Bushells Australian First Tea Company
Mega Office Supplies is the leading Bushells Products including Bushells Australian breakfast tea, Blue label tea and coffee at an affordable rate in Australia. Australia’s first tea company, Bushells have brewed full flavoured conversations and friendships for over 130 years. Bushells has a long tradition of bringing Australians together for a good chat over a great cuppa, blended especially for Aussie tastes. We’ve been part of Australian life since 1883, and proud to be a familiar icon that Aussies have grown up with – a delicious taste of home.
History of Bushells Tea
It all began with Alfred ‘The Tea Man’ Bushell. An enterprising fellow, Mr Bushell was a tea dealer who moved up to Brisbane in 1883 after the death of his wife, Agnes – a daughter of the famous Brooke tea family. There he opened his very first tea shop, selling his own distinctly delicious, full-flavoured tea. He was onto something as word quickly spread about this smooth over-the-counter brew, and business boomed.
By 1902 the Bushells clan were established tea traders. But a family rift had emerged. In 1903, the company was split amicably between Alfred in Queensland, and his sons in Sydney and Melbourne. But, when Alfred retired in 1908, he gave his sons the Queensland business. After Alfred’s death in 1910, Bushells Ltd was registered as a public company – and rapidly expanded into Western Australia, Tasmania and South Australia.
In 1920 Bushells bought land in todays The Rocks area of Sydney. Here they built a seven storey factory that housed progressive new blending and packing methods, plus Bushells HQ. The building remained with Bushells for over 40 years, and is still an iconic part of Sydney’s story today. In 1937 Bushells became a huge player in the NZ tea market.
Part of Aussie life for 125 years, bringing people together for a good chat and a great cuppa is our passion – which is why we support and reinvest in organisations that help ordinary Australians. Tasty tea created especially for Aussie palates is something we at Bushells take very seriously. Since Alfred began, and still today, Bushells is committed to creating a high quality cuppa, with the full flavour Australians know and love.
