Tetley USA Inc.

Tetley Tea maintains a tradition of quality begun over 160 years ago in England. At the beginning of the 19th century, brothers Joseph and Edward Tetley began to "peddle" salt from the back of a pack horse on the Yorkshire Moors. In time, they added tea to their supplies. The resulting proceeds led the brothers to found "Joseph Tetley & Co." in 1837. Seeking greater fortune, the brothers moved the company to London-then the center of the world's tea trade-nineteen years later. They eventually parted, and Joseph unveiled the newly named "Joseph Tetley & Co., Wholesale Tea Dealers."

In 1871, Tetley took his son Joseph "Junior" into partnership. Business flourished and the company extended its services to include blending and packing. By 1888, the company was ready to take its next major step-an agreement with American agents to distribute Tetley's teas throughout the United States. Joseph Jr. became Chairman upon his father's death in 1889, and in 1913 established Tetley plants in New York City. In 1953 a plant in Savannah, Georgia opened and in 1958 another plant in Williamsport, Pennsylvania as the New York facility was phased out.