FORGET Sri Lanka, India and Kenya, the tempting cuppa known as Yorkshire tea could soon be just what it says - from Yorkshire.
Experts may soon be sourcing tea leaves for the nine million cups enjoyed each day from much closer to home.
The blenders of the popular brew have now planted their very own tea plantation - in not-so-tropical Harrogate.
Family tea merchants Taylors of Harrogate send their buyers all over the world to find the leaves that they blend to make England’s favourite beverage.
Kris Wells opened the tea spot in June because she needed to get her daily fix.
“Nobody in Tupelo really serves tea,” she said. “I like tea and there was really not any place for people like me to get it.”
Now, she gets her daily dose of Moroccan mint tea at the cafe inside Gloster Creek Village. Her tea menu features more than 20 tea options, including hot and cold and caffeinated and decaffeinated.
The most popular tea is red berry, which is made of a selection of dried berries and decaffeinated Ceylon tea, she said. Other favorites include chocolate tea and Caribbean breeze.
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