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Behind the scenes with the UK's first Tea Sommelier

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 - 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

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

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

Bettys Cafe Tea Rooms - Ilkley, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire, LS29 9EE
A strikingly attractive tea room on the tree-lined Grove Keep reading →

The Coach House Coffee Shop, Loch Lomond, Sterlingshire, G83 8NN
A village coffee shop on the western shore of Loch Lomond Keep reading →

The Montagu at Hyatt Regency London - The Churchill , London, London, W1H 7BH
Contemporary lounge in five star London hotel close to Oxford Street?s top department stores. Keep reading →

Odd Box

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Competition

Win a selection of exclusive teas from Reginald Ames!

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 Shop

Tea Shop - Open

'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 →

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:

One... Two... Three... Four... Five... Six...
8% 13% 17% 20% 15% 27%

Total votes: 4214

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...