With fall just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to prepare and refresh your energizing tea collection with new favorites so you can get a kickstart on cozy sweater season. We know that only the best of the best tea blends will do, so we rounded up a list of the top 10 caffeinated teas as rated by Sips by’s 700,000 tea-loving members. These are the best naturally caffeinated teas for energy and focus. Discover your new favorite high caffeine teas from premium brands around the world!
Sips by is a personalized tea discovery subscription. Each month, we match tea drinkers across the U.S. with delicious teas from over 150 global tea brands that we’re sure they’ll love. Members receive 4 teas chosen just for them in every box. Learn more here.
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Breakfast in Paris
Stash Tea
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Peace & Love on Planet Earth
Thésaurus Tea
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Green + Mint
Aesthete Tea
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Nepali Breakfast
Nepal Tea
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French Breakfast
Churchill's Fine Teas
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Chai Latte
Pinky Up
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Awaken
Dryad Tea
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Achieve Clarity
Teamotions
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Lavender Earl Grey
Wight Tea Co
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Witches Brew
The Witchwood Teahouse
Breakfast in Paris
Sips by Stash Tea
Why you’ll love this tea
Meet your new tea crush. This lavender Earl Grey tea was named after the City of Love, because this blend of lavender, bergamot citrus, and vanilla will have you longing to brew up cup after cup. Yes, this interesting and fragrant tea blend has a certain je ne sais quoi. It just might make you fall in love... with the tea, that is. As they say in Paris, voilá.
Why you’ll love this brand
Stash was founded in Portland, Oregon in 1972 by two hippies seeking a tea euphoria. Since then, Stash Tea’s mission has been to brew the boredom out of the world, with best-in-class ingredients and diverse flavors that delight the senses, surprise your taste buds, and brew up brighter and true-to-name.
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Sips by Thésaurus Tea
Why you’ll love this tea
Exceedingly simple, and yet so good! A white tea with rose petals softly blended with natural fruity notes that will leave you humming happily.
Why you’ll love this brand
Thésaurus Tea is blended with dainty claws by a geeky dinosaur, and then steeped in fandom! While they have all the usual classic blends (and more!) that one might expect of any tea shop, they also host an ever-growing list of original teas based on popular sci-fi shows, movies, books and video games! On top of all this, they take special care with their impact on the environment: The majority of their teas come from fair trade suppliers who also prioritize that their products are ethical, ecological, and economical.
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Sips by Aesthete Tea
Why you’ll love this tea
A refreshing and soothing blend or organic Mao Feng green tea from Anhui Province in China and peppermint from the Pacific Northwest.
Why you’ll love this brand
Founded by Briana Thornton in 2017, Aesthete Tea & Collective is a Portland-based loose leaf tea brand, specializing in farm direct organic teas and herbal blends. Aesthete Tea’s proprietary tea blends are created by Master Blender Maggie Cassidy, who also happens to be Founder Briana Thornton’s mother. Aesthete maintains a strong mission to know their farmers and source from beautiful farms around the world that share the same values in quality, health and positivity.
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Sips by Nepal Tea
Why you’ll love this tea
Start the day the Nepalese way with Nepal Tea's unique Masala Chiyah. A blend of Orthodox, CTC teas and a special masala spice mix. Experience the color of CTC, flavors of Orthodox with the ‘zing’ of the home-made spice mix.
Why you’ll love this brand
Nepal Tea brings the finest, organic and high mountain teas from the foothills of Mt. Kanchanjangha, the third highest mountain in the world. They take responsibility for the entire supply chain – from production to packaging and distribution – and eliminate the middlemen who provide sub-par values to poor farmers in Nepal while increasing costs for the consumers. They not only empower their farmers economically by providing them better revenues, but also uplift them socially by providing free housing and free education to their children and distributing cows for additional income.
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Sips by Churchill's Fine Teas
Why you’ll love this tea
A medium-bodied blend of Ceylon and organic Chinese black teas. This blend is breakfast strength and very smooth.
Why you’ll love this brand
Founded in 2003 in Cincinnati, Ohio by Kathleen Kern and her daughter Katherine, Churchill's Fine Teas has two locations and offers nearly 300 varieties of loose leaf teas. The Kerns travel to Asia to source unique teas, and educate and share the world of specialty tea with their customers.
