Journal

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Spring is the most important time of year for tea, so we've been speaking to the master producers we partner with to find out how spring 2021 is shaping up for them.

As winter ends, our tea buyer, Tom, takes some time to review the past year and reports on some exciting plans and teas for the spring ahead.

Dive into the taste, origin and story behind our new Aged Fuding White Peony – a complex and mellow white tea that was picked in Spring 2015 and naturally aged by JING.

In the UK every year we use 61 billion tea bags – that’s enough to cover 31,000 football pitches. Most of these will end up in landfill, as the materials used to make tea bags are very often not biodegradable.

We think a bigger loose tea revival is overdue. There are plenty of benefits to choosing loose over teabags, but now more than ever we need to reduce consumption of unnecessary packaging – and in many situations, teabags fall into this category: products with unnecessary packaging.

Earlier this year we had some very special visitors in our store in St Christopher’s Place – Josep Roca, one of the three Roca Brothers who are 3-star Michelin chefs and owners of El Celler de Can Roca, and The Macallan whisky maker Steven Bremner. They were filming for their new documentary ‘Distil Your World’, which shows three Roca Brothers and Steven embark on an explorative journey to some of the most iconic places in the world.

Find out which foodie books, podcasts and TV series have been inspiring us to get creative in the kitchen this month.

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It’s been a hard year for Indian tea origins, but against the odds, Tom's found second flush Assams have a richer colour and intensity than previous years. Find out why and what to expect from this year's Assam Breakfast.

As he hits peak sourcing season, Tom, our Head of Tea, shares what teas have been on his tasting table this month and what you can expect to be drinking this year.