It seems in the world of food and drink things are changing, the provenance, the experience and the way in things our consumables are cultivated is becoming a source of hot discussion. We can only champion this as tea farmers, because to us and our customers tea isn’t “just tea”. Kenyan tea is widely considered […]
Does your Dad deserve to put his feet up and enjoy a good cup of tea? We think he does which is why we are offering 20% OFF on ALL TEA this week for Father’s Day using the code DADSDAY at checkout. Go on….make Dad’s day!
Our ethos of sustainability and transparency expands not only from bush to cup, but also to our surrounding environments in Kenya and closer to home. This is what inspired the Williamson Tea Foundation. The Williamson Tea foundation works to continually improve the standards of our tea, our farms, for the wildlife and people on them […]
Inspired and summarised from the latest BBC article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39747720 we were pleased to see the investment and scientific exploration of tea developing as it is such an important part of all our lives. The first plant genome was sequenced just 15 years ago, and since then scientists across the world have worked on mapping the genome […]
Lying on the Eastern slopes of the Nandi hills, Kapchorua is our highest altitude farm at close to 7,000 feet above sea level, it’s steep slopes are home to Kenya’s characteristic rich, dark reddish soils. The tea bushes grow slowly here leading to tea leaves with a brisk, sculpted flavour and bright, rich colour and taste. […]
Tea is the second most drunk beverage in the world, second only to water and with such a prominent part of our daily consumption it’s interesting to understand a little more about the health benefits. True tea, as opposed to tisanes or herbal teas comes from the leaves of camellia sinensis. The uppermost leaves […]
The world appears to spin at an ever increasing pace these days, with a frenetic stream of beeps, chirps and vibrations emitting from mobile phones and computers all clamouring for our attention. Time is precious and the tradition of stopping for an afternoon cup of tea is no longer part of normal life, a cuppa […]
Plucking Tea is an art form and crucial to the quality of the final product. Fineness, understanding and desire to produce only the finest cup of tea is needed. No one pretends that it’s not hard work, but generations of families have and continue to work on our farms, plucking our fine teas with great […]
