100% of profits support orphan education in Kenya

Creating Equi-Tea

Through award-winning tea, employment for women, and orphan education.

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Welcome to Ajiri Tea

Our award-winning Kenyan Black Tea is grown in the green, fertile Kisii Hills of western Kenya. Ajiri means "to employ" in Swahili. Our goal is to create employment for women in western Kenya. Each unique label is handmade using dried banana bark. All profits from sales of Ajiri Tea are donated to the Ajiri Foundation to pay school fees for orphans in western Kenya.

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Our Best Sellers

Kenyan Black Tea (Teabags)

$ 9.00

Custom Gift Box

$ 45.00

Rooibos, Red Bush Tea (Teabags)

$ 9.00

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It's Not Just the Money, Honey. Reflections on International Women's Day

It's Not Just the Money, Honey. Reflections on International Women's Day

When we were young(er) and more naive, we thought we could change the world. So we started a company to do just that. We read that women in developing nations tend to reinvest over 90% of their earnings back into their families and communities. So we reasoned we should start...

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We know love can't be manufactured or bought (despite what the best marketing e-mails tell us). But we do believe love can be cultivated. It might look like making committed promises to yourself and to others in a social contract. And maybe it starts with writing down what you want in the world—kindness, a family, a sense of home.

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