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World Tea News

World Tea News

World Tea News (a division of SFG Group LLC dba World Tea Media) is an online publisher of tea business related news. Posted: 11th January 2012 Read more →

7-day Superfoods Cleansing Diet

7-day Superfoods Cleansing Diet

With the festive period and its over-indulgence firmly in the past, now is the time to drag out those New Year resolutions and kick start your healthy eating plan. Posted: 6th January 2012 Read more →

New 2012 edition of The Tea Guild's best selling guide book

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: 28th October 2011 Read more →

Britain's got a Tea Poet!

Britain's got a Tea Poet!

Reviving a centuries old tradition of writing poetically about tea, Elizabeth Darcy Jones' delightful and often seductive verse is catching attention across the world. Posted: 25th August 2011 Read more →

Good news for tea fans

If you thought that drinking gallons of water was the only way to keep properly hydrated, we have... Posted: 3rd August 2011 Read more →

Rocke Cottage Tearooms in Shropshire receives The Tea Guild's Top UK Tea Place 2011 Award

One of the best places in the UK to enjoy afternoon tea has been named as Rocke Cottage Tearooms.... Posted: 8th April 2011 Read more →

The Angel Hotel wins the tea Guild's Top City and Country Hotel Tea Award 2011

One of the best places in the UK to enjoy afternoon tea has been named as The Angel Hotel in Wales.... Posted: 7th April 2011 Read more →

Featured Tea Rooms

The Exchange at the Sheraton , Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH3 9SR
Nestled in the shadow of historical and imposing Edinburgh Castle, the elegant and spacious Exchange Bar and Lounge in the Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa is the perfect spot for afternoon tea. Keep reading →

Claris's, Biddenden, Kent, TN27 8AL
A quintessentially English tea shop with beams, inglenook, lace tablecloths and delicious food Keep reading →

Bettys Cafe Tea Rooms - Northallerton, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, DL7 8LF
The most northerly of the six Bettys tea rooms Keep reading →

Odd Box

Oddbox

Competition

Win one of ten tea caddies of the new Britannia Dikom STGFOP1 loose leaf tea!

Tea & Business

Featured Member: DJ Miles & Co Ltd
A family run firm of tea and coffee merchants established in 1888. All our tea tasting, blending and packing is done in-house. We have a wide range of retail and catering products and complimentary ancillaries. Ask about our speciality teas and coffees. We have a firm base in the south west of England, and also provide a postal service for... Read more

Tea Shop

Tea Shop - Open

'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 - 2/13

The Top

Drink your way to the top...... 80% of office workers now claim they find out more about what's going on at work over a cup of tea than in any other way. More →

Tea Advisory Panel (TAP)

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...