Things We Love and Look After Our Tea Farmers PG tips was the first tea in the UK to carry the Rainforest Alliance Certified™ seal. Our tea is farmed by workers earning a decent wage, with access to good quality housing, medical care and education for their children. Our Heritage Arthur Brooke opened his first tea shop in Manchester in 1869, launching PG tips as part of the Brooke Bond family in 1930. The PG tips factory is still in Manchester today.