When the days are starting to warm up, there is no better way to enjoy the wonderful flavours of your favourite tea or tisane than with a delicious iced tea. Cool and refreshing, yet still packed with lovely, delicate flavours, iced teas make the perfect treat on those sunny days. While you can opt for using tea bags when making an iced tea, we definitely recommend going for loose leaf tea instead – the full flavours and delightful aromas of a fresh tea leaf will truly be on display in your iced tea, and at Tea-Direct, we offer a fantastic selection of flavoured teas and tisanes that will bri ..read more

Strong, full-bodied and malty in flavour, with a lovely deep-red liquor, Assam teas are renowned the world over for their robust characteristics and versatility. The flavours of Assam tea can range from earthy, woody and smoky, to sweet and spicy, sometimes with notes of cocoa, and it is these bold flavours that have made Assam an ideal base for breakfast teas and a much-loved addition to numerous tea blends, where it brings great depth and strength. The World of Assam Teas India is one of the largest producers of tea, with various tea varieties produced in around 20 Indian states, the m ..read more

With a tea subscription plan from Tea-Direct, you can enjoy regular deliveries of your favourite loose leaf tea varieties on a personalised schedule, while saving 15% on each tea item, for every order. A subscription plan is a great way to take the hassle out of buying tea, and to avoid the prospect of running out before your first cup of the day! You can amend your subscription at any time and change the recurrence of your regular, automatically processed order, or change the tea variety, bag size and quantity. No matter how often you choose to receive your tea, you will always be saving aga ..read more

If you are looking for the perfect gift for the tea lover in your life, why not try our popular Tea-Direct gift subscription – a pre-paid gift subscription that provides the lucky recipient with a different freshly packed, loose leaf tea each month. Tea-Direct Gift Subscription – From £33.99 The subscription document can contain a personalised gift message, and be tailored to a range of occasions including birthdays, anniversaries, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, Easter, Christmas and Valentine’s Day. You can be flexible with your chosen plan, with options for 3, 6 or 12 month subscriptions. O ..read more

Our 12 Tea Gift Pack is the perfect gift for the tea-lover in your life this Easter, bringing together twelve of our favourite teas into a single beautifully presented pack, so that your lucky recipient can sample a fantastic range of delicious loose-leaf teas and find some new favourites! And, when you use discount code EASTER15, you will save 15% on the gift pack! 12 Tea Gift Pack This stunning selection draws some of the most popular tea growing regions in the world, including Sri Lanka, China and India, and includes a range of bold black teas, delicate green teas, rooibos and Earl Grey. E ..read more

With our Tea-Direct Black Tea gift pack, your favourite tea-lover can explore a wonderful range of our favourite black teas, sampling some of the finest flavours available from the world’s most celebrated tea-growing regions. This carefully chosen selection includes rich Assam and breakfast teas, aromatic Earl Grey and delicate, fruity Darjeeling, bold blends, floral Keemun and wonderfully fragrant Nilgiri, for a truly diverse experience. Black Tea Gift Pack - £39.99 This selection pack includes nine 125g packs of loose leaf tea, beautifully presented in a black presentation box, or a luxury ..read more

We have three wonderful new teas available now at Tea-Direct: a very special, rare Ceylon Silver Needles tea, a beautiful Assam Gingia, and a lovely, sweet Goji Berry Sencha. Ceylon Silver Needle Tea – From £59.99 A truly exceptional white tea, made with very high quality handpicked, single origin buds from Sri Lanka. This rare white tea creates a luxurious champagne coloured tea, with fresh, floral aromas and delicate hints of pear, pine and honey. Silver needle teas are often seen as among the highest quality tea leaves available, and are usually harvested during the First Flush period ..read more

What is Lapsang Souchong? Sourced from the Wuyi Mountain region in China’s Fujian Province, Lapsang Souchong is a world-renowned, luxury black tea, loved for its unique smoky flavours and aromas, its smooth mouthfeel and a very distinct aftertaste. Lapsang Souchong has been produced centuries, becoming among the most popular teas in the world. The name itself gives an indication of its character; ‘lapsang’ means ‘smoky’ while ‘souchong’ refers to the older, larger leaves that grow two or three leaves down from the bud and the smaller ‘pekoe’ leaves of the tea plant. Buy Lapsang Souchong from ..read more

Subscribe to our Tea of the Month, and we'll send you a different, carefully selected loose tea each month, allowing you to sample a new variety with every order and experience a range of wonderful flavours. Expertly chosen to showcase our extensive range of quality teas from around the world, all of our teas are supplied as loose leaf, allowing you to sample different tastes from all corners of the globe You can set your order frequency depending on your personal requirements, and you are free to amend or cancel without penalty at any time Choose your bag size: 125g, 250g, 500g, 1kg and 2 ..read more

There are many quick and easy things that we can do to introduce new healthy habits into our daily routines, and one that has been practiced for perhaps thousands of years, and enjoyed around the world to this day, is the drinking of green tea. Known for its potential health benefits, green tea contains a high concentration of antioxidants, which may help to protect the body from damage caused by free radicals, as well as the amino acid L-theanine, which has been linked to improved brain function. Green tea leaves undergo an additional drying stage during production, and it is this unique met ..read more