain caffeine. Herbal teas do not contain tea leaves and hence these teas are decaf or caffeine free.
No, no tea manufactured at Healing Herbs, contains any natural, nature-identical, artificial or synthetic flavours.
