Where to take Mum for afternoon tea on March 14th

Unless you're quick, Mother's Day afternoon tea venues will be all booked up! Reserve a table at one of the members of The Tea Guild NOW, for the ultimate way to indulge your Mum next week. Posted: 3rd March 2010 Read more →

Sri Lanka - Global tea exporter

Sri Lanka may be only 25,000 miles square but its immense tea cultivation yields 298,000 tonnes of tea a year! Perhaps when you next make a cuppa the leaves in your bag will have come from the South Asian island? Posted: 26th February 2010 Read more →

Don't forget to book afternoon tea for Mother's Day!

Coming up on March 14th, Mothering Sunday is one of the busiest days of the year for members of The Tea Guild so make sure you reserve a table today! Posted: 23rd February 2010 Read more →

China - Global Tea Producer

Whenever you dunk a teabag into your mug or tip a spoonful of loose leaves into a teapot, we bet your thoughts are only on the refreshingly delicious brew you're about to enjoy and not the epic... Posted: 27th January 2010 Read more →

How Afternoon Tea Can Cheer Those Dark January Days

After the sparkle of Christmas and New Year have died down, January can seem to stretch out into a... Posted: 20th January 2010 Read more →

The future of tea in 2010

Tea experts across the country have been looking into their crystal balls - or perhaps they've been... Posted: 15th December 2009 Read more →

It's Chai time

When cold weather hits a hot cup of tea is the ultimate winter warmer, but this year why not try... Posted: 8th December 2009 Read more →

The River Bar and Restaurant at The Lowry Hotel , Salford, Manchester, M3 5LH
Modern waterside bar in a brand new hotel built by Rocco Forte on the banks of the River Irwell on the Salford-Manchester border. Keep reading →

Rubens at the Palace, London, London, SW1W 0PS
A friendly hotel where afternoons are spent rewardingly Keep reading →

Tea on the Green, Essex, Essex, CM3 4QF
Village green tea shop with superb cakes and savouries Keep reading →

• 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.
• Tea Party: private afternoon tea parties — Tea Party offers private afternoon tea parties in their gorgeous tea room. Suitable for birthday teas, hen parties, baby showers, Sweet 16, pre-wedding teas and all manner of splendid occasions!
• 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? — Cut a piece of paper from the corner of a dry tea bag, place over the tear, apply a tiny amount of clear nail polish to the paper and press on top. Allow to dry and finish off by filing into shape.
• High Tea — takes on a new meaning (BBC video)
• 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
• Outdoor tea action — brew up anytime, anyplace anywhere - with a Kelly Kettle (YouTube video)
• 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.
• Tea is for drinking! — Health benefits (YouTube)
• Drinking tea with chopsticks in microgravity — You Tube video

Tea Fact - ¹⁰/₁₃

Fight!

And the doctor away...... Tea has potential health maintainence benefits in cardiovascular disease and cancer prevention. More →

Tea Shop

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Survey - Winter tea drinking - how many mugs a day?

December 2009:
How may mugs of tea will you drink on average a day in this chilly time of year?

Click on the appropriate cup and see how you compare with others:

8%	13%	17%	21%	15%	27%

Total votes: 4126

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...

TEA a brief history...

Tea is so much a part of everyday life in Britain that we might never stop to think about how a unique plant from faraway China became the nation's favourite drink. But the history of tea is fascinating, and in this section we can follow its story from the earliest times in Imperial China right up to its present place at the heart of British life. Read more...