Why not pick a tea to suit your mood using our 'mood-o-matic teafinder'
"Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary"
Chinese Proverb
At teapigs we make a big thing about using whole leaf tea, whole leaf herbs and whole flowers. For us it’s a question of flavour.
What you get in a regular tea bag is smaller particles of the same product. In making it smaller the leaf has been handled, crushed and chopped.
Just as if you pick a wild flower and put it straight into water it stays fresh and the scent is released, if you pick a wild flower and break it down into tiny pieces nearly all the scent is lost – tea is just the same.
Find out more about our Tea Temple.
Pictures above:
On the left, what you'll find in our loose tea packs and tea temples - real leaves, real flowers, real pieces of fruit. Hurrah.
On the right, what you'll find inside regular paper tea bags - oh.
