Whittard Chelsea Tea Shop – Accidental Find in England

I was NOT a tea drinker before this trip. 

I grew up with instant sweet tea. It was something my mom put in my baby bottle (no judging here… It was the 70s). So when I was old enough to choose, I decided I wouldn't drink it.  When I moved to Georgia, I also discovered I did not like their Southern version of sweet tea, either. Occasionally, I would try a hot tea, but that was still not as good as the sugary sweet lattes I had grown fond of from Starbucks. 

Fast forward to our trip to England. We had a day to spend in London on our way home from Manchester, so we did a bit of touring that included a hop-on hop-off bus tour. We hopped OFF for a late lunch at a cool pub we found. Just down the street was this cozy tea shop called Whittard.  

https://www.whittard.co.uk/

They had several samples brewing and we ended up trying them all. This resulted in me coming home with quite a few items. 

I have to admit I never before brewed my tea. So I grabbed several of the instant versions, to include the Mulled Wine tea I reviewed last week, and an amazing Hot Chocolate. 

I also bought a steeping cup (pictured below in blue), along with an amazing Mango & Bergamont Green Tea. 

This Mango & Bergamont tea was delicious. I quickly realized that I could make this as sweet, strong, weak, tangy as I wanted with just a few add-ins. I quickly used everything I had purchased and wished I had bought more. Then I went hunting on Whittard's on-line site. Wowza! This was worse than being at the store.

I ended up buying this super cool steeping pot (orange pot shown) for larger batches and got an amazing deal on this clear glass steeping pot. I also found this Coconut Truffle flavor and Orange Gingerbread flavor. Both are amazing.  

For this holiday season, my favorite is the Orange Gingerbread, with a squirt of honey. This tea has a light orange flavor but is a bit heavier on the gingerbread. Which is great because I LOVE gingerbread.  There is also a mix of other spices: cinnamon, cloves. It makes the perfect blend of flavors and absolutely perfect for this time of year.

Of course, I'm almost out. So I will more than likely be on-line hunting up some new flavors and maybe some new pots to try. 

Cheers!

Tami