Price guide · Industrial Safety
Black Tea: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $4.95 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $1.25 at volume, on a typical 14-day lead time. These medians come from published supplier pricing. Treat them as a starting point for a sourcing conversation rather than a binding quote.
Median price by order quantity
| Order size | Median /unit |
|---|---|
| 500–999 units | $4.95 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $3.25 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $2.50 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $2.10 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $1.60 |
| 100,000+ units | $1.25 |
What moves the price
For black tea, the drivers are solubility, sweetened or unsweetened, flavor, powder granulation, caffeine level, pack size, raw vs ripe, compression format — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published wholesale black-tea quotes span from about $1.65/kg for large-volume loose-leaf lots to roughly $12.99/kg for smaller specialty lots, while U.S. trade price data shows lower farmgate/import-equivalent levels around $1.38–$1.89/kg and higher U.S. landed trade values for packaged or specialty lots. The biggest price drivers are grade, origin, and format: loose-leaf commodity tea is cheapest, while teabags, flavored blends, organic lots, and soluble/instant powder cost more. Realistic supplier routes are B2B marketplaces and exporters for factory bulk, U.S. wholesalers for smaller MOQ lots, and import/landed-equivalent trade data for floor pricing.
Paying more than the median?
If you reorder black tea regularly, run a free savings check — enter what you pay and see it against these researched medians, item by item. About three minutes, no card or account.