To us tea isn’t just a drink, it’s a moment. A moment to reflect, relax or just take a breath. In our increasingly hectic lives tea has always offered a source comfort. Spanning cultures and countries, it is an unspoken way of offering kindness and connection. Mindfulness is an ancient practice and means being in […]
Perhaps your cup of tea is the only thing that helps cut through the morning fuzz, or what wakes you up no matter how many times you snooze your alarm. Alertness and mental acuity are often most thought about when we consider caffeine and about 90% of Western adults consume a caffeinated beverage everyday. But […]
Does your Dad deserve to put his feet up and enjoy a good cup of tea? We think he does which is why we are offering 20% OFF on ALL TEA this week for Father’s Day using the code DADSDAY at checkout. Go on….make Dad’s day!
Introducing our new gift selection, including a “Artisan Wild Honey Gift Set” and “Kenyan Tea Spoons” exclusively crafted for Williamson Tea, these items are hand made in Kenya by local craftsman made of natural horn in the traditional style. We only have limited numbers so be sure to get your favourites now! You can shop them […]
Sustainability = sustain + ability. Simply put this means the quality of not being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources. Therefore supporting and promoting the long – term ecological balance of our world. Sustainability to us as farmers is on a large scale, we care about the land we grow our tea bushes […]
We are so thrilled to have received the news that our customers have helped save the life of this baby elephant. As many of you know with each elephant caddy sold £1 is donated to the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust to perform their life saving and vital work. The continuing drought in Kenya has caused […]
SPRING SALE! Welcome to the…Elephant Jamboree! To celebrate the sun finally coming out we are putting an added shine to your day with 25% OFF our award winning ELEPHANT CADDIES! This exclusive spring sale features some of your favourite LIMITED EDITION caddies back for a short time only as well as our new designs!Be sure to treat […]
Our ethos of sustainability and transparency expands not only from bush to cup, but also to our surrounding environments in Kenya and closer to home. This is what inspired the Williamson Tea Foundation. The Williamson Tea foundation works to continually improve the standards of our tea, our farms, for the wildlife and people on them […]
We were delighted with this kind words shared by T’s Tea on our caddies & tea. “Sometimes you go with tea because it sounds tasty, much of the time it’s because of the gorgeous packaging. I’m certain this tea was given to me for the latter. This Williamson Tea is ‘Kenyan Earth’ which is apt […]
Inspired and summarised from the latest BBC article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39747720 we were pleased to see the investment and scientific exploration of tea developing as it is such an important part of all our lives. The first plant genome was sequenced just 15 years ago, and since then scientists across the world have worked on mapping the genome […]
Lying on the Eastern slopes of the Nandi hills, Kapchorua is our highest altitude farm at close to 7,000 feet above sea level, it’s steep slopes are home to Kenya’s characteristic rich, dark reddish soils. The tea bushes grow slowly here leading to tea leaves with a brisk, sculpted flavour and bright, rich colour and taste. […]
Tea is the second most drunk beverage in the world, second only to water and with such a prominent part of our daily consumption it’s interesting to understand a little more about the health benefits. True tea, as opposed to tisanes or herbal teas comes from the leaves of camellia sinensis. The uppermost leaves […]
