Price guide · Agriculture Garden
Paper Tea: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $3.20 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $1.50 at volume. 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 | $3.20 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $2.80 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $2.40 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $2.00 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $1.70 |
| 100,000+ units | $1.50 |
What moves the price
For paper tea, the drivers are blend recipe, cut format, organic status, pack size, private label print, cut size, caffeine free, bulk pack size — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Wholesale tea pricing is driven primarily by tea form and quality grade: loose leaf and single-origin teas are priced higher than blended or lower-grade bulk tea, while organic certification and specialty ingredients such as flowers or fruit inclusions raise cost further. Real supplier routes that fit this market include U.S.-facing bulk tea distributors and herbal wholesalers for smaller tiers, and import/Alibaba-style factory offers for larger MOQs where landed-equivalent pricing is usually lowest. Custom printing usually adds packaging cost on top of the tea itself, so the quoted unit prices are best treated as tea-content benchmarks rather than fully finished retail packs.
Paying more than the median?
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