Jeeves & Jericho

Jeeves & Jericho

Slowly brewed in small batches by artisan Teasmiths using our very own authentic family recipe, passed down for generations... Chai has been running in our veins or certainly should have as it has been a family passion for generations. With its grass roots originating from Kuranpur a small rural village in the Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra state where Bombay, now called Mumbai is the capital city of India.

Our Story

We have chai running in our veins or certainly should have as it has been a family passion for generations.

Growing up in the Midlands within a close-knit British-Asian community, food was the focal point of every family gathering. Whether it was preparing freshly-made dal or sharing homemade samosas during social gatherings, or sipping on steaming cups of chai while watching the latest Bollywood blockbuster on the television, food was a vital part of our lives.

Chai, the Hindi word for tea, was an integral part of our culture. In India, street vendors known as chaiwalas sold sweet and spicy aromatic milky tea. My grandparents hailed from Kuranpur, a small village in the rural Ahmadnagar district of Maharashtra state. During my childhood, my grandmother would tell me that the village was so remote that there were no roadside chaiwalas. Instead, families would gather around the dinner table to drink masala chai, a spiced version of the beverage made at home.

At the very heart of our business is our ethical policy. We're underpinned by the strong belief that we want to give something back to the tea-growers. Through sourcing tea only through members of The Ethical Tea Partnership, we guarantee you, the tea-drinker, that the tea-estate workers who grow the teas we source have all been given a fair deal.