This page aims to improve your tea experience by giving you the knowledge to select and prepare the teas that are right for you. Just as with fine wine or malt whisky a little knowledge makes a big difference.

You do not need a lot of knowledge to enjoy great tea but knowing what is out there may lead you to your favourite. This page tries to give you enough knowledge to inform your choice. It covers, what makes a tea different, the politics of tea, tea and health, how we work, our stockists and a tea quiz

• What makes a tea different?
  • Leaf size
  • Distance from the equator
  • When its picked
  • Orthodox or leaf production
  • It is not the bush
  • CTC
  • Fermenting or how to make green tea into black tea
  • Height matters
• The politics of tea
  • Who exactly is blending good for ?
  • Why is there better tea in Berlin than Bristol?
  • Speciality - not for the likes of us!!
  • Why brand a bag of leaves?
  • Fairtrade or ethical?
• Tea and health
  • Okinawan Green Tea and weight loss
  • Tea and appetite
  • Spearmint tea and hairy women
• How we work
  • Our Purchasing policy
• All about Tea
  • How to make Iced Tea
  • How to make our teas
• Documents
  • Example Document
• Stockists
  • Bensons
  • Auberge du chocolat
  • Bibury Court Hotel
  • Food Fanatics
  • Wellesbourne - A & K Russell
  • Roses Tea Room
  • Lasswade Country House Hotel
• Take the tea quiz
  • What is a Tisane?
  • Should you put the milk in the cup before the tea?
  • Is it acceptable to add milk and sugar to fine tea?

Stockists carry a wide range of the teas and are trained in the products so they can provide advice as to which tea is right for you. The range is sufficienty wide to allow a shop to become a source of high quality tea from day one. If you are situated in a town where we do not have a presence please email us for information.

Click here if you own a shop that might be suitable to be a stockist and you would like to become a stockist.

Minimum order £ 50 from Trade Counter
from Trade Counter Store
from our Retail Store

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Read what our customers think...

"From the outset, we identified Cotswold Tea as a key element in achieving what we wanted"
- Ludlow Castle tearoom

"We know we can rely on Cotswold Tea to provide the range and quality we require"
- Keepers Cottage self-catering accommodation

"The quality of the tea from Cotswold Tea ties in with everything we offer here"
- The Old Dairy Tearoom

Our reputation is built upon the exceptional quality of our tea, our knowledge and expertise about tea, and our personal brand of customer service. Read testimonials and case studies from some of the tearooms, restaurants, retailers and individual customers which we supply, plus an insight into our relationship with one of our tea growers. Click here

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Due to popular demand we have now launched a new loose leaf earl grey, based with deliciously refreshing Ceylon tea. See Ceylon Teas to be introduced to the latest marvellous Mackwoods Earl grey loose leaf tea and the rest of the range

FOR RETURNING CUSTOMERS please set up your account on this new website as if you were a new customer. Many thanks from the Cotswold Tea Team

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15 Whitworth Close
Wellesbourne
Warwickshire
CV35 9NQ

Telephone
01789 555023