Adagio Teas is a privately-owned, American company that imports and distributes gourmet teas.http://duckduckgo.com/c/Companies_based_in_Bergen_County,_New_Jersey It also manufactures tea products and tea accessories.http://www.worldteaexpo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=66&Itemid=73 The company was founded in 1999 by Sophie Kreymerman and her two sons -- Michael Cramer and Ilya Kreymerman.http://www.teamuse.com/article_061001.html Adagio Teas is headquartered in Garfield, New Jersey.http://www.linkedin.com/companies/adagio-teas It employs twenty people.http://blogs.computerworld.com/15690/adagio_social_media In 2004, the company reached $1 million in annual revenue.http://www.adagio.com/pdfs/MarketingSherpa.pdf

Adagio Teas is primarily an online retailer, selling its products at adagio.com.http://www.adagio.com/pdfs/NorthJersey.pdf?SID=53f836e947301942df2024f7824097f1 The products are also sold in natural food stores.http://www.linkedin.com/companies/adagio-teas On October 3, 2010, the company opened its first retail store, Tea Experience, in Naperville, Illinois.http://www.tearetailer.com/article_90.html The next month, it opened another in Skokie, Illinois.http://www.tearetailer.com/article_98.html

The tea company won BizRate's 2010 Circle of Excellence Platinum Award.http://www.bizrateinsights.com/category/press-releases/

Adagio Teas began as a mother's desire to change careers.http://www.teamuse.com/article_061001.html Sophie Kreymerman wanted to open up a tea shop.http://www.teamuse.com/article_061001.html Instead, she started selling imported artisan teas from her basement with her sons, Michael Cramer and Ilya Kreymerman.http://www.teamuse.com/article_061001.html

In 2001, their garage became too small to accommodate their inventory.http://www.adagio.com/pdfs/NorthJersey.pdf?SID=53f836e947301942df2024f7824097f1 The company moved into a 13,000 square foot warehouse.http://www.teamuse.com/article_061001.html In 2002, it grew into a larger facility. Today, Adagio Teas not only imports and distributes gourmet tea, but the company also manufactures tea accessories and bottles a line of iced teas.http://www.adagio.com/

Key dates in the history of Adagio Teas include:

• 1999: Company foundedhttp://www.teamuse.com/article_061001.html
• 2001: Moved the company's operations from their basement into a 13,000 square foot warehousehttp://www.adagio.com/pdfs/NorthJersey.pdf?SID=53f836e947301942df2024f7824097f1
• 2002: Moved to a larger facility
• 2004: Introduced ingenuiTEA, a teapot for loose tea leaveshttp://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-124863639.html
• 2004: Annual revenue reached $1 millionhttp://www.adagio.com/pdfs/MarketingSherpa.pdf
• 2006: Introduced Anteadote, a line of bottled iced teashttp://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-151662237.html
• 2010: Opened their first retail store, Tea Experience, in Naperville, Illinoishttp://www.tearetailer.com/article_90.html
• 2010: Opened a Tea Experience retail store in Skokie, Illinoishttp://www.tearetailer.com/article_98.html
• 2010: Won BizRate's Circle of Excellence Platinum Awardhttp://www.bizrateinsights.com/category/press-releases/

The competitors of Adagio Teas include:http://www.shortopedia.com/T/E/Tea_brands

• The Arizona Beverage Company
• R.C. Bigelow, Inc.
• Celestial Seasonings
• Harney & Sons
• Honest Tea
• Lipton Tea
• Nestle Company (Nestea)
• Tazo Tea Company
• Yogi Tea

Adagio Teas sells over 100 different varieties of artisan tea.http://www.adagio.com/pdfs/NorthJersey.pdf?SID=53f836e947301942df2024f7824097f1 Anteadote is the company's line of bottled iced teas.http://www.bevnet.com/companies/listing/Adagio_Teas The product comes in five flavors -- white tea, green tea, black tea, jasmine tea, and oolong tea.http://www.adagio.com/iced/index.html?SID=132a51edbfd74a1cb110e029ddbf5314 The company also has a line of tea accessories, including teapots (ingenuiTEA and personaliTEA) and kettles (graviTEA and utiliTEA).http://www.adagio.com/teaware/index.html?SID=132a51edbfd74a1cb110e029ddbf5314