FIRST BANGLADESHI ORGANIC BRAND KK TEA IS NOW SELLING IN USA & UK
KK TEA
Bangladesh's first and only 100% internationally certified organic tea brand "KAZI & KAZI TEA" was launched with the motto- "a cup of goodness". The GOODNESS is our commitment and aspiration to serve the environment, the community where we work and our consumers. For our efforts to those ends - from uniquely own organic methods and cooperatives to innovations in blending and branding - Newsweek, the world renowned magazine, has featured a story on KK TEA in the issue of May, 2012. This is the first time that a Bangladeshi brand has been featured in Newsweek. Last year, KK Tea's uniqueness in integrating business and social responsibility was also covered by CNN Money. KK Tea launched its brand in Bangladesh in 2006 and under the name TEATULIA in America in 2008. Since then Teatulia has become a top-seller in Whole Foods - the world's largest organic supermarket chain (with over 400 stores) - among many other prestige venues in America. Teatulia is also the first Bangladeshi tea brand to be carried by Harrods of
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London, where our prized first-flush tea is sold for GBP 85G/kg. KK Tea is also entering the following markets now: Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand and Kuwait. BACKGROUND The dramatic way of transforming a parched land into a lash garden paradise is been crafted in the history of Kazi & Kazi Tea (KK Tea). Kazi & Kazi tea is Bangladesh’s first and only 100% internationally certified organic tea brand. With a vision to make the single estate 100% organic tea a global phenomenon Dr. Kazi Anis Ahmed, the 41-year-old cofounder and president of TEATULIA (International name of Kazi & Kazi Tea) started the journey. Apparently the core focus was to incorporate the concept of organic tea into Bangladeshis, while uplifting an entire community. The plan was to build such a company which integrates society, people and environment in the most effective way. Initially the challenge was