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Do you wish you could shop at a farmer's market every week but either don't have one near enough or just don't have the time? Well the Virtual Farmers Market is the next best thing. The VFM is a fabulous new website that allows you to 'meet' the people that produce their food & drink via video streams and buy delicious produce from the comfort of your own home. There are over 50 of the UK's finest food and drink producers (including teapigs) to choose from and if you place an order before 31st March quoting the promotion code TP1003 you'll get a lovely 20% off anything you order. So click here and start filling up your basket with some scrummy foods.

We are sooo trendy here at teapigs! Actually, I'm not sure about us being super fashionable, but our lovely little teapigs envelopes certainly are!
The lucky people of London Fashion Week 2010 received a fantastic YSH goody bag which featured lots of bits and pieces, including our very own teapigs tea temples.

As well as being on the front row benches of shows, the goody bags were given away outside Somerset House. British actress Joely Richardson, Sarah Brown the PM's wife and Harold Tillman the chief of fashion label Jaeger were among some of the famous faces to get their hands on a precious teapigs tea temple. We are continuing to work with YSH and in our latest competition have asked budding arties to desgin us a wonderful poster for our ongoing real tea mission....get the kettle on and the creative juices flowing!
by Hannah

Love it or loath it, we all know that it is Valtentine's day this Sunday.

Named after early Christian martyrs called Valentine, the day was established by Pope Gelasius I in 496 AD. Traditionally it's a day on which lovers express their love for each other by giving flowers, choccies, cards and maybe even some lovely teapigs tea!

A pack of 'HOT' chilli chai, delicious mao feng and a beautiful scented candle - perfect for a cosy night in with a loved one. But don't panic you lovely singletons out there, our valentine's cheeky deal is great for anyone...and if it's just for you - there's more to go round! Happy Valentine's Day everyone!
(by Hannah)

It's back. Gloom Aid returns to cheer us all up on what is officially the gloomiest day of the year (apparently). Run by cheerful chappies Leonard and Cliff (pictured) the event at the O2 Academy, Islington features various artists who will bring smiles to our faces and help to raise money for The Depression Alliance. We'll be there doing our own little thing to raise energy levels by serving matcha shots.So if you can, come along for what should be the perfect antidote to the post Christmas blues. See you there hopefully :-) (posted by Nick)

smile nicely for the camera boys

how does the thought of holidaying in an unspoilt piece of countryside sound to you? When we saw this picture, we thought it looked pretty much like our idea of relaxing bliss.

We've come across a great company - Feather Down Farm Days - who organise, well, holidays on farms accross the country. They are always working farms where the farmer and his wife are passionate guardians of the countryside. And the farms have different specialities - be it organic produce, cattle, dairy, horses.

You can sleep in the Feather Down tents... these are no ordinary tents - they are lovely, cosy abodes with old fashioned stoves and a proper loo!

We'll be working with Feather Down Farm Days to bring you a chance to win one of these holidays soon so watch this space!

Big congratulations to the lucky winners of our Joules competition...

Winner of £100 Joules vouchers
Wendy, London (hooray!)

Runners up, winning a £20 voucher each:

- Sarah, Kent (get well soon!)
- Anthony, Merseyside
- Jackie, Northamptonshire
- Yvonne, Lancashire
- Chris, London

Very well done - now get shopping... and Happy Christmas, Sofia x

We have 15 tickets to give away for Taste of Christmas. To enter answer the following question....

What is our current tea of the month?
Answers to alex@teapigs.co.uk

Our friends at Joules clothing are offering you the chance to win what may just be the coolest competition prize ever - a 1969 MG Miget complete with Joules knitted hood. Wow! for those of you that know more about cars than me, this little British Racing Green classic includes all original features and has been expertly cared for. Additional features include chrome wire wheels, genuine Lucas fog lamps and a gorgeous stainless steel luggage rack to rear. Sounds good to me. Oh and runners up don't do too badly either - 5 £100 Joules Vouchers are also up for grabs.

So how to enter. Simply fill in the entry form on the Joules website here. But be quick! Competition ends 15th November.

You can also enter the competition inside Joules stores and if you're lucky you'll catch a glimpse of the car on it's tour of the stores next week - Beveley (14th) and Harrogate (15th)

Alex, Jo and I went tea sampling at new stockist, tossed, around London last week. We loved it. As well as offering the bestest, yummiest (yet healthiest) salads in town (I really recommend the sweet chilli chicken with rice), they now offer fantastic breakfasts from fresh fruit to granola and breakfast baps - needless to say best washed down with a good cup of teapigs english breakfast now available in all tossed stores.

So get yourselves down there and soonish because they are offering a free hot drink to customers until 30th November 09 - just print off your voucher here

Whilst you're there make sure you take in the entertaining "i'm a tosser" t-shirts (Alex's favorite), the salsa music (my favorite) and the super clear points-based nutritional info (brilliant).

(posted by sofia)

Last night Louise and Sofia went to the YSH london ten exhibtion at the rather swanky ( if difficult to locate) westbourne studio's. It was a chance for ten top uk designers to showcase their wares - textiles, fashion and interiors.

It is worth a look there are some unique items and a little shop where you can purchase things which catch your eye.
There is a rather lovely bar which serves great drinks (ouch!)
The exhibition is open all week... . More info.

Sofia trying to make some designer friends....