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
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
- 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 - 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
'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: 4214
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...