True Honey Teas built pod business from ground up
A young tea startup has set its sights on the lucrative tea pod market thanks to the hands-on approach of its owner. Chris Savage, a former Northrup Grumman engineer, started the company from his own kitchen and raised $7000 via a crowd funding website to get the project off the ground. He went on to build the pod manufacturing machine himself and started fulfilling orders in 2013. True Honey Teas grossed $60,000 in its first full year of business, but expects that number to rise to $300,000 this year thanks to listings on Amazon Prime and presence at 3 Northern Virginia Whole Foods stores. True Honey Teas offers 14 varieties of tea pods containing organic teas.