Grey's Teas

Lois Golding at @littlegardenflowers has a passion for good tea and herbal infusions. She takes a little time-out to have the perfect cup of Lemon Verbena between perfecting her bouquets. Captured by @lorentz_gullachsen photographer.

Top Tea: Assam Mangalam: has an enthusiastic following. Bright, rich, spicy it has a full bodied maltiness. See bit.ly/DiscountedTeas for this and our 8 top teas for January, all reduced by 10% with code TopTeas. #assamtea #LooseLeafTea #breakfasttea #makingtimeforgoodthings

Green tea for the New Year: Japanese Sencha Gyokuro Saemidori Organic. This delicious, deep green, needle-like tea is shade-grown tea. A mild, smooth, sweet grassy, lingering, refreshing taste. bit.ly/sencha-teas #japanesetea #japanesegreentea #senchatea #looseleafteas

Take part in our loose leaf tea competition. You could win our Christmas collection of 4 x 125g caddies of loose leaf teas. Send us a photo of where you love to enjoy your tea, your favourite cup and what you are sipping! DM or email us. Competition page: bit.ly/looseteacomp

Clare at Warwickshire Willow uses time-honoured skills to create beautiful craft items using organic willow grown on her farm. In her breaks she takes a little time to brew a great cup of tea using our high-grade, loose leaf teas to create the best, most balanced flavour.

September's 8 top teas with 10% off - black, green, oolong & white teas: Samples, Assam Sree Sibbari Gold Wire 1st Flush, Dimbula St. Andrew's, Formosa Lapsang, Gu Zhang Mao Jian, Matcha organic, Formosa Oolong Poppy, China White Snow Bud. Code TopTeas. bit.ly/DiscountedTeas

Discover our Chinese Yunnan black teas. Rich and creamy, if you like Assam teas you may well grow to love these too! These larger leaf aromatic and sweetish teas may be taken with milk. bit.ly/yunnan-black-t… #makingtimeforgoodthings #looseleaftea #greys #teaoftheday #teaculture

Featured tea blend: Earl Grey. Our traditional loose leaf blend contains China Keemun and Indian Darjeeling teas scented with natural oil of bergamot to create a well-balanced, light style. Created for our founder's four-times great uncle, 2nd Earl Grey. bit.ly/earl-greyT

Discover Nepalese teas from the 'roof of the world'. Explore these fresh-tasting, smooth and aromatic such as first flush and organic. They can be compared to Darjeeling teas offering great value. bit.ly/NepaleseTea #makingtimeforgoodthings #teaaddict #tealife #tealover

See our eight top high-grade loose leaf teas for August delivering the most balanced characters. These have 10% off - for this month only. Black, green oolong and herbal. bit.ly/DiscountedTeas #makingtimeforgoodthings #teaaddict #tealife #tealover #tealove #ilovetea

Featured green tea: China Yunnan. Rich and herbaceous. "My ‘go to’ tea, with its own distinctive flavour. A very pleasant green tea. Slightly more citrus than Gunpowder tea, without the heaviness. Full five stars for this one from me." bit.ly/yunnan-green

The health benefits of green tea: a six year study concluded that those who drank the equivalent of four cups of green tea per day decreased the likelihood of dying from all causes to one third compared to those who only drank one cup per day. bit.ly/greenThealth

Discover China Jasmine teas such as this wonderfully delicate Ying Zhen white tea which uses only the bud of the newly emerging leaves. See also our sublimely fragrant Celestial Jasmine and our more complex Jasmine Oolong. All perfect for summer drinking. bit.ly/jasmine-teas

Today's top green tea: Ceylon Sinharaja Golden Special OP. From terroir rich in nutrients fed by crystal-clear forest springs. Fresh, complex aroma with a sweet, savoury character. Love its depth of body! bit.ly/ceylon-green. 10% off in July with code TopTeas.

Today's top tea: Darjeeling Castleton FTGFOP. Golden bright liquor with a pungent flowery, sweet bouquet. Well-rounded with muscatel aroma. Est. 1885, Castleton first Indian garden to be awarded the ISO 9002 certificate of quality. "Excellent floral tea." bit.ly/darj-castle

Discover: Assam teas - rich, smooth second flushes and brisk first flushes. Assam tea has a malty flavour and should be drunk with milk. Our have full and pungent flavours, ideal for breakfast and drinking in the morning, popular for their rich maltiness. bit.ly/assam-tea

Read our blog post about sublimely pure white teas - both traditional budset and newer styles. These pale teas have a distinctly delicate flavour just right for summer drinking. The buds and young leaves have low caffeine levels, the tea hardly oxidising. bit.ly/white-tea-blog

This month's featured tea: Ceylon Oodoowerre White. A traditionally made budset tea from the Uva highlands of Sri Lanka. These pale green-grey tips have a captivating blackcurrant aroma. It is smooth, beautifully mild, buttery and slightly nutty. bit.ly/CeylonWhite

Today's top tea: Russian Caravan. Blended in England and shown here in the gift caddy option, this traditional, medium-bodied blend contains China black and oolong teas which gives it a special, captivating complexity. 10% off in July with code TopTeas. bit.ly/russ-cara

Today's top tea: Dian Hong Gong Fu organic. Grown at 6000 feet in rich soils. Very tippy with a lovely, distinct dark chocolate aroma. A substantial, full-bodied spicy, yet smooth, biscuity tea great for breakfast. 10% off in July with code TopTeas. bit.ly/yunnan-organic

Today's top tea: China Black with Vanilla. Sublime, subtle vanilla with black tea perfect with your summer strawberries - a match made in heaven! 10% off in July with code TopTeas. "Very smooth, light tea. Love it! Love it!" bit.ly/45PP4vr #vanilla