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All the supermarkets seems to sell the same brands and I have no idea if any of them are mostly processed in Europe or elsewhere in the world.
Do you have recommendations? I like the ones with a fruity taste more.
This one is my current favorite:
They claim on the package that they care about sustainability, better working conditions and social engagement.Click to view
Tea (and coffee) are kind of a tricky one for this topic. We don't tend to grow tea leaves / coffee beans in mass quantities in Europe. Please correct me but I thought tea was mostly grown in India and China and Japan and those areas whereas coffee in South America / Africa. They'll be shipped over to Europe for roasting for sure.
And berry tea is not tea. I will die on this hill.
caykur turist cayi its a workers coop iirc
I love Yorkshire gold, easy to find over here in Canada. 
This is the answer. Top lad.
I’ll pop the kettle on shall I
1663 https://www.1336.fr/ they went bankrupt a few years ago and instead of closing, they became a worker owned coop. They've been thriving ever since and their tea is really nice!
I also really like French upper range chains Palais des thés and Mariage frères, but they're fancy and expensive.
So, was it originally called 1663, then changed to 1336 once it became a coop? Or was it just a typo on your part?
It was a typo, sorry! It switched to 1663 when it became a coop and had a completely different name before. :)
I love the loose herbal teas from Sonnentor (Austrian company). They are sometimes leaning towards weird esoteric behavior like until about 10 years ago they drew a line through the EAN-Code... But their tea is amazing and they are also participating in economy for the common good.
I'm new, can you explain what this means? Why did they have a line through the barcode? I found the official blog post from 2013 where they pledged to stop doing it, but it doesn't really explain why they were doing it in the first place.
German:
Die Diskussion in den letzten Wochen hat uns gezeigt, dass das Thema „Entstörung des EAN-Codes“ bei unseren Kunden sehr polarisiert.
Wir haben uns intensiv mit den Reaktionen dazu auseinandergesetzt und Informationen recherchiert. Unsere Entscheidung deshalb: Wir werden den Strich quer über den Barcode künftig nicht mehr auf die Etiketten drucken.
Wir schätzen die Rückmeldungen unserer Kunden sehr und setzen uns intensiv mit den Bedürfnissen auseinander. SONNENTOR steht für Freude und ein gutes Gefühl. Manchen unserer Kunden gibt ein Strich quer über den EAN-Code genau dieses gute Gefühl. 2007 haben wir deshalb den Strich auf den Etiketten eingeführt, ohne nähere Auseinandersetzung mit dem Thema.
Aufgrund der vielen Reaktionen und unserer eigenen Einstellung haben wir uns nun bewusst gegen das „Entstören des EAN-Codes“ entschieden.
Die Umstellung wird sicherlich einige Zeit dauern. Innerhalb des nächsten Jahres sollten aber alle Produktetiketten ohne entstörten EAN-Code ausgeliefert werden.
English machine translation:
The discussion in recent weeks has shown us that the topic of “de-interference with the EAN code” is very polarizing among our customers.
We've carefully considered the reactions and researched information. Our decision has therefore been this: We will no longer print the line across the barcode on our labels.
We greatly value our customers' feedback and engage intensively with their needs. SONNENTOR stands for joy and a good feeling. For some of our customers, a line across the EAN code gives them exactly that good feeling. That's why we introduced the line on our labels in 2007, without further consideration of the topic.
Due to the many reactions and our own attitude, we have now consciously decided against “de-jamming the EAN code”.
The transition will certainly take some time. However, within the next year, all product labels should be delivered without a suppressed EAN code.
tl;dr:
SONNENTOR stands for joy and a good feeling. For some of our customers, a line across the EAN code gives them exactly that good feeling.
Huh?
There are people out there that believe any kind of barcode (or other graphic data transfer methods) influence everything around these codes. So having a regular barcode on your food items influences the food itself according to these people.
So Sonnentor decided to draw a line through the barcode so it can't "affect" the food anymore.
It's unscientific bullshit that's why they got a lot of criticism for supporting these weird believes.
Just wait until they discover QR codes!