Yes, The Best Price Boxes makes custom tea boxes with no minimum order, and we will beat any written quote you already have. Tea packaging has one requirement that most food packaging does not: tea absorbs odour and loses aroma through the pack, so the barrier matters more than the board.
Custom tea box specs
| Spec | What you get |
|---|---|
| Minimum order | None. One box to test the fit of your sachet count, or a full seasonal run. |
| Styles | Straight tuck end and reverse tuck end cartons, seal end, pillow boxes, drawer and sleeve, rigid presentation boxes and window cartons. |
| Board | Folding carton in roughly 14 to 24 pt SBS or kraft. Rigid on chipboard where the box is a gift or a keepsake caddy. |
| Barrier | Foil laminate or metallized liner where aroma retention matters. An unlined carton alone is not an aroma barrier. |
| Formats held | Pyramid and flat sachets, string and tag bags, loose leaf in an inner pouch, and sample or discovery sets. |
| Common counts | 10, 15, 20, 25, 40 and 50 sachet cartons are typical. Any count built to your sachet dimensions. |
| Window | Optional die cut window with clear film, usually on gift and discovery formats rather than everyday retail. |
| Finishes | Matte or gloss lamination, soft touch, foil stamping, embossing and spot UV. |
| Food contact | Food grade board and food safe inks. Most tea sits inside a sachet or an inner pouch rather than touching the carton. |
| Custom sizes | Built to your sachet or pouch dimensions so the stack sits square and the carton does not bulge. |
Aroma is the whole problem
Tea is hygroscopic and volatile at the same time. It pulls in moisture and ambient smells from wherever it is stored, and it loses its own aroma compounds outward through anything permeable. A printed carton on its own does neither job.
That is why almost every serious tea pack is a two layer system. The inner layer is a foil laminate, a metallized film sachet or a lined pouch that does the barrier work. The outer carton carries the brand, the information panel and the shelf presence. If someone quotes you a single layer printed carton for loose leaf tea, the tea will be flat within weeks.
For loose leaf specifically, an inner foil pouch inside a rigid caddy or a carton is the standard construction. For sachets, the individual envelope usually carries the barrier and the carton just holds the count.
Carton styles and what each one is for
Straight tuck end has both flaps folding from the same panel, so the closures line up on the back. It is the standard everyday retail tea carton. Our comparison of straight versus reverse tuck end explains the difference in how they open.
Reverse tuck end alternates the flaps, which is slightly more economical on board and hides the closure at the top.
Seal end glues the top and bottom and is opened by tearing. It runs on automatic fill lines and gives a tamper evident close. See seal end boxes.
Drawer and sleeve reads as a gift and holds sachets in a neat tray. It suits discovery sets and Christmas lines.
Rigid caddy is for premium loose leaf where the customer keeps the box on the counter. It needs an inner pouch or a liner to do the barrier work.
Kraft, white or foil, and what each does to your print
Uncoated kraft reads as natural and organic, which suits herbal and wellness ranges. Colors shift toward the brown base, so plan the palette for that. White SBS gives clean full color reproduction and is the right base for photographic packaging. A foil or metallized outer reads as premium and is common on black and green tea lines, though it limits some print effects.
Our comparison of kraft versus white board covers the print trade in more detail.
What a tea box is best for, and what it is not
Best for: sachet and bag retail lines, loose leaf with an inner pouch, discovery and sample sets, gifting and advent formats, hotel and hospitality amenity packs, and subscription tea.
Not the right choice for: bulk loose leaf in wholesale quantities, where a lined bulk bag or a foil gusset pouch is the correct format. For those look at mylar bags, and for coffee formats which share most of the same barrier logic see coffee boxes.
How to size a custom tea box
Measure one sachet at its widest and its tallest, then decide the count and the stack arrangement. A twenty sachet carton holding pyramid bags is a different shape from a twenty sachet carton holding flat envelopes, because pyramids do not stack flat and need depth.
For loose leaf, work from the finished pouch rather than the tea weight, because fill height varies with leaf grade. Send us a filled sample pouch and we will build the carton around it.
Custom tea box FAQs
Is there a minimum order for custom tea boxes?
No. Order one to check the sachet fit and the print, then scale to a full run.
Do I need a foil liner for tea?
For loose leaf, yes, or an inner foil pouch. For sachets the individual envelope usually carries the barrier and the carton holds the count.
Can you make a tea box with a window?
Yes, with a clear film window. It suits gift and discovery sets. Bear in mind light degrades tea, so a window is less suitable for a product that sits on a shelf for months.
What sachet counts do you make?
Any. Ten, fifteen, twenty, twenty five, forty and fifty are the common retail counts and we build to your sachet dimensions.
Are your tea boxes food safe?
Yes. Food grade board and food safe inks. Tell us whether the tea contacts the carton directly and we will specify the liner accordingly.
Can you do kraft tea boxes for an organic range?
Yes. Uncoated kraft with one or two color print is a common choice for herbal and organic lines, and it is one of the cheaper builds.
Order custom tea boxes
No minimum order, free design help, free samples and a free digital proof before production. Send us your sachet or pouch dimensions, your count, and whether you need a barrier liner. If you hold a written quote elsewhere, send it and we will beat it. Browse food boxes or request a free quote.