↑About Upton Tea Imports
Upton Tea Imports is a loose-leaf tea company, founded in 1989, and headquartered in Holliston, MA. Upton originally was located nearby in Hopkinton, MA. Upton is the tea company that inspired the creation of RateTea; Alex Zorach started ordering teas from Upton and created RateTea as a tool to keep track of teas they were drinking.
Upton mostly sells single-origin teas, and often sells ones in limited batches; their catalogue changes frequently. Their offerings include many organic teas, certified by Baystate Organic Certifiers, as well as a few fair trade certified teas. Many of their organic teas are comparable in price to corresponding non-organic counterparts. In addition to tea, Upton also sells a few teapots and tea-related accessories.
Upton publishes the Upton Tea Quarterly, a mail-order catalog and newsletter which also contains educational and historical information about tea. Past editions of the Upton Tea Quarterly are available on Upton's website, going back through 2006. An incomplete archive going back to 1998 can be found on archive.org.
In order to ensure freshness, Upton tea packages tea only when it is ordered, marks the date of packing, and personalizes the labels on each package of tea ordered.
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Browse by region of production: China (124) • India (99) • Blend (39) • Sri Lanka / Ceylon (35) • Taiwan / Formosa (19) • (more...)Browse by style (type or variety); Pure Tea (Camellia sinensis) (329) • Black Tea (203) • Green Tea (64) • Flavored Tea (43) • Oolong Tea (31) • (more...)
↑Recent Reviews — Browse All 363 — RSS 
For me this is a quintessential Ceylon. Wonderful mild earthy aroma. Liquor is a place amber. Clean taste, with a hint of fruit. Glad I have tried this. Will reorder in the future.
Read Full ReviewPleasant and mild aroma, this tea has a nice appearance. Dark leaves with some golden tips. The liquor is dark brown with a hint of honey color. Tasty and smooth on the tongue. A nice hint of malt.
Read Full ReviewAn unspectacular but good enough Ceylon tea. The aroma has a hint of freshly baked muffins to it. A 3 minute steep (which is what the directions called for) results in a bland but perfectly drinkable beverage.
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I was blown away by this when I first tried it, but a little less so now. Btw it has a slight name and number change: it is now Blue Flower Earl Grey, NT16. The use of flowers and flavoring adds a unique and refreshing twist to the Earl Grey model. The base tea is fairly light, and I think they have reduced the inte...
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This has a pleasant, grassy aroma that comes thru clearly. The dominant flavor is herbal bitterness, but it does not become overbearing when brewed according to the directions. The price could not be better for an organic product. This is a good choice for an everyday green tea.
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↑Top Reviewers
| Rank | User | # | % |
| 1 |  Alex Zorach | 173 | 43 |
| 2 |  Trailesque | 72 | 18 |
| 3 |  JGS1122 | 39 | 10 |
| 4 |  Amanda | 11 | 3 |
| 5 | marlena | 8 | 2 |
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↑Most-Rated Teas
Holy Basil Purple Leaf
| Style: | Tulsi / Holy Basil |
| Region: | India |
| Caffeine: | Caffeine Free |
| Leaf: | Loose |
TB05: Mincing Lane Breakfast Blend
| Style: | Black Tea |
| Region: | Blend |
| Caffeine: | Caffeinated |
| Leaf: | Loose |
Kenilworth Estate OP
| Style: | Ceylon Black Tea |
| Region: | Kandy, Sri Lanka |
| Caffeine: | Caffeinated |
| Leaf: | Loose |
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Holy Basil Purple Leaf
| Style: | Tulsi / Holy Basil |
| Region: | India |
| Caffeine: | Caffeine Free |
| Leaf: | Loose |
Formosa Amber Oolong Select
| Style: | Amber Oolong |
| Region: | Taiwan / Formosa |
| Caffeine: | Caffeinated |
| Leaf: | Loose |
River Shannon Breakfast Blend
| Style: | Irish Breakfast |
| Region: | Blend |
| Caffeine: | Caffeinated |
| Leaf: | Loose |
Scottish Breakfast Blend
| Style: | Scottish Breakfast |
| Region: | Blend |
| Caffeine: | Caffeinated |
| Leaf: | Loose |
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