NEWS
Behind the scenes with the UK's first Tea Sommelier
When you venture out for afternoon tea it's easy to pick your favourite blend - but if there's a special menu of exotic teas it'd be a waste not to explore them further! But where do you start? A tea sommelier can help. Posted: 18th 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 →
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 bank of bleak, dull and depressing days. 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 →
Christmas Gift Guide for Tea lovers
Whether you're buying for friends, family, partners or colleagues we've found the perfect Christmas... Posted: 1st December 2009 Read more →
Featured Tea Rooms
The Black Swan Tearoom and Patisserie , Helmsley, Yorks, YO62 5BJ
The Black Swan Hotel is famous not just as a hotel, but also as a landmark, dominating the market square of Helmsley, Yorkshire. 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 →
de Wynn's Tea & Coffee House , Cornwall, Cornwall, TR11 3DS
Named after one of Falmouth's earliest entrepreneurs, de Wynn's is housed in a historic Grade II listed building that was once a hotel with links to the packet ships that carried mail to all parts of the globe in the 18th century. Keep reading →
Odd Box
- 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
Competition
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 →
Tea Shop
'Afternoon Tea - Perfect places for afternoon tea' 2009/2010 - NOT AVAILABLE - Unfortunately this best selling book is now sold out due to popular demand. Please check back here for the latest edition when it becomes available. Buy now →
Gallery - send us your pictures!
The latest images of tea fans in action...
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Survey - Winter tea drinking - how many mugs a day?
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Total votes: 4176
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...