Buds & Beads Pty LTD

buds & beads was founded in 2022 by best friends for more years than they care to count, jo thomas and karina barry, with more than 35 years of food, wine and hospitality in their veins, they both share a hunger for finding new paths to fulfilling their calling for connecting people in ways that are wholesome, nurturing, uplifting and rewarding. the range of 17 extraordinary teas we’ve selected for buds & beads is just a drop in the ocean of some 3,000 tea varieties to be found around the world. we think they’re the finest drops! we love that the cultivation and naming of each tea for the province it is grown in, is similar to the way in which wines are characterised. classification can be broken down into black, green, oolong, white, pu-er and yellow, and we’ve thoroughly enjoyed arriving at an ideal balance of these in our range. the selection process taught us that, just like wine, we can only fully appreciate a tea once the factors contributing to its unique characteristics are