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All the supermarkets seems to sell the same brands and I have no idea if any of them are mostly processed in Europe or elsewhere in the world.
Do you have recommendations? I like the ones with a fruity taste more.
This one is my current favorite:
They claim on the package that they care about sustainability, better working conditions and social engagement.Click to view
Tea (and coffee) are kind of a tricky one for this topic. We don't tend to grow tea leaves / coffee beans in mass quantities in Europe. Please correct me but I thought tea was mostly grown in India and China and Japan and those areas whereas coffee in South America / Africa. They'll be shipped over to Europe for roasting for sure.
And berry tea is not tea. I will die on this hill.
A lot of tea comes from Africa too. Kenya is one of the world's biggest tea producers (number 3, after China and India), and African tea is a major component in most commercial blends.
Closer to home, Turkey is also a fairly sizable producer, although because Turkey is also the world's largest tea consumer most of their tea is consumed domestically rather than exported.
Japan actually isn't a very big tea producer, by volume. Other producers which beat Japan on volume are Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. Even Argentina produces more tea than Japan.
Oh yes, forgot about Turkey. We had fun drinking tea there.
Though it's not (currently) done on a large commercial scale, you can absolutely grow tea plants in the UK.
There's a few small companies doing it, who normally produce fairly expensive stuff, but also you can grow the plant (Camellia sinensis) yourself in most areas of the UK in a pot in the garden.
Good quality loose-leaf tea comes mainly from China, Taiwan and Japan. Bulk tea, like what goes into teabags, comes from India, and some other countries. There is some tea production in Europe, but last time I heard, those leaves tend to be expensive and not as good as Asian leaves. Blending and scenting can of course be done in Europe, but the raw ingredient comes from somewhere else.
And, yes, something like tisane would be a better word for the non-tea teas.
Tea Adventure's Online Tea Shops list is a good tool, if you want to find tea sellers. You can use the text box in the upper right corner of the list to filter the shops. For example, write "europe" in it, and you get only European tea shops.
Do you count herbal tea? We have a lot of that in southern Europe. Here's some from Greece (probably not exported though) https://www.finoherbs.gr/en/product-category/teabags/ This site is very low on details but most of these herbs grow here naturally and they probably do in adjacent countries too.