Churchill's Fine Teas was named Best Tea Shop and Selection in Cincinnati by City Beat Magazine's readers five years in a row. In addition to offering some of the finest and freshest loose leaf teas from the world's best tea gardens, they also host a number of special events and tastings to create fun and educational experiences within the community!
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Sips by Pinky Up
Why you’ll love this tea
Mmmm the spicy sweet aroma of a cup of steaming chai. Enjoy it with some milk or just steep in water. It comes with enough flavor to stand on its own!
Why you’ll love this brand
Pinky Up® tea is about guilt-free indulgence – a way to enjoy great flavor with few calories and do it in style with our line of on-trend tea time accessories. The brand was created in 2016 in Seattle, WA by a group of women who love tea and want high quality ingredients packaged with fun, feminine flair. From brewing to serving to sipping, Pinky Up has tea time nailed down.
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Sips by Dryad Tea
Why you’ll love this tea
A dark black tea blend created to aide in waking up. Roasted mate, a delicious blend of black teas and a touch of cinnamon all lend their flavors to this tea.
Why you’ll love this brand
Dryad Tea was created in February 2012 by Rubiee, a tea aficionado who also loves music. She handcrafts unique blends inspired by music, mythology, works of literary art and general geekery.
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Sips by Teamotions
Why you’ll love this tea
Improve memory and focus with this invigorating blend of rich black tea, bergamot oil, and a touch of sweet vanilla with holy basil and licorice root.
Why you’ll love this brand
Teamotions is more than a tea company, it's a revolutionary approach to emotional care and healing. They use scientifically supported adaptogen herbs and botanicals in each blend to help boost immunity, improve the body's response to stress, and restore well-being in every way.
Teamotions' line of teas supports the full spectrum of emotions, offering comfort and inspiration in any circumstance. Used daily, their teas will make a positive difference in how you feel.
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Sips by Wight Tea Co
Why you’ll love this tea
A simple but perfect combination of lavender and bergamot with Ceylon black tea leaves.
Why you’ll love this brand
Wight Tea Co was started by two tea-obsessed siblings in Baltimore, Maryland who share an appreciation for high-quality teas. Wight Tea Co was voted one of the best loose leaf tea brands of 2021. They have cultivated a passion over the years by creating and sharing their handmade blends with each other, and now want to share their love and knowledge of tea with the world!
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Sips by The Witchwood Teahouse
Why you’ll love this tea
A tasty tea, perfect for incorporating into any magickal ritual or ceremony. This blend of chai spices, rosemary and mugwort is mixed in small batches under the full moon. Mugwort is one of the most popular herbs for witches! It can amplify psychic vision, may induce prophetic or lucid dreams, encourages wisdom and observation. Rosemary has long been associated with protection in the physical and metaphysical world. It can help drive away negative energy, and also helps with memory recall.
Why you’ll love this brand
The Witchwood Teahouse is proud to continue the time-tested tradition of using tea to alleviate ailments, provide comfort after a long day, and uplift us when we need it most. Master Herbalist, Leandra Witchwood carefully crafts each blend in small batches, utilizing her 25+ years of experience and two diplomas in Master Herbalism to guide each blend. Her education and experience help ensure potency and pleasure with each sip you take. We believe that sipping tea should be a meaningful experience. It’s about going deeper as we tap into the vitality within.
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Need a natural morning boost or afternoon pick-me-up? Sips by has the best caffeinated teas to help perk up your days. From black tea to green tea, and flavored to pure, there's a caffeinated tea for every taste. Looking for even more caffeine? Try a high-caffeine tea. Whatever amount of energy you're looking for, there's a tea to help!
Interested in trying these teas and others? Subscribers receive 4 teas chosen just for them in every box. Learn more here.
About Sips by: We’re a female-founded and led startup that makes discovering tea fun, personalized, and affordable. The Sips by Box is the only multi-brand, personalized tea subscription box. Each month, we match tea drinkers across the U.S. with delicious teas from over 150 global tea brands that we’re sure they’ll love. Based out of Austin, Texas, we are adept at savoring a hot mug even when it’s seasonally inappropriate.