New look for a tea brand that's been around since 1879

Every year, a whopping 150 billion Lipton drinks are enjoyed around the world, and the brand remains the premier hot tea brand globally. Photos: The Star/Raymond Ooi

The storied history of one of the world’s most popular tea brands began in 1878 with a forward-thinking entrepreneur named Sir Thomas Lipton. Driven and dynamic, Lipton was once a ship’s cabin boy who saw opportunity where others saw obstacles.

He purchased tea plantations in Sri Lanka and set about packaging and shipping high-quality teas directly from tea gardens to tea pots at low cost, offering the British working-class their first sip of affordable tea.