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The most Authentic Cream Tea in the world

Cream Teas are a British institution believed to have originated at Tavistock Abbey in the 11th century. They are very popular with locals and tourists alike.

Cream Teas consist of  a split Scone, Strawberry Jam , Clotted Cream and of course a pot of tea

We are the only tea company based in Devon, therefore if you want to have a cream tea make sure you insist on Plymouth Tea!

We will be launching later this month our ‘’Cream Tea by Post’’ section to our website so that you can order the most authentic Cream Tea in the world!

Plymouth Tea crosses the Atlantic!

In 1620 The Mayflower Ship set sail from Plymouth, from the steps that are a short distance from our current office and set out for the New World.  Now almost 400 years later, Plymouth Tea has sent an order of our range over the sea to Plymouth MA on the East coast of America.

The Photo below is of Rob Kluin who is the marketing director of Plimoth Plantation which is a wonderful national resource for historical research & preservation, they are a living history museum telling the story of the Wampanoag people & the Pilgrims in 1627.

You can read more by checking out their website www.plimoth.org We also sent some tea to the Plymouth MA chamber of Commerce.

So hopefully Plymouth Tea will be making a permanent move to the USA at some point in the future but for now we will have to keep crossing the sea.

Plymouth Museum

Plymouth Tea History

A couple of people have asked how we first came up with the idea of Plymouth Tea, so i thought id give you the brief story.

Every year I take a short holiday in beautiful mid Wales(not as beautiful as Dartmoor but a very close second). While I’m there I usually spend a day at the Royal Welsh Show which my father in law is vice president. While there in 2010 I struck up conversation with one of the directors of ‘Welsh Brew’ a tea of which I was not familiar however after listening to his story it struck me that living in Plymouth there was perhaps an opportunity to do something similar only as a hobby you understand(weekend farmers markets etc) so began a 2 year development process. Plymouth Tea was never designed to be a ‘county tea’ as there are hundreds of them and at that point there was already a Devonshire Tea(whom was run by Gavin and Debbie who are lovely BTW)

Plymouth Tea was conceived to be as Plymouth Gin is to the Gin Business, we have a shabby chic design and have a much larger range than any of the county teas. Plus having to compete long term with PG Tips, Tetley and the like was not something we wanted to do, we wanted to create a luxury tea that was the best in the business and we firmly believe we have done that, it may be a long road but we are ready for it

If you are interested in stocking or purchasing Plymouth Tea please gives us a ring.

PLYMOUTH TEA – why settle for standard when you can have luxury?

Tea Grown in Plymouth for the first time?

Plymouth Tea attempts to grow tea in Plymouth for the first time in history at the Walled Gardens Maristow.

As you are aware currently the UK climate is not ideal to grow tea with only one company in Cornwall successfully being able to produce small quantities. We at Plymouth Tea have never let a little thing like climate get in the way of achieving a dream!

With that in mind we have teamed up with Jenny and her project at the Walled Gardens of Maristow. If you haven’t been to this part of Plymouth then you are really missing out. Lopwell Dam is a small piece of Paradise and Plymouth Tea is currently being served by Jayne at her delightful Tea Room and restaurant ‘The Old Pump House’

The WGM is situated about half a mile along the river’s edge from Lopwell Dam and is a huge project that Jenny has undertaken to restore the whole area to its former glory. In partnership with Plymouth Tea we have decided to attempt to grow about an acre’s worth of tea. Hopefully this could see tea being grown in Plymouth for the first time.

If you would like more information on the Walled Gardens of Maristow please see their Facebook Page which can be found from the following link

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/The-Walled-Gardens-at-Maristow/116187941615?id=116187941615&sk=info

“There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.” 
― Lin Yutang, The Importance Of Living

Loose Leaf Tea

UPDATE - We now offer all our blends in loose leaf and Tea Bags.

We have been asked by a few of our customers if we do a loose leaf tea, currently we don't but we are looking at launching loose leaf sometime this year.

Keep Reading the Plymouth Tea Blog for updates