The Wissotzky Tea company was founded in 1849 by Kalonimus Wolf Wissotzky in Moscow, Russia. The office was managed by the Zionist leader Ahad Ha'am.

In 1936, Shimon Ziedler, a member of the Wissotzky family, opened a plant in Tel Aviv (then governed by the British Mandate for Palestine). Eventually the company headquarters moved to Tel Aviv. Today, the company is still run by the Wissotzky family.