The Gilded Teapot – Dorset-based tea hunters
The Gilded Teapot in Dorchester, Dorset, is fast becoming one of the UK’s leading loose leaf tea specialists and coffee merchants, sourcing from independent tea gardens and coffee plantations from all over the world.
Jo Davies founded The Gilded Teapot (www.thegildedteapot.com) in 2010 at the age of 25. She was disillusioned with the bland supermarket brands and wanted to help people make the connection between what they drink and where it comes from. Since opening her popular tea shop in an old tobacconist’s and creating her online shop, sales have soared. Jo now posts a wide variety of teas and coffees to customers across the UK, as far away as Canada, Estonia and San Francisco.
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