Rubin Trade House was established in 1993. The company specializes in the wholesale and retail trade of high-quality tea, coffee and healthy food.

Product range

The basis of the product range of the company is formed by high-quality tea and coffee brands, that belong to the company or are exclusively distributed by Rubin Trade House in the whole territory of Russia except the Far Eastern Federal District.

• Individual Entrepreneur Chudok Alexander Ilich is the importer for all purchases of tea which is indicated on each package of tea. Aleksandr Ilich Chudok has been the CEO of the Rubin Trade House since 1993. His name is a guarantee of the high quality of all foreign trade tea purchases.
  The incoming quality control of each delivery is carried out by the Committee for Tea Quality Control, created by him, consisting of specialists and experienced tea tasters. This committee is headed by Popov Alexander Gennadievich who has been the head of the Sea of ​​Tea store No. 1 (91, Fontanka river emb) since 2002.
• We give a priority to the high-quality teas that were packed in Sri Lanka, India or China. Such tea in our specialists’ opinion better preserves its high quality and taste much better and brings the unique aroma of a tea garden to the consumer. Rubin Trade House gets flavoured teas form Germany.
• Sole Agency Agreements give Rubin Trade House the exlusive right to sell the following tea brads in Russia: Shere, Qualitea, Mabroc, Fresh Tea, Birds of Ceylon, Sabro, Cha Bao, Best from the Sea of Tea, Vijaya and Anrize and the following tea brands: in the North-West Federal District Nargis, Tea Tang, Zelanika
• We have a wide collection of Chinese elite teas under our own brand “Cha Bao”.
• We offer a wide selection of tea accessories.

Wholesale trade

Rubin Trade House delivers the products, particularly tea, to 500 shops in St.Petersburg and also to many other shops that are situated in Leningrad and Novgorod regions at 200 kilometres' distance from St.Petersburg.

There is a regional department which has permanent representatives or buyers in Archangelsk, Vologda, Murmansk, Novgorod, Pskov region, in Komi and Karelia and many other cities of Russia. Our distributors in Moscow are large distribution companies.

Rubin Trade House is looking for partners all over Russia. We offer everyone who wishes to sell quality tea to join the company on mutually advantageous conditions.

• Sales department in St.Petersburg - gorod @tdr.ru
• Sales department in Leningrad region - cot@tdr.ru
• Sales department on the North -Western region - region1@tdr.ru

Sea of tea boutques

Today there are 60 Sea of tea shops. Sales area of each shop is 15-50 m2. Sea of Tea shops offer a full range of teas from Rubin Trade House including elite teas from China, India, Ceylon, Japan and Germany, fruit and herbal teas, hibiscus, roibos and mate. You can find a wide variety of tea accessories and gift packages. High-qualified sales people work in the shops. Different promotional activities are permanently carried out in the shops. Our customers have an opportunity to win a prize or a gift upon a purchase.

Rubin Trade House also supplies tea to the other branded tea stores in many cities in the North-Western region and some others with the major part of our assortment.

• Rubin Trade House is looking for partners to open Sea of Tea branded tea shops in Russia on the franchise base. You can find the Franchise Agreement in the present website. The conditions of work under the Sea of Tea brand are simple and profitable. Rubin Trade House provides all the necessary goods and offers a high trading margin. First deliveries must be prepaid. We offer advertising support and staff training.

International tea center

International tea center is situated in a historical building on Fontanka river emb., 91.

Tea Museum was opened here in September 2018. The museum has more than 100 exhibits of 19-20 centuries and original models and compositions telling about tea history in Russia and other countries. Exciting tours lasting 1.5 hours are held in the museum. In the end of each tour we offer our guests to taste 6 varieties of tea from all over the world and to guess which tea is from which country. The winner gets a prize.

We invite all tea lovers to visit the International Tea Center.

Advance booking: tel.: +7(812)310-3698

Sea of tea Newspaper

“Sea of tea” Newspaper is an informational advertising edition. Its official circulation is 120 thousand copies. The newspaper comes out every 1,5-2 months. It is being distributed in Sea of Tea shops, among all wholesale clients, in supermarkets, business centers, at the exhibitions and near Metro stations. Newspaper has been published since 2005.