John and Susie Carlisle have always been passionate about tea and in 2013 they turned that passion into a business by launching The Lincoln Tea and Coffee Company.

Suppliers of fine leaf tea and based in a hard water area, they set out to deliver a high quality blend of tea which would make an excellent cup of tea even in the hardest of water.

The result was the creation of Lincolnshire Tea™ in 2017.

Lincolnshire Tea is Now Compostable!

Lincolnshire Tea 100% compostable paper tea bags have now been introduced in both the original ‘Breakfast Style’ blend and a new Earl Grey paper bag version too.

As a company we have been looking at ways in which we can reduce ‘single use plastics’ and converting all Lincolnshire Tea products to be compostable is something we had been working on for some time. After much research, sampling and testing, we are pleased to report that our paper tea bags are fully compostable. We have converted from the old style bags to new ones which contain PLA. PLA is a plant-based material which just like our pyramid bags is made from corn starch. Converting to much more environmentally friendly products and packaging is something we work hard to achieve, even the packaging the tea bags are wrapped in is 100% biodegradable and the box is recyclable too.

In an industry where many tea bags are only around 70-80% compostable and companies are trying to move away from the traditional non-compostable bags, we are proud of this achievement. We are very environmentally conscious and are doing what we can to improve all the time. This means that the full range of Lincolnshire Tea is 100% compostable from our silky pyramid bags, paper bags to loose leaf tea.