Sloane Tea
Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario
Toronto tea blender and importer founded by tea sommelier Hoda Paripoush, selling whole leaf loose teas, sachets, matcha and tea lattes in signature caddies direct online and through independent grocers, gift shops, hotels and cafes.
Toronto, ON CA · sloanetea.com
Sloane Tea Company Ltd. is a federally incorporated Toronto tea blender and importer founded in 2008 by tea sommelier Hoda Paripoush, owned directly by her and Dean Paripoush with no corporate parent. Leaf tea is imported from gardens in India, Sri Lanka, China, Japan and Taiwan and hand blended and packed in Canada, then sold direct online and through roughly 200 independent grocers, gift shops, hotels and cafes, mostly in Ontario, with a handful of US cafes.
Factors
Ownership
100.0 verifiedCA 100%
Corporations Canada lists Sloane Tea Company Ltd. (693750-1) as an active CBCA corporation incorporated 2008-03-09, a non-distributing corporation with a Markham, Ontario registered office, and its individuals with significant control register, confirmed 2026-05-07, names only Dean Paripoush and Hoda Paripoush, each holding 25 to 50 percent of the shares directly since incorporation, so no parent company or outside investor takes the profit. The one caveat is that both owners give an address in Alcabideche, Portugal in the ISC register while the sole director, Dean F. Paripoush, lists Thornhill, Ontario; the register does not say whether that Portugal address is residential or an address for service, so the founders may now live abroad even though the company and its operations are Canadian.
- Federal corporation information - 693750-1 - Online Filing Centre - Corporations Canada registry “Sloane Tea Company LTD. Status: Active. Current individuals with significant control: 2. DEAN PARIPOUSH. HODA PARIPOUSH. At least 25% and up to 50% of the shares”
- Contact Us vendor_statement “Sloane Tea Company Ltd”
- Sloane FAQ vendor_statement “Sloane Fine Tea Merchants was founded in Canada and is proudly Canadian in origin.”
Manufacturing
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The vendor's Why Sloane page states that all Sloane Fine Teas are hand blended in small batches in Canada in its nut-free, organic and kosher certified facility, and a 2018 National Post interview with the founder says everything is blended and packaged in Canada, in Toronto and Vancouver. Blending and packing is the whole of the manufacturing step for a tea merchant, so it is all Canadian; the exact facility address was not published anywhere fetched.
- Why Sloane? vendor_statement “all Sloane Fine Teas are hand blended here in Canada in our nut-free, organic and kosher certified facility”
- Q&A: Sloane Tea creator Hoda Paripoush | National Post press “Everything is blended and packaged in Canada, in Toronto and Vancouver.”
People
100.0 reportedCA 100%
The vendor describes its Canadian studio and Canadian blending facility, press coverage places the company in Toronto, the registered office is in Markham, Ontario and the director's address is in Thornhill, Ontario, and the retailer map is concentrated in the Toronto area. No staff outside Canada were disclosed; the vendor publishes no headcount, and the Portugal address of the two owners in the significant-control register is the only sign of anyone connected to the company outside Canada.
- Why Sloane? vendor_statement “From our Canadian studio with love, straight to your cup”
- Federal corporation information - 693750-1 - Online Filing Centre - Corporations Canada registry “Registered office address 7030 Woodbine Avenue Suite 500 Markham ON L3R 6G2 Canada”
- How Hoda Paripoush Turned a Life-long Love of Tea into a Thriving Business press “served in restaurants and hotels like the St. Regis Toronto and even on Porter Airlines' flights”
Inputs
28.0 reportedCA 10% · other 90%
Tea is not grown in Canada; the vendor says it buys direct from farmers in the mountains of India, China, Japan and Taiwan, and the founder names Assam and Ceylon leaf and Jaipur roses in the National Post interview, so nearly all inputs are from Asia. The small Canadian share is an estimate for packaging and local handling, since the origin of the signature caddies and botanicals was not published; the storefront runs on Shopify, a Canadian platform, alongside a broad retail network, so there is no platform dependence.
- About Sloane vendor_statement “throughout the mountains of India, China, Japan and Taiwan in search of the finest full-leaf teas”
- Q&A: Sloane Tea creator Hoda Paripoush | National Post press “the base note is a blend of two different black teas from Assam and Ceylon”
Where to buy
- Direct 89.2
- Canadian retailer · Independent grocers and gift shops (Summerhill Market, McEwan, Pusateri's, others via store locator) 80.3
- US retailer · maman cafes and a few US independents via store locator 53.5
Grocers
- Where to Buy Sloane Tea vendor_statement “Enter your address below to find a Sloane Tea retailer near you. The red pins that populate indicate retailer locations.”