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Tea Infographic: Fun facts about tea!

‘Ahhh’ tea, nothing seems to hit the spot quite like it, not for the Brits anyway, especially us Yorkshire folk. In the office, a couple of us can’t live without a good brew; it just makes us feel better, especially if it has been a particularly stressful day! In fact, it seems like a lot of you share our love for tea, so go grab yourself a cuppa and read all about the stuff that gets us through the day!







Yorkshire - the past, present and future of tea

Lu Lin's cubed teabags.

So, if you think of Yorkshire and tea, you think of two things; Yorkshire Tea and Betty’s. Would you be as surprised as me to find out they are owned by the same people?! Betty’s bought Taylors of Harrogate, (who make Yorkshire Tea), in the 1960’s and they have been working together ever since to create the perfect afternoon tea experience. Who is Betty you may ask? Well we don’t know, and they don’t know either, but what we do know is that if you are looking for some high-class afternoon tea, you will struggle to find somewhere better! But if you do want to shop around, Yorkshire does have it’s very own tea trail that can be found here.

Carnation Blooming Tea.

Although the traditional afternoon tea is lovely, tea seems to be moving forward somewhat. No longer are English Breakfast and Earl Grey the only variations we have heard of. Green tea, white tea, even blooming tea are now on our radar. Especially ours here at UBD, we work with a fantastic company called Lu Lin Teas, who specialise in Chinese Teas. Their futuristic looking cubed tea bags show how something so traditional is able to move with the times, and their blooming teas are a real showstopper!

Not since the 1990’s, when PG released the pyramid tea bag has there been significant innovation to enhance the flavour of bagged tea. While researching the pyramid PG even considered using a top hat shape!

Finished your brew yet? Good, so have we, and it’s about time we put the kettle back on! Leave us a comment telling us about your favourite tea.



Sources of information: 
http://www.lulin-teas.com/
http://www.tea.co.uk/teafacts
http://www.taylorsofharrogate.com/about-us/taylors-history.asp
http://www.yorkshire.com/what-to-do/delicious/delicious-tea-trail
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/foo_tea_con-food-tea-consumption
http://www.tea.co.uk/tea-glossary-and-faqs
http://www.bettys.co.uk/About_Bettys/The_Bettys_Story.aspx
http://www.pgtips.co.uk/timeline/