cork ireland 1901 headquarters cork ireland key people james j. barry products black teas green teas & fruit and herbal teas number of employees 65 2015 slogan teas of real character . website www.barrysteashop.ie barry s tea is a family owned irish tea company founded in 1901 by james j. barry in cork city . in 1934 anthony barry son of james j. barry was awarded the empire cup for tea blending confirming his expertise in the tea trade . until the 1960s tea was sold from a shop in prince s street but thereafter as a result of its increasing popularity the company expanded its wholesaling and distribution operations . in 1960 peter barry son of anthony barry pioneered the concept of wholesaling tea and began sourcing tea from east africa . there was an incredible reaction to these new blends and they became something of a barry s tea signature . it became apparent that the qualities of freshness flavour and that distinctive golden colour were very much unique to barry s tea . through word of mouth alone reputation continued to grow and by the mid 1980s barry s tea had become a much loved national brand . according to their website they are currently responsible for 38 % of all tea sales in the irish market which is worth an estimated 85 million annually . 1 today barry s tea is also available in the united kingdom spain and in some areas of canada australia france luxembourg and the united states where there are significant irish immigrant communities . see also edit list of irish companies anthony barry peter barry references edit http www.barrystea.ie about us.htm external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title barry % 27s tea & oldid 732262874 categories food companies of the republic of irelandtea brands in ireland navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 30 july 2016 at 18 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view