68 facilities fill liquid tea — bottled and canned, ready to drink — spread across 31 states — one of the widest geographic footprints of any category here. Only 10 publish a minimum. The interesting split on this page is not volume, it is container: 48 of them fill cans, 33 fill PET bottles, and the two point at genuinely different plants.
Published minimums first, then alphabetical. 10 figures out of 68 — for the other 58 the only way to size them up is to ask. Every facility here fills liquid tea into a bottle or a can; none of them are dry tea bag or loose leaf packers, which is a different industry with different equipment.
| Facility | Location | Minimum run | Formats | Alcohol | Services |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ginseng Up Corporation | Worcester, MA | 1,000 cases | Glass, PET, Can | Not published | Formulation, Filling only, Private label +2 |
| Great South Bay Brewery | Bay Shore, NY | 30 barrels | Can, Can 16oz | Yes | Filling only, R&D |
| HiveMind Beverage | Bolivar, MO | 140 gal | Can, Alu bottle | — | Filling only, Formulation, Design |
| MetaBrand | Edison, NJ | 2–3 pallets | PET, Glass, Can +1 | Yes | Formulation, R&D, Private label |
| Micropackers Inc | Island Park, NY | 5 gal | Can | Not published | Filling only, Labelling |
| Organic Craft Brewing & Co-packing (OC Brew Pack) | Vista, CA | 1,000 gal / SKU | Can | Yes | Filling only, Formulation, R&D +3 |
| ProtoPackers | Riverside, CA | No minimum | Can, PET | Not published | Formulation, R&D, Private label +1 |
| Son Beverage Company | San Antonio, TX | 200 gal | PET, Glass | Not published | Filling only, Private label, Labelling +1 |
| Stevens Point Brewery | Stevens Point, WI | 100 barrels | Can, Can 16oz, Glass +1 | Yes | Formulation, R&D, Warehousing |
| Universal Pure | Meriden, CT | 20,000 units | PET | Not published | Filling only, Cold storage, Labelling +2 |
| 1820 Brands (Geary Brewing Co.) | Portland, ME | Not published | Can, Can sleek, Can 16oz +2 | Yes | Formulation, Private label, R&D |
| Adirondack Bottling (Polar Beverages CM) | Scotia, NY | Not published | PET, Can | — | Formulation, R&D, Packaging sourcing +2 |
| Anvil Beverage Company | San Diego, CA | Not published | Can, Can 16oz, Can sleek +1 | Yes | Filling only, R&D |
| Arcadia Beverage | Arden, NC | Not published | PET | Not published | Filling only, Formulation, R&D +1 |
| BEC Beverage | Slidell, LA | Not published | PET | Not published | Formulation, Filling only, R&D +1 |
| Berner Food & Beverage | Dakota, IL | Not published | — | Not published | Formulation, R&D, Private label +3 |
| Best Bev | Waverly, NY | Not published | Can, Can sleek | Yes | Formulation, R&D, Packaging sourcing +2 |
| Bev-Hub | Manhattan, KS | 1,000 casesdeclared | Can sleek, Can 16oz, Alu bottle | Not published | Filling only, Labelling, Warehousing +1 |
| Bevcraft USA (ex Tripod Canning)mobile canning operator | Kenilworth, NJ | Not published | Can, Can 16oz | Yes | Filling only |
| Big Brands SoCal Co-Packing | Los Angeles, CA | Not published | Glass, PET, Can +1 | Yes | Formulation, Filling only, Labelling |
| Brick Box Brewery | Tucson, AZ | Not published | Can | Yes | Formulation, Packaging sourcing, Private label |
| Brooklyn Bottling Group | Milton, NY | Not published | PET, Glass, Can | Not published | Filling only |
| California Custom Beverage | Los Angeles, CA | Not published | Glass, Can, Can sleek | Not published | Filling only, Formulation, R&D +1 |
| Carolina Beverage Group | Mooresville, NC | Not published | Can | Yes | Formulation, Filling only, Warehousing +1 |
| Castle Co-Packers | Latrobe, PA | Not published | PET, Glass | Not published | Filling only, Labelling, Warehousing +1 |
| City Brewing Co. | La Crosse, WI | Not published | Can, Glass, Keg | Yes | Warehousing, Fulfilment |
