NEWS
Behind the scenes at the UK's best tea room: Davenports in Cheshire
Davenports in Cheshire has won The Tea Guild's Top Tea Place Award 2013. Owner Belinda Davenport explains the story behind the success. Posted: 16th May 2013 Read more →
Success Story
The Goring Hotel in Mayfair has been recognized by The Tea Guild as the best place in London to go for afternoon tea. Catherine Whyte finds out more. Posted: 23rd April 2013 Read more →
Davenports Tea Room awarded UK's Top Tea Place 2013
An Alice in Wonderland themed tea room in Northwich, Cheshire, has been named as the best place in the UK to enjoy afternoon tea, after winning the prestigious Tea Guild's Top Tea Place Award 2013. Posted: 12th April 2013 Read more →
The Montagu Arms Awarded Top City and Country Hotel Award 2013
The Montagu Arms Country Hotel has achieved the highest accolade of the tea world by winning The Tea Guild's Top City and Country Hotel Tea Award 2013. Posted: 11th April 2013 Read more →
The Goring Hotel named as London's Top Afternoon Tea Place 2013
The Goring Hotel has been awarded The 2013 Top London Afternoon Tea Award by The Tea Guild. Posted: 10th April 2013 Read more →
London wins 22 prestigious Tea Guild Awards of Excellence this year
The Tea Guild has bestowed 22 Awards of Excellence in this year's Top London Afternoon Tea Awards... Posted: 9th April 2013 Read more →
2013 Tea Guild Awards of Excellence
As the standards that Tea Guild members offer their customers continue to rise ever higher it was... Posted: 8th April 2013 Read more →
Featured Tea Rooms
Northern Tea Merchants, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S40 2BA
Excellent teas to sample with the traditional afternoon accompaniments, or to buy from a wide specialist range 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 →
Lock House Tea Rooms, Long Eaton, Nottinghamshire, NG10 2FY
Indulge in a little culinary nostalgia with a range of old-fashioned choices Keep reading →
Odd Box
- Teetotal country-music singer-songwriter Jed Ford — wrote a song about his love of tea!
- The Strawkites — like a cup of tea... a nice cup of tea
- 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)
- 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: Imporient UK Ltd
IMPORIENT (UK) LTD
IMPORIENT is one of the United Kingdom’s leading independent tea companies, with roots extending back over 140 years. From our offices in London, UK and Mombasa, Kenya, we export more than 36 million kilos of tea worldwide each year and have grown to become one of the top three largest exporters of tea from East... Read more
Tea Fact - 13/13
98%
As you like it...... 98% of people take their tea with milk, but only 30% take sugar in tea. More →
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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...