Tea Break Blog

B Corp certified!
We’re delighted to announce English Tea Shop is now B Corp certified! Throughout the process, Joe’s Tea was considered in answering all of the verifications and questions and as a member of the group, we are proud to carry this certification. B Corps are legally required to consider the impact of decisions on our employees,…

Our new loose leaf range wins Great Taste Awards 2022
We have won not one, but three stars at this year’s Great Taste Awards! This means we have a whopping 37 Great Taste Awards across our range of organic teas and herbal infusions. We only entered our new loose leaf range this year and picked up the following awards… St. Clement’s Lemon loose leaf…

2021 Great Taste Award winners
We’re delighted to announce that we’ve picked up another 4 gold stars at this year’s Great Taste Awards. This means we have a whopping 34 Great Taste Awards across our range of organic teas and herbal infusions. Big thanks to all our team and partner farms for their continued support and strive for great quality. The…

Mighty Small
Mighty Small is the result of hundreds of small food brands coming together to share their products with the people that believe in them. They dedicate their lives to producing delicious, exciting products with purpose. Let’s rally behind those we believe in and enjoy some great food along the way. Head over to their webshop…

City Harvest – Recycling food for the hungry
We are committed to reducing our impact as a business and fight food waste as an industry – any products nearing their best before end date are donated to City Harvest who work with 350+ charities across London. This avoids any products going to landfill and goes to people who need them. …

Google Curiosity Rooms – Pixeldilly Tea Company
For five weeks only, Google Curiosity Rooms is taking over a corner of Regent Street, London; with a programme of workshops, talks, podcasts, food, music and much more. We are delighted to be part of the event, and you can treat yourself to a cup of Joe’s Tea at the Pixeldilly Tea Company until the 16th…

4 more gold stars in the bag
Another win at this year’s Great Taste Awards sees our total of gold stars rise to 25 across the range. Thanks to the Guild of Fine Food and their hard-to-impress judges Sweet Chamomile steals two gold stars, and a further one each for St. Clement’s Lemon and the jewel in our crown, Chocca-Roo-Brew, having been…

Longflint collaboration #1
Master mixologists Longflint Drinks Co. hand-make natural botanical craft drinks and are popping-up in Shoreditch for a six week summer residency (18th June – 1st August) featuring DJs, collaboration launches, meet the maker sessions and a pro-gram of natural drinking workshops. The botanical playground will showcase the unique methods that Longflint use to create…

The Ever-So-English family grows
The original of our organic Ever-So-English family is our Breakfast tea. Joe chooses Ceylon tea for it’s delicate, floral and moreish flavour profile, and it remains our best-selling tea by a country mile. Since launching almost six years ago, the time has come to extend the family with two exciting new blends. The first, Ever-So-English Everyday is a quicker brewing…

Vegan Afternoon Tea
If you’re joining the 150,000 others taking part in this year’s Veganuary, or are already a seasoned pro, we thought you’d appreciate some sweet treats in the form of a proper organic vegan afternoon tea. Ditching animal products doesn’t mean abstaining from indulgence and these vegan afternoon tea ideas can easily be adapted to be…

Win goodies with Chic Retreats
It’s competition time! You lucky things are in with a chance of winning some amazing prizes from our great friends Chic Retreats. Chic Retreats are experts in travel and have a portfolio of very carefully selected hotels and properties, and they’re giving away the ultimate cosy weekend away worth over £1000! The prize includes a…