Specialty Spice Tea Merchant Business Cards

Oval 2.5" x 3.5" on 16 pt. Premium Matte (Gloss Est.) slides into sample bags and tasting trays when spice and tea merchants hand cards at farmers markets, Fancy Food booths, or café wholesale meetings. Matte face cuts tent glare before chefs see your catalog line. Sixteen-point stiffness survives apron pockets and display caddies through holiday tasting season. The oval silhouette still carries a QR code and callback number while feeling distinct from flat rectangle stacks on gourmet tables.

Specialty merchants testing one farmers-market circuit, a handful of café consignment drops, and a local food-festival booth often need 100 cards before scaling to 250 or 500 across market crews. Inexpensive pricing on oval Premium Matte stock keeps small-batch spice shops lean while still delivering a tactile follow that outlasts buried wholesale emails after a cupping chat. Scale quantity once catalog URLs and blend lines prove stable across your tasting calendar.

One labeled QR to wholesale order portals, seasonal blend menus, or a chai and spice pairing guide PDF outperforms cluttered icon rows on a matte oval face. We test scans under bright outdoor market sun and dim tea-room lighting during proofing. Keep the direct line larger than the QR because restaurant buyers often call from kitchens when they want to confirm a sample shipment slot before a menu refresh deadline. Many shops start near 100 pieces at 2.5x3.5.

Lock shop palette, oval die, and Premium Matte stock, then swap merchant name, family cue such as single-origin tea or rub blends, and direct mobile from a spreadsheet. A 100-count starter per lead validates layout before you scale across market booth staff. Shared visual identity with personal callability converts chef referrals faster than one generic card on a sample spoon after a tasting consult.

16 pt. Premium Matte (Gloss Est.) resists bend when cards ride beside spice jars and tasting notes through months of weekend market routes. Low-glare matte keeps shop names readable under mixed tent shade and indoor expo fluorescents merchants experience weekly. Human inspectors check stack flatness on every 100-count oval run before boxes ship to your shop office.

Production typically runs a few business days after digital proof approval on starter runs. Ground transit from the nearest CA, OH, TX, FL, or NJ plant usually delivers in about 3-5 business days depending on carrier routes. Rush tiers appear at checkout when a Fancy Food Show or holiday wholesale push is tighter than standard ground allows. Checkout separates production from shipping so harvest and market calendars stay honest.

Regional hubs in Rhode Island, Texas, Ohio, Florida, California, and Kentucky shorten ground miles for most gourmet food and specialty-beverage markets. Northeast artisan-food rows from Rhode Island, Texas for Gulf spice importers, Ohio for Midwest co-op circuits, Florida for Southeast resort gift shops, California for West Coast tea-house wholesalers, and Kentucky for mid-South bourbon-and-spice gift routes. Checkout shows honest calendars before you commit to a busy holiday tasting push. Many shops start near 100 pieces at 2.5x3.5.

Use the back for one short line such as Loose leaf, rubs, and wholesale, a single QR to your catalog, or a calm sample-order pointer without crowding the front call line. Skip long ingredient tables that belong on product tins. Free Design Setup balances both sides so the front stays merchant-forward while the back triggers the right follow-up after a chef conversation. Many shops start near 100 pieces at 2.5x3.5.

The printed QR points to the URL established at production time. If your catalog host changes later, use a stable landing page that redirects to the new wholesale hub so existing cards keep working. We recommend that pattern during Free Design Setup so buyers scanning cards from last market season still reach live order forms without forcing a mid-holiday reprint. Many shops start near 100 pieces at 2.5x3.5.

A 100-card run on oval 2.5" x 3.5" 16 pt. Premium Matte (Gloss Est.) is from $23.82 with live pricing on our order form. Order online and cards ship nationwide from the closest CA, OH, TX, FL, or NJ facility, usually 3-5 business days by ground with rush at checkout. Free design setup blends a human designer with AI touch-ups. Send your logo, approve a digital proof before print, and upload PDF, AI, PSD, or high-res PNG/JPG.