The Mighty Leaf Tea Company is a specialty tea manufacturer and distributor based in

Emeryville, California Emeryville is a city located in northwest Alameda County, California, in the United States. It lies in a corridor between the cities of Berkeley and Oakland, with a border on the shore of San Francisco Bay. The resident population was 12,905 as o ...

. It was founded in 1996 by Gary Shinner and Jill Portman who are married.
''Tea and Coffee Trade Journal March/April 2005'' In 2007,

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magazine named Mighty Leaf Organic Breakfast tea, as the “plain black tea." In August 2014, Mighty Leaf Tea was acquired by

Peet's Coffee & Tea Peet's Coffee is a San Francisco Bay Area-based specialty coffee roaster and retailer owned by JAB Holding Company via JDE Peet's. Founded in 1966 by Alfred Peet in Berkeley, California, Peet's introduced the United States to its darker roasted ...

, which is owned by JAB Holding Company.

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ranked Mighty Leaf Tea in second place in Green Tea Brands, Ranked.

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New York Times - Teas Got a Brand New Bag - 09/06San Francisco Chronicle - Entrepreneurs see a lifestyle in their tea leaves - 10/03
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