# Numi Tea Aged Earl Grey™ — TilliT proof check

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## Product

- **Brand:** Numi Tea
- **Product:** Aged Earl Grey™
- **Sold at:** numitea.com
- **Product page:** https://numitea.com/products/aged-earl-grey
- **Assessment ID:** pta_dfc90b90b35c42219909ce0054c76eff
- **Assessed:** 2026-10-29
- **Last reviewed:** n/a
- **Review mode:** Not final · review pending  
  ⚠️ At least one claim here is **preliminary** — a person is still reviewing it; see the per-claim status.
- **Methodology version:** 2026.10.4
- **Canonical page:** https://tillit.world/p/pta_dfc90b90b35c42219909ce0054c76eff

## Overall (safe to quote)

Aged Earl Grey™ by Numi Tea — public trust assessment of 3 observed badge claim(s): Organic: Partially Supported by Public Evidence; Non-GMO: Limited Public Support; Fair Trade: Limited Public Support. These statuses reflect publicly available evidence only, not a review of the seller's own certificates or documents.

## Claims checked

### Organic

- **Status:** Preliminary — a person is still reviewing this (`preliminary`)
- **Claim observed on the page:** “99 Flavor: Bright & Citrusy Caffeine: High We age organic Assam with real bergamot–an aromatic Italian orange”
- **Certifier named:** Quality Assurance International (via USDA Organic Integrity Database)
- **Safe citation wording:** Preliminary — awaiting TilliT review: Numi Tea publicly presents this product as Organic and some public evidence supports the claim, but the evidence scope is incomplete. Specifically, a certifier lists this brand as certified, but not this specific product, and the product page displays a recognized certification mark. Public evidence found is brand-level, company-level, product family-level, product-level. Batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. An independent registry lists the company behind this claim as certified, but that listing is company-level, not confirmed for this exact product. This claim's own wording corresponds to the USDA National Organic Program (US)'s 'organic' labeling category (requires at least 95% organic content; may display the official organic seal).
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-12-05
- **Limitation:** Generic certifier-directory search skipped: a structured Quality Assurance International (via USDA Organic Integrity Database) match already resolved this badge with higher confidence than a text-directory probe could add.
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 7 checks.

### Non-GMO

- **Status:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 13/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Assam black tea, organic bergamot oil Organic Non-GMO Halal Kosher Fair Trade Certified B Corporation Climate”
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a Non-GMO claim, and the brand's FAQ states that its products are USDA organic certified and that teabags are Non-GMO Verified, though the Aged Earl Grey product is not named in that FAQ. Public evidence found is brand-level and company-level, and batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. No independent certifier record for this specific product was found in the sources reviewed.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-25
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 6 checks.

### Fair Trade

- **Status:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 51/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “2 tea bags, cool and pour over ice. Ingredients Fair Trade Certified™ organic Assam black tea, organic bergamot oil Organic”
- **Certifier named:** Fairtrade International (Fairtrade Finder)
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a Fair Trade Certified™ mark and names Fair Trade Certified organic Assam black tea, and a certifier lists the brand as certified, but that listing is brand-level and not confirmed for this exact product. Public evidence retrieved was brand- and company-level; batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. Independent research notes general limitations in fair-trade premium tracking below the cooperative or plantation level, which is an industry-wide observation and not a finding specific to this product.
- **Re-verification due:** 2027-10-26
- **Limitation:** The fair-trade mark shown on this product is Fair Trade USA, but the only registry TilliT can search for this claim is Fairtrade International — a different, separately-run certification scheme. This scheme publishes no searchable public directory, so its certification can't be confirmed or ruled out from public data.
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 7 checks.
- **Limitation:** Generic certifier-directory search skipped: a structured Fairtrade International (Fairtrade Finder) match already resolved this badge with higher confidence than a text-directory probe could add.

## Not claimed on this page

Gluten-Free, Allergen-Free, Vegan.

## Machine-readable versions

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## How to cite this

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_Generated 2026-10-29T17:17:18+00:00 from assessment pta_dfc90b90b35c42219909ce0054c76eff._