| Clinton's Ditch Cooperative Co. | Cicero, NY | Not published | Can, PET | — | Filling only, Private label |
| Common Collabs | Fullerton, CA | Not published | PET, Glass, Can +1 | Not published | Filling only, Packaging sourcing |
| Connecticut Canning | Oxford, CT | Not published | Can, Can sleek, Can 16oz | Yes | Formulation, Filling only, Private label +4 |
| Consolidated Mills | Houston, TX | 25,000 unitsdeclared | Bag-in-box | Not published | Formulation, R&D, Private label +1 |
| Copacker LA | Los Angeles, CA | Not published | Can, Can 16oz, Alu bottle | Yes | Filling only, Private label, Formulation +1 |
| DeltaBev | Canoga Park, CA | Not published | Can, Can sleek | Not published | Filling only, Packaging sourcing, Warehousing |
| DrinkPAK | Santa Clarita, CA | Not published | Can, Can sleek, Can 16oz | Yes | Filling only, Warehousing, Fulfilment +1 |
| Epic Bottling | Coppell, TX | Not published | Glass, PET, Can | — | Formulation, R&D, Filling only +2 |
| Flavorcraft LLC | Louisville, KY | Not published | Glass, PET, Can +2 | Yes | Formulation, R&D, Private label +1 |
| Gehl Food & Beverage Lathrop (ex California Natural Products) | Lathrop, CA | Not published | Tetra Pak | Yes | Formulation |
| Headspace Beverage Solutions | Long Beach, CA | Not published | Can | Yes | Formulation, Filling only, Private label +3 |
| Homage & Hustle | Longmont, CO | Not published | Can | — | Filling only, Labelling |
| Iron Heart Canningmobile canning operator | Ashland, VA | Not published | Can, Can 16oz, Keg | Yes | Filling only, Packaging sourcing, Labelling +1 |
| Kansas City Beverage Company | Kansas City, MO | Not published | — | Yes | Private label, Design, Fulfilment |
| LDB Beverage | Stevenson, WA | Not published | Can, Glass, Keg | Yes | Filling only, Formulation, Fulfilment +1 |
| Lehrkinds Inc. | Bozeman, MT | Not published | Can, Alu bottle | Yes | Filling only, Private label, Labelling |
| LiDestri Food & Beverage - Lansdale (ex M.H. Zeigler) | Lansdale, PA | Not published | Glass, PET | Not published | Private label, Filling only, Formulation |
| LiDestri Food & Drink (Pennsauken) | Pennsauken, NJ | Not published | Tetra Pak, Glass, PET | Yes | Formulation, Filling only, Private label +2 |
| Maryland Packaging | Elkridge, MD | Not published | — | Not published | Private label |
| Matrix Bottling Group | Los Angeles, CA | Not published | Glass, PET, Alu bottle | — | Formulation, R&D, Private label +2 |
| Mayer Brothers | West Seneca, NY | Not published | PET, Glass | — | Private label, Labelling, Warehousing +1 |
| MBA Beverage | Phoenix, AZ | Not published | Can, PET | — | Private label, Formulation, R&D +1 |
| Mountaintop Beverage | Morgantown, WV | Not published | PET | — | Filling only, Private label, Packaging sourcing |
| Newport Bottling & Canning | Anaheim, CA | 25,000 units / SKUdeclared | Can, PET, Glass | Yes | Formulation, R&D, Filling only +1 |
| Niagara Bottling | Diamond Bar, CA | Not published | PET | — | Private label |
| Nidra Pack | Chesapeake, VA | Not published | Can | Yes | Formulation, Filling only, R&D +3 |
| Noel Canning & Bottling | Yakima, WA | Not published | Can, Glass, PET | Yes | Filling only, Private label |
| North American Breweries (Genesee Brewery, ex-FIFCO USA) | Rochester, NY | Not published | Glass, Can, Can sleek +2 | Yes | Filling only, Private label, Packaging sourcing |
| Organic Food Incubator | Bloomfield, NJ | Not published | — | Not published | Formulation, Private label, Labelling |
| Paradise Food and Beverage | Wilmington, DE | 100 units / SKUdeclared | PET, Glass | — | Formulation, R&D, Private label +3 |
| Pilot Canning Company | Columbus, OH | Not published | Can, Glass | Not published | Formulation, R&D, Private label +1 |
