Staff Favourites
For those of you who like to see the folk behind the business, here we are and when pushed to choose just one tea, this is our selection:
Jennifer Wood
Company Director in her 40s
This tea does it for me when i need a refreshing bolt of something green with a clean, distinctive taste. It has that fresh, grassy, vegetal, nutty edge that I love and it's great to share with people whose only experience of green tea is from a dusty bag.
Edgar Thoemmes
Company Director in his 20s
This is one I start infusing gong fu style at 8am and can still be enjoying in the afternoon, maybe 30 or so brews later (I've never actually counted). It's like drinking many different teas as the flavour profile changes with every infusion - it starts nutty then gets more sweet and floral.
Dan Taylor
Operations Manager in his 30s
This was my perfect introduction to green tea. I was expecting more astringency - dare I say bitterness? What I got was an incredibly refreshing, smooth, easy-drinking tea that keeps going through several infusions. Quite a revelation to a one-time, traditional bag-in-a-cup, tea-drinker.
David Croom
Company Chairman in his 60s
Giddapahar China Delight First Flush Darjeeling
Has to be First Flush darjeeling. You get good darjeelings just like you get good red wine - this one is a grand cru.
Barney Allan
Senior Associate in his 50s
A rounded, smooth, easy-drinking tea that is suitable for any time of day. I've seen the beautiful Taiwanese mountains and in the high-grown flavour, you get the taste of the terroir and the cool, misty slopes.
Kate Popham
Admin and Web Assistant in her 20s
I love the delicate taste of Silver Needle. It really brightens you up first thing in the morning and after lunch - in fact anytime. The Chinese believe it makes your skin glow and is full of antioxidants but that's just a bonus - the taste is the big attraction.
Martina Brantalova
Distribution and Admin Assistant in her 30s
The whole Chamomile flowers are incredibly pretty and the flavour is soft, but quite rich and full-bodied which you don't often get with a herbal infusion. And caffeine-free of course, so perfect in the evening.