NEWS
New 2012 edition of The Tea Guild's best selling guide book
Plan the perfect afternoon - Afternoon Tea is more popular than ever appealing to all age groups and offers a delightful experience for many occasions. Posted: 17th April 2012 Read more →
Betty's Cafe Tea Rooms Northallerton wins award for Top Tea Place in Britain 2012
Bettys Cafe Tea Rooms, located in Northallerton, has been named as the best place in Britain to enjoy afternoon tea, after scooping The Tea Guild's prestigious award for Top Tea Place 2012. Posted: 30th March 2012 Read more →
Pennyhill Park Hotel & Spa wins the Top City and Country Hotel Tea Award 2012
Pennyhill Park Hotel & Spa in Bagshot, Surrey, has achieved the highest accolade of the tea world by winning The Tea Guild's prestigious Top City and Country Hotel Tea Award 2012. Posted: 29th March 2012 Read more →
The Athenaeum Hotel is named London's Top Afternoon Tea Place for 2012
The best place in London to enjoy a sumptuous afternoon tea has been named as The Athenaeum Hotel, which has scooped The Tea Guild's prestigious award for the capital for "Top London Afternoon Tea... Posted: 28th March 2012 Read more →
The Tea Guild's Award of Excellence Winners 2012
38 special Awards of Excellence have been given to tea rooms across Britain in recognition of their... Posted: 27th March 2012 Read more →
The Top City and Country Hotel Awards of Excellence Winners 2012
The Tea Guild has bestowed 12 Awards of Excellence in this year's Top City and Country Hotel Tea... Posted: 27th March 2012 Read more →
London Wins 21 prestigious Tea Guild Awards of Excellence
The Tea Guild has bestowed 21 Awards of Excellence in this year's Top London Afternoon Tea Awards... Posted: 27th March 2012 Read more →
Featured Tea Rooms
Bullivant of York, York, Yorkshire, YO1 8QJ
All-day home-cooked fare in a city centre location Keep reading →
Searcy at The Pump Room, Somerset, Somerset, BA1 1LZ
Classical music, elegant surroundigs and fine teas Keep reading →
Ollerton Watermill Tea Shop, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG22 9AA
Winner of The Tea Guild's Top Tea Place Award 2005.Ollerton Watermill Tea Shop was an Award of Excellence winner in 2006.Please phone 01623 822469 to make reservations and for current opening hours. Keep reading →
Odd Box
- Video: Gilbert O'Sullivan — Where Would We Be (Without Tea)
- Tea: Fuel of the Nation (2012) — great short film about Britain's relationship with the iconic drink that is tea.
- Express FM's world famous 'Tea Spot' ran a competition with the UK Tea Council - — listen to the winners interview about their afternoon tea at The Dorchester.
- Band I LIKE TRAINS also like tea — so much so that they've made their own brand of tea - check the advert on YouTube...
- A Nice Cup Of Tea — song on YouTube
- Letting Off Steam — 3D animation by Nikki Atkinson about a woman who loves tea
- Tea with Mary Kate — Tea Tasting Adventure with James Pogson, Owner of Northern Tea Merchants
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor loves a cuppa — Matt Edmondson takes Sophie Ellis-Bextor on a date in a tea shop.
- BBC Radio 4 The Food Programme — Listen to Bill Gorman from the UK Tea Council talking about growth of tea consumption on BBC Radio 4.
- RAF man's loop-the-loop tea stunt for charity — How to not spill a drop of the precious stuff while in a plane...
- Did you know that you can fix a torn nail with a tea bag? — Here's how....
- High Tea — in London (photo)
- Melinda Messenger's love of tea is down to health — get the kettle on and watch the video!
- White Tea — the solution to the obesity epidemic?
- Making the perfect cuppa — with Jonathan Hudson Evans
- Green tea ice cream — recipe
- Tea Round — settles the argument of whose turn it is to make tea. (iPhone app)
- Crazy expensive — tea
- Tea Expert Jane Pettigrew — talks tea varieties
- Wired Magazine — Tea is the new coffee.
- Drinking tea with chopsticks in microgravity — You Tube video
Tea & Business
Featured Member: The Tea Guild
The Tea Council created the Tea Guild to promote high standards of preparing, serving and selling tea outside of the home. Membership to this exclusive and prestigious organisation is by invitation only. All establishments must fulfil exacting criteria and pass inspection at least once a year by professional tea tasters. Each tea place offers a... Read more
Tea Shop
'Afternoon Tea - Perfect places for afternoon tea' 2012 - The new guide book covering the best venues in the UK for afternoon tea in 2012 has just been published by the AA in conjunction with the Tea Guild. Buy now →
Tea Fact - 1/13
Chill Winston!
Tea break time...... Tea breaks are a tradition that have been with us for approximately 200 years. More →
Gallery - send us your pictures!
The latest images of tea fans in action...
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Tea Advisory Panel (TAP)
The Tea Advisory Panel was created to provide media with impartial information regarding the health benefits of tea. Panel members include nutritionists; dieticians and doctors. For further information please call 0207 052 8989. Read more...