INDEPENDENT – ETHICAL – ARTISAN

As we said in our last blog about ‘The Difference between our Fuso tea bags & loose leaf tea’ we are going to go in to detail about our fuso tea bags and the difference between ‘bog standard supermarket tea bags’ We hope this blog really highlights the point of buying tea online from us, the health benefits, how it is environmentally friends, cost effective and an all-round better choice! Let’s start with supermarket tea. The loose tea in a generic supermarket brand tea bag is generally smaller or broken leaves and in very cheap tea bags that is practically a powder. This leads to loose tea leaves becoming broken or crushed, when this happens the essential…

Great Taste 2015 announces new stars and The Kettle Shed is a winner… with not one but two stars!  The world’s largest blind-tasted food awards, Great Taste, has just released the Great Taste stars of 2015 and The Kettle Shed is amongst the producers celebrating as its Bang On Breakfast is now able to proudly carry the little gold and black Great Taste logo. Judged by over 400 of the most demanding palates belonging to food critics, chefs, cooks, restaurateurs, producers and a host of food writers and journalists, Great Taste is widely acknowledged as the most respected food accreditation scheme for artisan and speciality food producers.  When a product…

Another welcome to The Kettle Shed family…. The Mill Bakery in Acton is a hidden away gem that we came across on a quick stop off in Poets corner in Acton. We had the best salty beef sandwich this side of London and their already amazing coffee range has now been added to with The Kettle Shed Tea! The bakery is situated on 67 Churchfield Road London W3 6AX is petite with outside seating as well as an upstairs and a downstairs, the cafe is cool and chic to say the least with it’s bare brick walls and modern photo frames, however it has a warm atmosphere and you get greeted by Zivana and her sister who run the…

As summer is now in full flow we thought it was only right to do a post on Iced Tea! Iced tea is the perfect combo for health and hydration, unlike a lot of high street iced teas that are really high in sugar and calories and don’t contain a lot of high quality tea. Whereas our fuso tea bags are low in sugar, have full leaf, full herb and full fruit (depending on what type of tea you use) so not only do you get a full taste you else get loads of antioxidants and major health benefits In each cup. Our step by step Kettle Shed guide will show you how to…

We are please to announce that our tea just got a little bit Ugli…  yes Ugli and not Ugly 🙂 Our tea is now stocked at Ugli Cafe that is situated on Ugli Campus, 56 Wood Lane, London W12 7SB which is just across from the old BBC Studios. The cafe is in the heart of Ugli Campus that is a creative space for business to get use of resources they may not have the chance or funds to use anywhere else, it’s philosophy is collaboration and smart use of resources for the future of successful businesses. The cafe is in the heart of that where a vast range of…

We are extremely pleased to announce a new cafe to The Kettle Shed family, the newly refurbished Detour Cafe!   If you are heading towards W12/Shepherds Bush then we suggest you have a ‘detour’ to this wonderful cafe! Detour Cafe recently opened at 135 Askew Road, Shepherd’s Bush, London W12 9AU. They have an amazing menu that is definitely worth a shout,  it’s a short distance form Westfield so if you are shopping and want a mid shop brunch this is the place to go and best of all they are stocking our tea!     Kelly the owner is a New Zealander by Birth but now calls London her home having been here for 16 years. She is…