When I was a child, the teapot took pride of place on the dining table. My father is a confirmed tea addict and he still likes his tea loose-leafed, served at the right temperature in a pot and strained into a decent china cup. Using a tea-bag is ‘slumming it’ so these loose leaf teas from Adagio Teas are right up his street.
He inherited his love of a good brew from my grandmother, Jessie, who used to joke that it was actually tea, not blood, running through her veins and who, when she was a girl in late 1920’s worked for Typhoo.
Now you may have tried other types of tea – Earl Grey, Assam, Darjeeling and a good old fashioned English breakfast tea but there are a wealth of other teas to try from all over the world. It is truly possible to be as great a connoisseur of tea as it is of wine or coffee.
Many of us, of course, rely on the good old teabag dunked in a mug usually due to a lack of time or, for us parents, energy. But I think this is a shame.
I’m not suggesting our tea preparation should be anywhere near as complex at the Japanese tea ceremony but there is an argument for taking time for ourselves and creating a little oasis of calm in our busy lives whilst we sup a tea which can transport us to Japan or China, an aristocratic stately home or an orchard filled with fruit.
Gourmet tea from Adagio Teas
Adagio Teas sent a positive cornucopia of loose teas to try, together with pots and cups in which to test them and their website is a great source of information about all things tea and you can read about the types of tea and how it is made.
Adagio makes it easy for you to try different teas with their sampler packs which have incredibly romantic names such as Orchard Herbals and Honeybush Teas. There are Christmas teas and Berries teas as well as the names you will recognise, Red and Green Rooibos, Jasmine and Chai teas.
Tea is always a welcome gift, particularly for Mother’s Day.
No tea strainer required
They also offer ingenious ways to drink your loose tea without the faff of hunting around for a strainer or having to drain the pot afterwards.
For example, the glass mug and infuser is a ‘have tea anywhere’ set that combines a glass tea mug with a removable stainless steel infuser. When done, remove the infuser and have a perfect cup of tea wherever, whether at home or in the office. The cover doubles as a coaster!
Adagio also offer special paper filters which replace the need for a tea ball. You simply place the filter in your cup or teapot and fold over the edge. They are made of taste-neutral wood and hemp fibres.
You’ll find plenty of clever filters in their teapots such as the gorgeous Nagoya teapot from Japan. It’s a cast iron teapots which are traditionally favoured for their elegant design, heartiness and ability to retain heat for long periods of time.
Each tetsubin teapot is moulded, painted and glazed by hand and comes with a stainless steel infuser to make steeping and removing leaves easy.
If only teabags will do…
You can find a selection of lovely teabag gift sets such as the Comfort Collection which includes six different varieties of gourmet tea bags in a pyramid shape which gives leaves plenty of room to unfurl and fully infuse. In this gourmet tea collection, you’ll find Golden Yunnan tea, Dragonwell tea, Wuyi Oolong tea, Oolong Goddess tea, Silver Needle tea and Jasmine Pearls tea. Don’t they sound absolutely beautiful?
To find out more about Adagio Teas visit their website at www.adagiotea.co.uk. There’s 20% off your first order and deliveries over £30 are free.
Would love to try the Irish breakfast
Candy Apple sounds very tempting to me!
Silver Needle tea
I am proud to state that Tea is my fave drink in the world! This is a’Tea’rrific giveaway & some of the ideas seem so simple I wish i’d thought of them! It’s snowing again here today so is definately ‘brew’ weather! I’d like to try Casablanca & I admit my choice may have something to do with the weather & the movie! ♡Thanks for the opportunity♡
I would love to try the lemongrass and ginger tea
Casablanca sounds interesting 🙂
Berry Blues sounds lovely
I would love to try the mango tea!
I’d like to try candy apple tea.
Pu Erh Poe looks really interesting, one for my must try list!
I like the sound of the Berry blues l
would love to try the Chocolate Chip tea, sounds interesting x
I would love to try keemun rhapsody – sounds really different
I’d like to try the Irish breakfast.
it would have to be the English breakfast tea for me
I’d love to try Matcha
Berry blues x
The berry blues sounds amazing
oh my gosh, Chocolate Chip tea who would even think of that, now I would love to try that one
Peppermint – it’s my favourite 🙂 x
Earl Grey
I like the sound of the golden Yunnan tea!
I would love to try the berry blues.
The Rooibos Vanilla Chai sounds absolutely amazing – a definite must try!
Berry blues sounds intriguing. Fab giveaway can’t beat a good cuppa. Thanks for the chance
The Berry Blues sounds interesting. I’d love to try that one.
Berry Blues sounds lovely
irish breakfast looks amazing and would love to give it a try
Any oor all of the Green Teas
Would love to try either the BLOOD ORANGE or the YULETIDE TODDY. But what a yummy selection, it was a hard decision.