| Quantum Canning | Frederick, CO | Not published | Can, Can sleek, Can 16oz | Yes | Formulation, Filling only, R&D +2 |
| Redwood Beverage Group | West Sacramento, CA | Not published | Glass, PET, Can +1 | Not published | Formulation, Filling only, Private label +4 |
| Refresco Tempe (ex-AZPACK) | Tempe, AZ | Not published | Can, Can 16oz, PET | Not published | Formulation, Filling only, R&D +1 |
| Refresco Waco | Waco, TX | Not published | PET, Can | — | Filling only, Private label |
| Select Juice, LLC | Lancaster, PA | Not published | PET | — | Formulation, Private label, R&D +4 |
| Sierra Blanca Brewing Company | Moriarty, NM | Not published | Glass, Pouch, Keg | Yes | Filling only, Private label, Labelling +1 |
| SIP Manufacturing | Lake Elsinore, CA | Not published | Can, Can sleek, Can 16oz +3 | Yes | Filling only, Private label, Fulfilment +1 |
| Sterling Beverage Company | Buffalo, NY | Not published | Can, Can sleek, Can 16oz | Not published | Private label |
| US Beverage Packers (USBP) | Keasbey, NJ | Not published | Can, PET | Not published | Filling only, Warehousing, Labelling +1 |
| Westrock Coffee Company | Conway, AR | Not published | Can, PET, Glass | — | Formulation, R&D, Private label +3 |
| Whitlock Packaging (Refresco) | Fort Gibson, OK | Not published | PET, Can, Tetra Pak +1 | — | Filling only, Private label |
Tea is an extraction, not a blend. Leaf or concentrate, temperature, contact time and water chemistry all decide what ends up in the can, and none of it happens on the filler. That is why 39 of these 68 facilities list formulation among their services.
It also explains the container split. PET and hot fill go together: brew hot, fill hot, let the heat sterilise the bottle. Cans usually mean tunnel pasteurisation or a cold aseptic process instead. 33 of these 68 fill PET, 48 fill cans, and the overlap is smaller than it looks once you ask about process rather than packaging.
The practical read: ask whether they brew from leaf or buy concentrate. Both are legitimate, they cost different amounts, and they do not taste the same.
Across the 237 facilities we track nationally, 36 publish a minimum — about one in seven. Tea publishes 10 of 68, close to that average.
Two of those 10 sit far apart and are worth naming. ProtoPackers in Riverside, California states no minimum at all — the lowest barrier anywhere in our database. Universal Pure publishes 20,000 units per run. Both are on this list, and no average would tell you that.
Sweetener changes the plant, not just the recipe. Cane sugar, stevia, monk fruit and unsweetened all behave differently through a hot-fill system, and some lines are set up for one and not the others. Name yours in the first email.
30 of these 68 are alcohol-capable. Hard tea runs on the same equipment as iced tea, so a large part of this list is licensed. That is useful if your roadmap crosses into alcohol later — and irrelevant if it does not.
Search results for “tea co-packer” are mostly the wrong industry. Most of what ranks for that phrase packs tea bags, sachets and loose leaf — dry goods, in a dry facility. If you are filling a bottle or a can with brewed tea, this page is the list you want, and none of the 68 here are dry packers.
Shelf life is a process decision made before the first sample. Hot fill, tunnel pasteurisation, aseptic and refrigerated all produce a drinkable iced tea with completely different distribution consequences. Two quotes built on different processes are not comparable.
58 of these 68 publish no minimum, so the only way to size them up is to ask. Send your requirements for free: within two business days I tell you how many facilities fit. For $99, I ask every one of them and send you their written answers, refunded in full if none says yes.