A melange of the best blends and single estate teas from around the globe.
In 1707, Queen Anne "sometimes counsel took, and sometimes tay".
Tea was Fortnum's first speciality and remains close to the hearts (and caddies) of our customers: this section contains our most celebrated blends. Purists prefer the loose leaves, spooned carefully into a pot warmed to embrace them.
Today tea lovers themselves are warming to that miracle of modernity: the teabag. We cannot choose. Each is available in either form.
TERCENTENARY BLEND TEA
Our official Tercentenary blend joins Assam, being the oldest tea region in India, and Yunnan the birthplace of tea. For a delicious, malty brew just right for raising a cup to one’s favourite merchant.
TERCENTENARY CERAMIC TEA CADDY WITH WHITE TEA
The hand-painted Chinese caddy contains white tea, the least processed of all. Sometimes known as Bai Mudan, this tea produces a delicate liquor with a fine peachy character.
BLACK TEA WITH STRAWBERRY
The delicious taste of the classic summer fruit fused with black tea makes an unusually refreshing drink - the perfect complement to a hot summer’s day.
RUSSIAN CARAVAN TEA
A blend of China Black Keemun and Oolong teas recalling the ancient trading routes that brought tea to the Tsars. Its light, almost nutty flavour and distinct character evoke the unique position of Imperial Russia on the world's crossroads and its rulers' domestic passion for really superior tea.
CHAI
This ancient recipe produces a warm, soothing drink that promotes a sense of well-being.
GUNPOWDER
Fortnum & Mason has stocked this tea continuously since the eighteenth century. the tightly-rolled leaves first resemble gunpowder pellets, which uncurl when brewed to give a paradoxically peaceful straw-coloured liquor. excellent served without milk after the evening meal, either hot or iced.
LOVERS' LEAP BLACK TEA
Lovers' Leap Black Tea bears a romantic name, but its taste is far more restrained with a brisk and delicate flavour.
OSMANTHUS GREEN TEA
A caddy of Osmanthus Green Tea, a fine semi-fermented green tea which is grown in Guanaxi in the South of China. The tea is blended with the Osmanthus flower for only ten days during the month of October.
CHRISTMAS TEA
Spiced tea to warm your cockles.