Mmm tea for two and two for tea
The jasmine phoenix pearls look interesting and I love the idea of the ingenuiTEA set
I would love to try Jasmine Phoenix Pearls. I love tea, thanks for the chance to win!
Berry Blues sounds nice.
Orchard oolong sounds awesome
Love the sound of Casablanca
Decaf earl grey, love tea and coffee but very sensitive to caffeine , so this is great.
Irish breakfasr
berry blues love fruity teas
Any of them
Peach Oolong
Love the sound of Berry Blues
candy apple sounds good
I would love to try their Macha tea!
caramel i love caramel coffee would love to try the tea
Would love to try the Irish Breakfast
Mango tea
I want to try the teas of Japan.
Chocolate Chip tea sounds lovely x
Peach Oolong sounds right up my street
Orchard oolong sounds my kind of cup!
Peppermint 🙂
I would love to try the Irish Breakfast tea x
Assam Harmony
I’d love to try Rooibos Mango, it sounds delicious.
Love to try the Irish breakfast tea
I would like to try the Jade Oolong
I would love to try Orchard Oolong tea, there are so many to try it would be a wonderful taste adventure
I would love to try the Earl Grey Moonlight tea.
I would love to try Irish Breakfast as I love a cuppa first thing in the morning
I would love to try out the Jasmine Phoenix Pearls as Jasmine is my usual cuppa
I’d love to try Berry Blues
I would love to try the teas of Japan, I love all things Japanaese 🙂
Woujld be nice to try the Matcha or Citron green
Wow looks great!
I’d like to try the Berry Blues tea.
I want to try the matcha
Citron green
I would love to try the Citron Green
I’d like to try the Blood Orange, it sounds really tasty.
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I love the look of Casablanca Twist.
I’d love to try the Orchard Oolong.
Love to try the Matcha peach tea
Irish Breakfast Tea sounds good
I’d like to try the rooibos vanilla, sounds lovely.
I would love to try Candy Apple
I would love to try Berry blues.
I would really like to try the Cinnamon tea.
Spiced Apple Chai
The Mango flavoured tea
I would love to try the earl grey bravo
I would like to try the berry blues
would love to try the Earl Grey Bravo
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I’d love to try the raspberry or the strawberry
I would love to try the berry blues. I love that it would be a cuppa that I can share with my children too.
I’d love to try Irish Breakfast tea
Berry Blues sounds interesting!
The Foxtrot tea looks wonderful. I love both chamomile and vanilla.
I’d like to try the Jasmine Phoenix Pearls. That would be a real treat.
There is a few interesting ones I like the sound of the Citron green
I would love to try Berry Blues – sounds so awesome!
The Earl Grey moonlight sounds like something I would like. What a great giveaway 🙂
The Candy Apple sounds amazing!
I’d love to try the Jasmine Phoenix Pearls
The Lemongrass Ginger sounds delicious! 🙂 x
jasmine phoenix pearls sounds lovely
I like the sound of the Casablanca Twist blend.
Casablanca
I’d like to have a cuppa of the berry blue, I love a good fruity tea me!
I would love to try the Jasmine Silver Needle tea.
The Earl Grey starter kit, love early grey!
The coconut flavoured tea sounds divine
Tea has really become an art form, the options are exotic and interesting. I love it!
Jasmine Silver Needle looks interesting and sounds delicious.
Jasmine Pearls
Love a good cuppa of Irish Breakfast!
I would love to try Earl Grey Moonlight. I already drink Earl Grey and Lady Grey and I’m always on the look out for new teas to try.
Berry Blues sounds BERRY YUMMY XXX
Massive tea lover.
Anything relaxing gets my vote!
I would like to try the Black Dragon Pearls
Awesome. I loooooove tea
Something from the Matcha range,to give me an energy boost!
Would love to try the jasmine phoenix pearls
The candy apple tea, that looks lovely.
I’d like to try the caramel tea. Great comp – thanks for running this.
Teas of Japan sounds great!
The Hazelnut sounds fantastic
The nut and spice teas for my sister, she’s the big tea drinker
I am a self confessed tea-aholic, I’m with your dad on this one. Loving that cast iron kettle /tea pot
I’d love to try the Irish Breakfast. That’s probably because of the Celtic side of me.
Black Dragon Pearls
Would love to try the berry blues
I would choose one of the matcha range – especially as it is well knows it promotes good health
I would love to try Berry Blues but they all sound delicious
Irish Breakfast Tea!
The casablanca twist sounds wonderful.
What an amazing prize. good luck all 🙂
jasmine silver needle
I would love to try the chocolate chai flavour!
Berry blues sounds good x
Would love to try the teas of pan – my partner and I would love to go there one day!
Teas of Japan. Seen their tea ceremonies and wondered what their teas are like.
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I’d Love To Try The Passionfruit Black Tea .
I’d like to try Matcha – I’ve heard many good things about it.
