Category Archives: Tea tasting traditions

What is Earl Grey Tea?

What is Earl Grey Tea

Earl Grey Tea is overwhelmingly popular in the UK and beyond! It is probably the most renowned tea in the world! But what is Earl Grey tea? Where does it come from? How is it produced? Let us discover all this!  Earl Grey Tea owes its name to Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, who was […]

What is English Breakfast Tea?

What is English Breakfast Tea?

English Breakfast Tea is extremely popular in the UK! But what is English Breakfast tea? Here is the answer to this question.  English breakfast tea originated in Scotland in the 1880s, thanks to a Scottish tea master whose surname was Drysdale. He wanted to create a very strong tea blend that would wake you up […]

Tea tasting in Britain

Tea tasting in Britain

Tea is one of the most popular drinks in Britain. Therefore, in order to maintain this lifelong tradition of Tea tasting in Britain, Bedford tea proudly offers the best loose leaf tea to our clients within the UK.  The English are real tea addicts. The tea consumption in this country amounts to about 3 kilograms per […]

Tea ceremonies in Japan. Cha no Yu.

Tea ceremonies Japan

Tea tasting traditions in Japan.  The Japanese hold green tea in great awe! Not only do they drink it, but also they include it in their cuisine. There are a huge number of dishes, especially desserts that contain green tea. What is more, the Japanese do not always drink green tea hot or warm. They […]

Tea in Ceylon

Tea plantation

Tea in Ceylon. A little bit of history. As well as in India, it was the English who introduced tea traditions in Ceylon. Before the 18th century, Ceylon was famous for its coffee. However, a pathogen destroyed many coffee trees back then. Therefore, the English decided to plant several tea trees there, mostly camelia sinensis […]

7 tips to make your tea tasting even more enjoyable

Tea tasting

Bedford tea offers our customers the best loose leaf tea in the UK! Our very fine tea is enjoyable as it is. However, there are still tips to make your tea tasting even more enjoyable! As the saying has it, everything we like is either illegal, immoral or fattening! Well, it might be possible to […]

Tea tasting in Russia

Tea tasting Russia

The Russians have preserved their love for tea to this day! Therefore, Russia is one of the greatest tea importers of the world! Not surprisingly, there are a lot of traditions connected with tea tasting in Russia. Some of them are gradually becoming history, but others continue to this day.  Russians like Indian tea a […]