Thyolo, Malawi · est. 1923
A third-generation family estate, and the only producer in Malawi making tea the orthodox way — whole leaf, withered slow.
The farm
Most Malawian tea is made the CTC way — crushed, torn, curled into the dust that fills anonymous teabags. Satemwa went the other direction. On the same hills in Thyolo, the family built an orthodox line: leaf picked by hand, withered slowly, rolled gently, kept whole.
It is, as far as anyone can tell, the only place in Malawi doing this at any scale — white, green, oolong, dark and black, all from one estate that has been in the same family since 1923.
They have also run a direct-trade office in Europe for years. That is part of why we can do this honestly from day one: the route from their leaf to your cup is short, and we can trace every step of it — which is the only way we can stand behind the receipt.
What we buy from Satemwa
Their orthodox white is the cup that proves the method isn't only about black tea — delicate, honeyed, barely handled. It's where the whole range earns its name.
Every pack of their tea sends
20%
of what you pay straight back to the estate. Not a donation — their share.