Sandry Law
Head of Procurement, China
Sandry Law serves as Head of Procurement (China) for Teamotea, operating from the company’s Kunming sourcing hub. Since joining the organization in 2017, he has built a multi-tiered vendor network that spans the Six Great Tea Mountains of Xishuangbanna, Lincang, and Pu’er prefectures, anchoring supply for all 35 product brands in the Teamotea constellation. His procurement philosophy is grounded in tea-science rigour: he personally audits every partner factory against GB/T 22111-2008, the national standard for puerh tea, and maintains a database of lot-level provenance that feeds the transparency dashboards on puerh.app and shop.thetea.app. Prior to Teamotea, Law spent six years with a state-owned tea export corporation in Guangdong, where he specialized in *shēng pǔ'ěr* (生普洱) and *hóng chá* (红茶) logistics. A 2014 apprenticeship in Menghai, under veteran tea maker Chen Yousheng, sharpened his ability to distinguish *dà shù* (大树) from *gǔ shù* (古树) material through organoleptic and chemical profiling. This training now underpins the internal lot-grading system used across tea.school’s sensory workshops and the procurement protocols for the company’s highest-tier offerings, including limited-run *yín zhēn* (银针) white tea and seasonal *mí lán xiāng* (蜜兰香) dancong. Law’s quality-control framework integrates moisture analysis, polyphenol titration, and supervised-cupping panels staffed by fellow Teamotea experts such as Zhou Xiang and Chen Hui Yi, ensuring every consignment meets the firm’s export-grade benchmarks. His sourcing missions are documented in the quarterly “Sourcing Diaries” published on tea.travel, which have become a reference point for industry professionals tracking Yunnan’s terroir evolution. In addition to procurement, Law chairs the internal Vendor Audit Committee, which reviews supplier compliance against sustainability criteria aligned with the company’s ESG disclosures, and he contributes to the tea academy’s curriculum on supply-chain integrity. Under his stewardship, Teamotea’s direct-sourcing footprint has expanded year-over-year, from twelve partner villages in 2018 to forty-seven in 2024.
Specialties
- *cǎigòu* (采购)
- *zhìliàng kòngzhì* (质量控制)
- *gōngyìngshāng kāifā* (供应商开发)
Sandry Law serves as Head of Procurement (China) for Teamotea, operating from the company’s Kunming sourcing hub. Since joining the organization in 2017, he has built a multi-tiered vendor network that spans the Six Great Tea Mountains of Xishuangbanna, Lincang, and Pu’er prefectures, anchoring supply for all 35 product brands in the Teamotea constellation. His procurement philosophy is grounded in tea-science rigour: he personally audits every partner factory against GB/T 22111-2008, the national standard for puerh tea, and maintains a database of lot-level provenance that feeds the transparency dashboards on puerh.app and shop.thetea.app. Prior to Teamotea, Law spent six years with a state-owned tea export corporation in Guangdong, where he specialized in shēng pǔ’ěr (生普洱) and hóng chá (红茶) logistics. A 2014 apprenticeship in Menghai, under veteran tea maker Chen Yousheng, sharpened his ability to distinguish dà shù (大树) from gǔ shù (古树) material through organoleptic and chemical profiling. This training now underpins the internal lot-grading system used across tea.school’s sensory workshops and the procurement protocols for the company’s highest-tier offerings, including limited-run yín zhēn (银针) white tea and seasonal mí lán xiāng (蜜兰香) dancong. Law’s quality-control framework integrates moisture analysis, polyphenol titration, and supervised-cupping panels staffed by fellow Teamotea experts such as Zhou Xiang and Chen Hui Yi, ensuring every consignment meets the firm’s export-grade benchmarks. His sourcing missions are documented in the quarterly “Sourcing Diaries” published on tea.travel, which have become a reference point for industry professionals tracking Yunnan’s terroir evolution. In addition to procurement, Law chairs the internal Vendor Audit Committee, which reviews supplier compliance against sustainability criteria aligned with the company’s ESG disclosures, and he contributes to the tea academy’s curriculum on supply-chain integrity. Under his stewardship, Teamotea’s direct-sourcing footprint has expanded year-over-year, from twelve partner villages in 2018 to forty-seven in 2024.