Bluebird Tea Co

A must-​visit in Brighton for all tea lovers. They’ve both fantastic staff and fantastic tea (think Cross Bun Roiboos, Birthday Cake and Lavender Earl Grey!). My happy place for sure!

Came here with a friend and wish I could have bought all their teas. Very cute and well designed space. As a tea lover, it is really great to be able to try specially formulated teas. It is also nice that it is different to your average tea shop and is modern and unique! Will definitely be coming back if ever in Brighton again.

I became fascinated with green tea when I started to exercise more.
It definitely helps me lose weight.
Then I became obsessed with peppermint. Because I love all things mint (and it’s really good for digestion).
Then, I started to notice even more types of tea being sold in supermarkets. So I bought a few random selections.
Then one day, I came across the Bluebird Tea Company.
It was like a «eureka» moment for me (but someone else had invented it).
It’s the Aladdin’s cave of tea.
Don’t waste your time in supermarkets like I did.
Skip right to the cave.
I can guarantee that there will be a tea that you like.
Almost all of the teas taste good hot or cold.
They sell really small sample sizes so that you can easily try a range of teas.
You never leave Bluebird Tea Company thinking, «I wish I hadn’t spent money on that».
Instead, you look forward to getting home and drinking lots of tea.
Then one day you return for more treasure, which you get at a discounted rate if you fill up your special Bluebird jar.

Quite possibly one of my favourite shops in Brighton.
I am quite the avid tea lover — you name the tea, I probably have it in my cupboard!
You can imagine my delight whilst on a trip down the Brighton Laines when I discovered this place. It’s a tea shop with a bit of a twist. It’s got that independent, ‘Brighton’ vibe inside, and there is every type of tea you can think of.
Unlike places like Twinnings, the Bluebird Tea Co. comes up with some really innovative ideas when it comes to making tea, throwing together ingredients that you wouldn’t usually expect.
All of their teas are on shelvees behind the counter, and the staff are more than happy to give you a sample or let you smell the tea leaves! You can buy the teas in various different weights, so if you just want a sample size to try, you don’t have to spend too much money.
My personal favourite (and just about anyone that knows me will have heard this) is the Gingerbread Chai tea. A lovely redbush tea blended with Cardamom, Cinnamon, Ginger and Mallow flowers. It’s an absolute delight, and I must drink 4 cups of the stuff a day.
On top of that you have blends such as ‘Mojitea’ — yes, a tea that tastes like Mojitos! What more could a cocktail loving gal like me want?
A new favourite of mine is called ‘Hot Mama Jamma’ which is a passionfruit and chilli based tea. If you have any kind of cold or sore throat I can guarantee that stuff will knock it out of you!
On top of all their delicious teas, they also sell items to make your tea with, such as tea strainers, teapots, travel mugs and so on. They also sell drinks to take away
I was lucky enough to have received a massive tin of gingerbread chai and a lovely cup to make it in for Christmas, so I have plenty to keep me going.
If you buy tea a lot from there, it might be worth buying a tin of your favourite — when you return to buy some more, take the tin with you and you will get a discount on your next batch of tea :)
There are some companies that open in this Brighton that I really want to get behind, and this is one of them.
GO GET YOUR TEA FROM THEM NOW!