Madura Tea Estates is an Australian company that produces tea.

Madura Tea Estates
IndustryTea industry
Founded1978
FounderMichael and Norma Grant-Cook
Headquarters,
Key people
Ron Ford
Productstea
Websitemaduratea.com.au

In 1978, Mike and Norma Grant-Cook, tea planters from Ceylon, established the Madura Tea Estates in Murwillumbah (Tweed River valley) in north-eastern New South Wales. Madura produces Assam tea and green tea (the latter is locally produced since 1989[1]), which is blended with Sri Lanka (Ceylon) tea.[2][3][4] As of 2000, the company was 100% Australian-owned.[5] The "Madura Tea" production started in 1982, as of 2003, 25 hectares were used for the plantation.[6]

Madura Tea packagings are 100% recyclable.[7][8][9][10]

Madura Tea dumped[clarification needed] halal certification in Australia.[11]

Tea primarily targets the domestic market as part of the "buy Australia" campaign.[3] Like its competitors, Tea Estates of Australia and Nerada Tea, Madura Tea established a visitor center, where tourists can taste and buy samples.[12] Madura Tea became the official tea of Parliament House in Sydney in 2013 (replacing Twinings).[13]

Awards

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  • Royal Hobart Fine Food Awards, Madura won a prestigious Gold Medal
  • Silver Medal for its English Breakfast Silk Infuser Tea Bags
  • Bronze medal in the Regional Food Class at the Sydney Royal Fine Foods for the lemon myrtle tea bags.[14]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Griggs 2020, p. 536.
  2. ^ "Madura Tea, Excellence in Tea". Madura Tea. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  3. ^ a b Hall 2000, p. 95.
  4. ^ Pettigrew & Richardson 2005, p. 158.
  5. ^ Griggs 2020, p. 553.
  6. ^ Caffin et al. 2004, p. 15.
  7. ^ "Madura Tea switches packaging to NexPlus alternative". 18 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Madura Tea Shifts from Metalized OPP to Barrier Paper Packaging". 6 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Koehler Paper Helps Madura Tea Switch to Recyclable Paper Packaging | Packaging Strategies".
  10. ^ Griggs 2020, p. 541.
  11. ^ "Madura Tea owner reveals why he dumped halal certification". 7 September 2015.
  12. ^ Griggs 2020, p. 551.
  13. ^ "Local tea in the pollie pot". ABC News. 20 September 2013.
  14. ^ https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/tweed-heads/business/madura-bags-top-tea-award/news-story/71ca09dedb60f12cbeb95a9718f33cfe

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