T2 Tea

T2 Tea is an Australian specialty tea retailer founded in Melbourne in 1996 by Maryanne Shearer and Jan O'Connor. The business operates more than 70 retail stores across Australia, New Zealand and Singapore under the registered Tea Too Pty Ltd entity, and sits inside Lipton Teas and Infusions (the global tea business CVC acquired from Unilever in 2022). T2 closed its UK and US retail operations in 2023 to concentrate on Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Catalogue covers loose-leaf black, green, oolong, white, pu-erh and herbal infusions, teabag ranges in the same families, flavoured and seasonal blends (Melbourne Breakfast, French Earl Grey, Just Peppermint, Buttery Chai, Gorgeous Geisha, New York Breakfast), plus teaware (teapots, infusers, cups, canisters), gift sets and gift cards. Activate ShopBack Australia on the T2 Tea page above before clicking through to earn cashback on the paid order.

T2 was acquired by Unilever in October 2013 for a reported circa 60 million dollars. In 2022, Unilever sold its global tea business (ekaterra) to private equity group CVC Capital Partners, with T2 included in that transfer. CVC rebranded the business as Lipton Teas and Infusions. As of 2026, Lipton Teas and Infusions BV owns 100 per cent of Tea Too Pty Ltd (T2's registered Australian entity). The Melbourne headquarters, product range and retail store footprint across Australia, New Zealand and Singapore continue to operate under the T2 brand. ShopBack Australia cashback mechanics apply to orders placed via t2tea.com/en/au/ under the T2 brand regardless of parent-company structure.

T2's long-running hero blends across the Australian catalogue include Melbourne Breakfast (vanilla-forward black tea blend, a Melbourne institution since the early days), French Earl Grey (black Earl Grey with rose petals and lavender), Just Peppermint (single-origin peppermint herbal), Buttery Chai (black tea with cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, cloves and vanilla), Gorgeous Geisha (sencha green with strawberry and vanilla), New York Breakfast (black blend with maple notes), Monk Pear (green with pear and marigold), and Pack a Peach (fruit tisane). Loose-leaf is the catalogue depth; teabags cover a subset of the same hero blends. Gift sets package 3-4 hero blends with teaware. ShopBack Australia cashback applies on the paid order value regardless of blend selection.

Twinings and Tetley are the mass teabag brands stocked across Woolworths, Coles and IGA, winning on everyday supermarket price per teabag and distribution. T2 is the Australian specialty tea retailer, winning on loose-leaf depth and flavour range (hundreds of loose-leaf SKUs including seasonal and limited-edition blends that supermarkets do not carry), stated higher per-cup leaf quality, in-store sampling in physical T2 stores across capital city malls, and teaware product adjacency. Decision rule for Australian tea buyers: supermarket teabags for daily budget-driven brewing on volume; T2 for a hero loose-leaf (Melbourne Breakfast, French Earl Grey, Buttery Chai) with a proper infuser setup, or for a gift set at Mother's Day or Christmas. Activate ShopBack Australia at the T2 merchant page before click-through for cashback on the paid order.

T2 ships standard parcel across metro and regional Australia, typically 3 to 7 business days depending on destination. Standard shipping threshold for free delivery varies by campaign; verify the current free-shipping minimum on t2tea.com/en/au/ before locking in a cart. Express shipping is a paid upgrade. Returns on sealed, unused tea and teaware are typically accepted within a defined window from delivery date for a refund to the original payment method; opened or partially used tea is generally not returnable on food hygiene grounds. Faulty teaware is replaced free of charge through T2 customer care. ShopBack Australia cashback tracks on the paid merchandise subtotal; refunded or cancelled lines void the pending cashback share once T2 confirms the refund on the ShopBack side.

T2's deepest annual markdowns typically cluster around Boxing Day week (26 December onward, gift-set clearance from the Christmas range), Black Friday or Cyber Monday (last week of November, early holiday gift-set stock-up), EOFY (late June, mid-year refresh and seasonal clearance), and Mother's Day (second Sunday in May, gift sets and limited-edition tins). Seasonal and limited-edition blends (summer iced teas Q4, winter spice blends Q2, back-to-work blends late January) move fast on launch. Activate ShopBack Australia at shopback.com.au/t2-tea before clicking through so the sale-window price is also covered by cashback on eligible orders at the current published rate.

Sign in to ShopBack Australia, open the T2 Tea merchant page at shopback.com.au/t2-tea, and click through to t2tea.com/en/au/. Complete the order in the same browser session and avoid pasting a voucher or promo code not featured on ShopBack at checkout, since off-platform codes commonly break the ShopBack tracking parameter. T2's own newsletter-signup discount and loyalty-member pricing applied inside the T2 checkout do not break tracking. For desktop repeat buyers, the ShopBack Cashback Buddy Chrome extension auto-activates cashback on supported T2 sessions without a manual click-through. The current cashback rate is shown in the rate table at the top of this page. Pending cashback typically appears within a few days and confirms after T2's return window closes on the order.

T2 Tea does not operate a widely used standalone native app in Australia; the core mobile ordering flow is t2tea.com/en/au/ in Safari or Chrome. For reliable ShopBack cashback attribution on mobile, open the ShopBack Australia app, search for T2 Tea, tap through from the ShopBack T2 Tea merchant page, and complete checkout in the in-app browser or Safari or Chrome. On desktop, the ShopBack Cashback Buddy Chrome extension auto-activates cashback on supported T2 Tea sessions. Pending cashback typically appears within a few days and Confirmed status settles after T2's return window closes on the order. For in-store T2 purchases at mall boutiques, ShopBack Snaps on AU may cover eligible receipt uploads; verify current Snaps-eligible merchants in the ShopBack app.

Typical exclusions on specialty food and drink merchants on ShopBack Australia include gift card purchases and gift card top-ups, orders paid partly or fully with store credit, orders using a voucher or promo code not featured on the ShopBack T2 Tea page (which commonly voids the order's cashback), delivery charges, taxes, and cancelled or refunded orders. In-store purchases at T2 physical boutiques do not qualify for online ShopBack cashback and route through ShopBack Snaps instead where available. Cashback is calculated on the paid merchandise subtotal. See the current exclusions block on the ShopBack T2 Tea merchant rate page before ordering.

Cashback rates, product pricing, free-shipping thresholds, T2 blend availability and sale windows are subject to change; verify the current rate table on this page and T2 Tea terms on t2tea.com/en/au/ before ordering. Content updated 2026-10-01.