Casablanca sounds amazing
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The Jasmine silver needle tea sounds interesting!
Teas of Japan! Also the oolong, as I have tasted many makes in Japan, as my mum is actually from Nagoya City!
i would like to try the peppermint tea
apricot green
The chamomile tea I love drinking it before bedtime
The Pina Colada sounds lovely x
So many to pick! Love the sound of jasmine phoenix pearls
I would love to try the berry blue, as it sounds lovely.
I would like to try the Pina Colada Tea
Would like to try the Irish breakfast tea thanks for the chance to win
The teas sound delicious, the teapot looks amazing as well as very practical, and the glass mug and infuser is a brilliant idea.
I love the sound of the casablanca twist
Earl Grey Bravo, love Earl
Grey and tried lots of variations
I love the Nagoya Teapot & cups, I’m a real tea person so this would be wonderful!
be nice to win this
I love th sound of the mango tea, I’ve tried lots of fruit teas but not mango before so this would be great to try
Berries blue
I am a massive tea drinker and would like to try Berry Blues
I’d love to try the peppermint tea.
Would like to try berry blues
i would like to try the earl gray bravo
Wow, what a fabulous prize, thanks so much. I’d love to try the “Berry Blues” tea
I love trying different kinds of teas and often wonder whether I should invest in an infuser.
I would love to try the matcha tea!
Apricot green sounds delish, so would love to try that one first!
Earl Grey Bavo
I would like to try the caramel tea
I’d love to try the Magic Potions teas
Berry Blues looks like it would be tasty.
Love to try the chocolate chai x
I’d like to try the Irish Breakfast tea.
I would love to try the BLACK DRAGON PEARLS
I’d love to try all of these teas!
Berry blues looks amazing, great colour
I would love to try Jasmine Phoenix Pearls
The Black dragon pearls sounds awesome and havent seen anything like tahat around so would love to try that!.
I’d love to try the matcha tea
Berry blues sounds great
I’d like to try the Coconut Tea
I’d love to try Apricot Green, sounds delightful!
So many, I’m such a tea fiend… this snow has made me fancy their winter collection though, especially the spiced apple chai
I’m intrigued by the Black Dragon Pearls!
Irish breakfast sound nice
BERRY BLUES
Earl Grey.
Casablanca Twist sounds like my cup of tea!
I’d like to try the Irish breakfast tea. I wonder if it’s much different than ordinary loose tea
The chocolate chip tea sounds wonderfully delicious!
The matcha!
Peppermint! Love peppermint tea!
I’d like to try the “apricot green”
I would love to try the Black Dragon tea it’s sounds delicious and interesting
Berries blue sounds delicious
Love the sound of cinnamon apple.
Love the sound of cinnamon apple
Berry blues!
the Chocolate Chip tea
I’d love to try the black dragon pearls
Sounds wonderful as I love Tea lovely prize to offer love to try the Casablanca
the berry blues
Irish Breakfast Tea
the jasmine phoenix pearls – i love jasmine and would love to try this – while in sunshine in the garden!
The casablanca twist sounds absolutely incredible
casablanca would be my first choice x
I would like to try the Earl Grey
Berry blues sounds great
I would love to try the Apricot Green, it sounds lovely
I’d most like to try the Lemongrass Ginger
Earl Grey Moonlight sounds interesting!
One tea i would like to try is the green rooibos bonita
irish breakfast x
the berry blues
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I would love to try the Golden Yunnan tea. Plus I absolutely adore the teapot
I would love to try the Assam Harmony. I like a good strong Assam so this new variation sounds interesting
I would love to try the Jasmine Phoenix Pearls
I would like to try the Jasmine Phoenix Pearls
i would like to try berry blues
matcha cinnamon Apple sounds yummy
Earl Grey
Irish breakfast sounds good
Never tried anything like the Pina Colada so that would be amazing to try
I’d love to try the orchard oolong and the Irish breakfast tea ror the mornings
Pina Colada tea sounds interesting!
Irish Breakfast
I would definitely love to try the OOLONG. I have some great oolong once, but I have only found not to good oolong since. Aren’t the pots great too? I think I am in love with the cast iron teapot.
I’d love to try the orchard oolong. ALl the teas sound delicious
would love to try the Chocolate Chip tea as a chocoholic it sounds delicious!
I’d love to try the chamomile 🙂 I drink chamomile tea most nights and I’m fascinated as to how much difference there is between brands!
Would love to try the Irish Breakfast, its one tea i havent tried, tried most, because i do love my tea
Berry blues sounds good
I’d love to be a better connoisseur of tea – hope I win !
I would love to try the apricot green x
I would love to try the berry blues
Ooh, Casablanca sounds exotic!
I LOVE tea but hate the *taste* of the tea bag! And apparently the t contain plastic.
No tea bags for me neither
I will love to try the Casablanca Twist. Awesome post and a lovely anecdote.