Top places to take tea around the British Isles
First up: the home of the classic cream tea - Devon and Cornwall.
NEWS
Let's go outside
As the British Summer hots up, Alexandra Fullerton rounds up the best places to enjoy afternoon tea al fresco. Posted: 29th June 2009 Read more →
Step back in time for tea
Vintage clothes shook off their fusty image years ago and now it's the turn of vintage tea ware to swipe the top style spot. Alexandra Fullerton reports... Posted: 22nd June 2009 Read more →
Tea for the boys
Just in time for Father's Day, Alexandra Fullerton reveals the growing trend for men to take afternoon tea. Posted: 16th June 2009 Read more →
Be Beau-tea-ful
Lock yourself in the bathroom with these brilliant beauty products that all contain tea. By Alexandra Fullerton. Posted: 8th June 2009 Read more →
Go West!
In the second focus on regional tea rooms, Alexandra Fullerton visits the West Country, including... Posted: 3rd June 2009 Read more →
Go Green
Alexandra Fullerton finds out what makes green tea different from it's less colourful cousins. Posted: 26th May 2009 Read more →
Blooming tasty teas
To celebrate this year's Chelsea Flower Show, some of our favourite tea places have devised... Posted: 19th May 2009 Read more →
Featured Tea Rooms
Moggerhanger Park Tearooms , Moggerhanger, Bedfordshire, MK44 3RW
New MemberMoggerhanger Tea Rooms are situated within Moggerhanger House which is a beautiful Grade 1 listed 18th Century Country House designed by the eminent architect, Sir John Soane and which has been lovingly restored over the las Keep reading →
Rectory Farm Tearooms, near Bude, Devon, EX23 9SR
A thirteenth-century farmhouse just ten minutes from spectacular Cornish cliffs Keep reading →
The Willow Tearoom, Glasgow, Glasgow, G2 3EX
Stylish modern tea rooms in the heart of the city Keep reading →
Odd Box
- 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 - 3/13
Love Is
Everyone's favourite...... By the middle of the 18th Century tea had replaced ale and gin as the drink of the masses and had become Britain's most popular beverage. More →
Tea Shop
'Afternoon Tea - Perfect places for afternoon tea' 2009/2010 - Exploring a splendid choice of quaint and cosy tea rooms, charming and unspoilt tea shops, and blissfully luxurious hotels, the book is presented in an attractive ‘gift’ format, and provides the reader with the ultimate guide of where to enjoy the best afternoon teas across the UK. Buy now →
Survey - how many cuppas?
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Total votes: 1620
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...