Set up in 1964 as a joint venture with UK based James Finlay and Company to develop value-added tea, the Tata Tea Group of Companies, which includes Tata Tea and the UK-based Tetley Group, is the world’s second largest global branded tea operation with product and brand presence in 40 countries. It is one of India’s first multinational companies, the operations of Tata Tea and its subsidiaries focus on branded product offerings in tea but with a significant presence in plantation activity in India and Sri Lanka.

The consolidated worldwide branded tea business of the Tata Tea Group contributes to around 86 per cent of its consolidated turnover with the remaining 14 per cent coming from Bulk Tea, Coffee, and Investment Income. The Company is headquartered in Kolkata and owns 27 tea estates in the states of Assam and West Bengal in eastern India, and Kerala in the south.

The Tetley Group has been a member of the Tata Group since March 2000 and now contributes around two thirds of the total turnover of Tata Tea Ltd.

Established in 1837, Tetley was the first British tea company to introduce the tea bag to the UK in 1953.The tea bag was followed by the first round tea bag in 1989, and the ‘no drip, no mess’ Drawstring bag in 1997

Tata Tea and Tata Coffee are listed on Mumbai and National Stock Exchnages of India.