Peet's buyers work tirelessly to identify and select only the world's finest coffees and teas.

Peet's Coffee Selectivity
Our seasoned buyers use their extensive knowledge and unsurpassed tasting skills to select only the finest quality coffee beans that will produce the best flavor in the cup.

Achieving consistent quality requires a diligent, committed effort due to the variability of coffee crops, working closely with skilled farmers around the world who have learned our requirements over many harvests. We visit the origin countries each year to see that the crop husbandry and processing standards are being maintained. The relationships we've cultivated with coffee growers over more than three decades ensure our access to these fine coffees.

This unyielding commitment to quality during each step of the artisan coffee craft is, ultimately, what defines the unique character of Peet's coffee.

Peet's Tea Selectivity
For more than thirty-five years, Peet's has offered teas of stellar selection, skillful blending and freshness without equal. Our specialty in European-style black teas has been augmented over the years by oolongs, green teas and herbal infusions.

We travel regularly to tea gardens in prime growing areas, and we rely on relationships we have carefully built over the years to help discover teas that fit our specifications for aroma, astringency, and flavor. We always seek unique producers who grow, pluck, process and grade the teas that have the quality and flavor we require. We are rigorous in our tasting, selection, and blending.

We select single-origin teas from regions where the soil, weather, and altitude are ideal for tea growing. We select teas from producers who are skilled and quality-conscious, and who practice traditional methods for processing the freshly picked leaf into finished tea. We place our primary emphasis on the wide range of flavors manifest in the leaf of the true tea bush (camellia sinensis), and we present the majority of our teas without additional flavoring.