About

Our Story

Blue Ocean Tea has decades of experience in the custom formulation of functional and specialty teas. We specialize in working collaboratively with customers to create market-friendly blends. Our approach to business is to build strong relationships with our customers and seek to create a lifetime of value. We engage in strategic partnerships rather than transactional relationships. Blue Ocean Tea has extensive experience working with many specialty tea brands in North America and Europe.

Blue Ocean Tea was founded by Mark and Preet Arathoon. Mark is a 4^th generation expert in the tea industry. Prior to starting Blue Ocean Tea, he had corporate experience as Head of Tea Division at one of the largest tea contract manufacturers in the world. Having worked decades in the tea business, Mark has built up worldwide relationships with farmers and suppliers in places like China, Japan, Sri Lanka, India, and Indonesia. He also holds a black belt in Lean Manufacturing. Preet has extensive experience in Microbiology and Quality Control.

Our Approach: Co-Manufacturing

At Blue Ocean Tea, we work with tea brands to bring quality products to market. We see co-manufacturing as smart business: it reduces your capital costs to virtually zero, reduces your operating costs, and allows your business to shift from managing supply chain to focusing on increasing market share and growing profits.

When you work with us, you rely on a business with deep experience manufacturing tea products along with all necessary certifications. You also rely on a business that has a successful record of importing from origin: navigating FDA, transport logistics, and other unexpected situations such as tariffs, droughts, and trade wars. We offer you our one core competency: strengthening and protecting robust supply chains from plant to packaged product.

When you co-manufacture with Blue Ocean Tea, you also benefit from our high safety protocol: in-person factory audits at origin, laser-like attention to CCPs, both in packing facility and origin factories, and regulatory expertise in pesticides, micro’s, and labeling requirements. We serve to protect your business and brand.

Our Approach: Co-Manufacturing

At Blue Ocean Tea, we work with tea brands to bring quality products to market. We see co-manufacturing as smart business: it reduces your capital costs to virtually zero, reduces your operating costs, and allows your business to shift from managing supply chain to focusing on increasing market share and growing profits.

When you work with us, you rely on a business with deep experience manufacturing tea products along with all necessary certifications. You also rely on a business that has a successful record of importing from origin: navigating FDA, transport logistics, and other unexpected situations such as tariffs, droughts, and trade wars. We offer you our one core competency: strengthening and protecting robust supply chains from plant to packaged product.

When you co-manufacture with Blue Ocean Tea, you also benefit from our high safety protocol: in-person factory audits at origin, laser-like attention to CCPs, both in packing facility and origin factories, and regulatory expertise in pesticides, micro’s, and labeling requirements. We serve to protect your business and brand.

Integration with Technology

At Blue Ocean Tea, we use technology to move your business forward. Our customers appreciate the convenience and comfort that technological integration offers. Our cloud-based supply-chain management software includes seamless organization of food safety documents (e.g., supplier approval, product specifications, allergen declaration) and supplier documentation (e.g., supplier scorecards, ingredient/product specifications, identified risks). We use Enterprise Data Interchange (EDI) to exchange business documents with trading partners such as orders, invoices, shipping notifications, and item data. Automated work orders maintain optimal levels of finished goods and help optimize inventory levels to prevent overstock or shortages. Automation in manufacturing keeps the process safe and efficient.

Additionally, our sales force for managing sales, marketing, and customer service operate from one central location, making it simple and expedient for our clients.

Our Facility

Blue Ocean Tea is located in Campbell Heights business park, Canada’s largest industrial park just minutes away from the US-Canada border. Our 18,000-square-foot facility has completed our Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) certification, and our application for Natural Health Product Site Licensing is currently being reviewed by Health Canada. Our facility provides excellent opportunity for business growth.

Our Facility

Blue Ocean Tea is located in Campbell Heights business park, Canada’s largest industrial park just minutes away from the US-Canada border. Our 18,000-square-foot facility has Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) compliance capability and our application for Natural Health Product Site Licensing is currently being reviewed by Health Canada. Our facility provides excellent opportunity for business growth.