Introduction – Know Your Brew Something that we have begun to understand at Stiggins is that we share our passion for tea with a wide and varying customer list. Mostly discerning people who know what the like and how they like it. However, there are many people who are new to loose leaf tea. Including […]
At Stiggins Tea we are a dedicated professional team who share the utmost dedication to the the products we supply to our customers. At all times ensuring we strive to maintain the company ethos of honesty and integrity in all that we do…….a very serious commitment. However, we are also a happy and gregarious team […]
Stiggin’s Tea Stories………The Beginning of our tea story starts a while ago now. When on a day we were sharing cups of tea and a slices of cake. It was a cold day towards the end of winter, spring was just around the corner, although, it felt some way off just yet. Outside there was […]
Loose Leaf Tea – The sustainable choice A significant commitment of Stiggins Artisan Loose Leaf teas, and belief that our offerings of the finest loose leaf tea, herbals choices around, is sustainability. This is phrase that we often hear and use is the bedrock of our company our ethos. Supporting and helping in the creation […]
Iced Tea cold brewed and full of flavour Summer time iced tea, a gimmick or a genuine tea ? It’s hard to dismiss the comment that it is indeed a gimmick. After all it was seen as a novelty drink in 1870’s America. For a while it was a drink of limited choice with only […]
At Stiggins we take great pride in our products that we choose to share with our customers. Our fundamental company ethos is that we will always try to select our loose leaf tea varieties from small artisan farmers. These are farmers who use the most ecologically sound methods of growing and harvesting. Farmers who value […]
WHAT IS EARL GREY TEA? Earl Grey tea – Bergamot with black tea joins to create one of our most loved teas, and this love is shared with lots of tea lovers across the globe. This well known very British loved tea is typically a black tea base flavored with the rind of the bergamot […]
Brewing loose leaf tea If you are a regular reader of our informative blogs you will be aware that at Stiggins we pride ourselves in our products, our customers and the advice we offer. It is our belief that tea is the ultimate natural restorative, a product that provides all of nature’s natural goodness directly […]
At Stiggins we are advocates of brewing tea from the highest quality tea leaves, in the traditional way. Taking time to steep leaves in a teapot for the desired time for the optimum strength and flavour to your liking. When tea leaves are processed, they are sorted into grades which range from high quality (i.e. […]
English Breakfast Tea, a unique national drink? The name is something of an iconic one, known around the world, one of the most well known teas . A strong robust brew often taken with milk and sugar that has become something of a custom. A morning tradition wholly English? Well maybe not! read on and […]
If 2020 has shown us anything it is to treasure those people special to us and there are times when you want to do that little bit extra, to show someone you care. Throughout the year there are various events or special occasions in our lives that warrants a gift with that little bit extra […]
Looking at tea facts across the whole of the UK and the drinking habits (non-alcoholic) its really easy to make assumptions that tea , including loose leaf tea is no longer the choice of us Brits. Maybe we are turning our affections to the drink of choice from those outlets that seem to be on […]
Loose leaf tea in Yorkshire So then, as we enter a new and exciting year, and despite all thats gone before us during 2020, the energy of life prevails into 2021! We will all continue to seek the happiness of life, despite every obstacle in our way or challenge there may be in getting there. […]
With so many tea drinkers around the world, I often wonder just what might be the favourite accompaniment that people enjoy along with their favourite brew? Like wine drinkers, there are those who believe that the only pairings for food and tea are limited and traditional. However if it wasn’t for the adventurous bon vivant […]
As you sit down to enjoy your hot, freshly brewed cuppa, do you ever ask yourself if it is healthy for you? It is true that tea can contain various amounts of caffeine and we have all heard that this is not a desired constituent of a regular intake. Caffeine is however only a small […]
As an enlightened tea drinker for a while now, I often wonder why it is that the tea we drink and how we buy it, has changed so much since our parents or grandparents enjoyed a cup of tea. Nowadays most tea purchased is the easy use dip bag product. In the days before the […]
Tea Taste and Water Type If a hundred people were asked, ” Do you know the difference between hard and soft water ?”, generally speaking the answers given would be as wide and varied as the question is. This is because it is fair to say, the water we we all see when we turn […]
How to choose the perfect loose leaf tea for you Whilst teabags can be convenient, they provide almost little to no flavour at all. Loose leaf teas are the ideal solution for anyone who wants to enjoy a cup of tea that’s full of flavour and aroma. Whether you enjoy a fancy earl grey as […]
How to brew the perfect cup of tea Making the switch from teabags to flavourful loose leaf tea can be slightly daunting, but actually a lot easier than you might be imagining. At Stiggins Tea we’re all about using loose leaves to make the perfect cup of tea as it’s packed full of flavour. For […]
What’s so great about loose leaf tea? There’s a lot of talk about loose leaf at the minute and there’s so many reasons why people are making the change from tea bags to loose leaf. As a nation we are obsessed with tea. We drink approximately 100 million cups a day, which is almost 36 […]
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