type private industry mail order retail tea online retail tea retail beverages founded in 1989 in upton ma . headquarters holliston massachusetts usa products loose leaf tea and herbal teas teaware slogan purveyor of the world s finest teas website uptontea.com upton tea imports is an american company based in holliston massachusetts that sells specialty teas . the company was founded in 1989 and is owned and operated by thomas eck . 1 upton carries only loose tea and does not sell any teabags . 2 upton publishes the upton tea quarterly which is primarily a mail order catalog of their teas but also contains historical and educational information about tea . 3 the company also sells teapots including one that comes with a tea infuser with a wire mesh . 4 references edit barbara carton finer brews are gaining a following high time for tea sidebar tips from a tea taster beyond the gourmet tag boston globe june 2 1993 . jenna russell he has teas for a proper cuppah eck needs more space for budding tastes boston globe july 29 2001 . business enjoys steep increase worcester telegram & gazette aug. 21st 1995 . regina schrambling one woman s search for the perfect teapot ; opaque isn t ideal and then there s the matter of drips and cleanup ... . los angeles times january 14 2004 . external links edit official website this tea related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title upton tea imports & oldid 721583203 categories tea brands in united statestea companiescompanies established in 1989tea stubshidden categories all stub articles 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 add links this page was last modified on 22 may 2016 at 20 40 . 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