Compramos té indio.

Spanish often drops subject pronouns when the verb already makes the subject clear.

• compramos can mean we buy or we bought
• the ending -amos already tells you the subject is we

So Compramos té indio is a completely natural sentence. You can add nosotros for emphasis or contrast:

• Nosotros compramos té indio, no café. = We buy Indian tea, not coffee.

It can mean either one, depending on context.

• Present tense: we buy
• Preterite: we bought

This happens because the nosotros form of some -ar verbs looks the same in those two tenses.

So:

• Compramos té indio todos los meses. = We buy Indian tea every month.
• Ayer compramos té indio. = Yesterday we bought Indian tea.

The surrounding context usually makes the meaning clear.

In Spanish, nouns often appear without an article when talking about something in a general or indefinite way, especially after verbs like comprar.

So Compramos té indio means something like:

• We buy Indian tea
• We bought Indian tea

If you add an article, the meaning changes slightly:

• Compramos un té indio = we bought one Indian tea / an Indian tea
• Compramos el té indio = we bought the Indian tea
• Compramos té indio = we bought/buy Indian tea in a general sense

The accent mark distinguishes té (tea) from te (you, as an object pronoun).

Compare:

• té = tea
• te = you

Examples:

• Bebo té. = I drink tea.
• Te veo. = I see you.

So the accent is important because it changes the word.

In Spanish, most adjectives usually come after the noun.

So:

• té indio = Indian tea

This is the normal order. Putting the adjective before the noun is much less common and often changes the tone or emphasis. For a nationality/type adjective like this, after the noun is the standard position.

The adjective has to agree with the noun it describes.

Here, té is:

• singular
• masculine

So the adjective must also be:

• singular
• masculine

That gives:

• té indio

Other combinations would be:

• tés indios = Indian teas
• infusión india = Indian infusion/drink

Yes, in this sentence indio means from India.

So té indio means Indian tea.

A common point of confusion:

• indio can also refer to an indigenous person in some contexts
• but here, because it is describing tea, it clearly means Indian

Spanish learners also sometimes confuse indio with hindú:

• indio = Indian, from India
• hindú = Hindu, relating to Hinduism

So for tea from India, té indio is fine.

Yes. Té de la India is also possible and means tea from India.

The difference is mainly in style:

• té indio = Indian tea
• té de la India = tea from India

Both are understandable. The adjective version, té indio, is shorter and very natural.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

kom-PRA-mos té IN-dyo

A few details:

• compramos: stress on pra
• té: short, clear vowel
• indio: often sounds roughly like IN-dyo

In Spain, the d in indio is usually softer than the English d, especially between vowels.

Yes. You can make it more specific in several ways:

• Compramos el té indio. = We bought the Indian tea.
• Compramos un té indio muy caro. = We bought a very expensive Indian tea.
• Compramos té indio ecológico. = We buy/bought organic Indian tea.

The original sentence, Compramos té indio, is broad and natural, but not very specific. That is often perfectly fine in Spanish.