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Murchie's Tea & Coffee

Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in British Columbia

Canada's oldest tea company (1894): over 130 loose and bagged teas and 25 coffee roasts, blended and packed in Delta, BC, sold through eight BC stores and a web shop.

Delta, BC CA · www.murchies.com

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A BC tea and coffee blender founded in 1894, run by Murchie's Tea & Coffee (2007) Ltd. from a head office and plant in Delta, BC. Tea and coffee are imported and blended, roasted, and packed in house, so ownership, manufacturing, and people are Canadian while the raw inputs are not.

Factors

Ownership

100.0 reported

CA 100%

The site calls itself a Canadian company and its terms name the operator as Murchie's Tea & Coffee (2007) Ltd., which OrgBook BC lists as an active BC company registered 2007-10-24 (BC0806464); the CANADA List and madeinca.ca both record it as Canadian-owned. The registry shows status only, not shareholders, so the mix rests on the vendor's statement and directory corroboration. Corporations Canada has no federal record for the name, and the BC registry's shareholder and director filings, plus any press on the 2007 change of ownership, could not be reached today.

Manufacturing

100.0 reported

CA 100%

The vendor states that all teas are blended and packaged and all coffee is roasted at its own production facility at 8028 River Way, Delta, BC, and its careers page says packaging is done in house. No co-packer or outside facility is mentioned anywhere on the site.

People

100.0 reported

CA 100%

Head office and the plant are in Delta, BC, and the only stores are eight retail locations in Greater Vancouver and Greater Victoria; the careers page asks applicants which BC city or store they can work in. No office or staff outside Canada is mentioned.

Inputs

20.0 reported

other 100%

Tea and coffee are not grown in Canada, and the vendor says its raw products are shipped from tea gardens and coffee regions around the world to Delta for blending, calling them foreign-grown foods on its tariff page. Named origins on the site include China, Ceylon, and other Asian, African, and Latin American growing regions, none in the EU or US, so the mix goes to OTHER; packaging origin is not disclosed and is ignored here.

  • About Us Murchie's Tea & Coffee vendor_statement “All of these raw products are shipped directly to our production facility in Delta, BC where the coffee beans are freshly roasted 'just right' and the teas are expertly blended and packaged for customer enjoyment.”
  • Wholesale Inquiries Murchie's Tea & Coffee vendor_statement “All of our teas and coffees are blended at our manufacturing facility in British Columbia, Canada.”
  • US Tariffs Murchie's Tea & Coffee vendor_statement “tea, coffee, as well as many other foreign-grown foods, are automatically free of duty”

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