COVID-19 (Corona Virus) Update

Updated: 11th of September, 2020.

Due to covid-19, we expect mild to severe logistics challenges for shipments to several countries. Some countries are more affected than others. On this page we summarize our findings after regular communication with all our shipping partners involved. Please follow our Facebook page if you want to be notified of changes to our measures.

Currently not accepting orders to:

We currently do not accept orders with the following destinations:

  • Mongolia, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Maldives, Monaco.
  • Oman
  • Phillipines, Peru.
  • Slovenia

When things improve, we’ll make it possible again to place orders for the countries listed above. Please follow our Facebook page or bookmark this page to stay up to date.

Shipping Fee Increase

The fee for airmail & surface mail parcels increase from 5 USD to 7.9 USD for all countries, except the following:

  • Canada
  • Indonesia
  • Greece
  • Israel
  • India

For the above, it's possible to place orders. However, Airmail shipping fees are unfortunately higher at 15 USD per 2 KG parcel:

EMS shipments fees have somewhat increased and depend on the weight of your order. Quotations are available during checkout.

Shipping Time Increase

Airmail: We’ve increased the shipping time estimation now for all countries to 2-6 weeks, unless we offer a different estimate during checkout.

EMS Express Shipping: We’ve increased the shipping time estimation now for all countries to 2-4 weeks.

Note: the above updated estimations are based on the information provided by our logistics partners and our judgement of the situation. We unfortunately can’t guarantee shipping times.

What's the Reason for Shipping Time Delays?

Delays are often a combination of the following, though it may differ per country):

  • There's currently less air capacity for flights from China, sometimes air parcels are processed by rail.
  • The process of shipping from China is somewhat longer due to health safety measures at shipping companies.
  • Slight increases in custom clearance time. 
  • Local postal companies are currently dealing with more packages than usual as everyone prefers ordering online. As a result, they prioritize local orders over parcels from China.

We've less oversight on the postal service situation in local countries outside China. For this we recommend you to consult the websites of your local post, to see if they report any disruptions for international parcels.

Hygiene

We've received question regarding the safety of our teas. We would like to reassure you that our teas are absolutely safe. Our offices and warehouses are cleaned twice a day, and each our staff maintain personal hygiene through frequent hand washing.

There's no indication or evidence that the Corona virus can travel from parcels or tea leaves. If you do still worry, you may avoid teas harvested (and packed) in 2020. To see the harvest season and year, you may visit the individual product pages and click the 'additional information' tab.

Our staff are not affected by the Corona virus and we maintain different shifts for the packing team, so that there are no more than 2 colleagues at once in the warehouse. Our staff also maintain a distance of 2 meters from each other.

Final Note

Stay safe, and look after your loved ones and the elderly in your country!

Italian translation: covid-19 update

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