Whittard of Chelsea

I went into the store looking for English breakfast tea which is amazing. While I was browsing I was offered many tastings which I enjoyed. It was nice to be able to try new products without being pressured to buy. The product I wanted was not on the shop floor so a very helpful and polite staff member offered to check the stockroom for me. While she was doing so the other member of staff made conversation which made me feel very welcome. The shop was very quaint which made a delightful change to the large department stores which make you feel one of many!

If you are a massive fan of all things tea and coffee, Whittard is an institution in its own right, a place where you can find all different types of coffee for your cafetiere and (more importantly) loose tea of all sorts for your strainer. They sell teas for energy, teas for hangovers, teas for helping you to sleep. Then again, tea shops are meant to specialise and sell all manners of their product. There is something very quintessentially British about Whittard, and whilst it is great for gifts in the way of special teas and teapots, this one is incredibly small. Having been to the factory shop in York, my experience of this city centre branch was disappointing as it did not stock the particular tea I had neglected to purchase on the afore mentioned trip. The staff were alright, but it would have been an overall better visit had they gone out of their way and offered to order in my tea from elsewhere. Asking too much? Perhaps. Nevertheless, if you just want to browse and perhaps try something new rather than search for something particular, it’s not a bad shop.

This particular Whittards is rather dinky, as so the range and selection is reflected in this, but I still love coming in here. I’m a massive tea and coffee fan, so it follows that I would enjoy looking at what they have in store!
They have a number of different coffees, both strengths and flavours, instant and filter varieties. They have a number of different teas too, from green, white, herbal, fruit, black, leaf, instant and bagged! Phew. Lots and lots of tea. You can buy variety packs of both tea and coffee, which make great gifts for tea and coffee lovers like myself! The only bad bit is that the majority of their products don’t have the fair trade marker, which is a must for me.
They also do other items such as china sets, cafetieres and so on. I bought an incredibly reasonable £15 cafetiere as a Christmas gift, together with a lovely glass mug for £4 and some coffee for £2.50! My friend was given a tea pot and cup and saucer from Whittards too, and she absolutely adores it.
The shop was very tidy and the staff were efficient so everything was alright by me. Pleasant shop and their products are lovely.

I visited Whittard on Lands Lane in the search of Liquorice tea after becoming a little obsessed with it since a trip to Scotland. It seemed the favoured drink of my hotel. Suited me!
Anyway…the shop is extremely small but does have a good selection of coffee and teas (no liquorice though!)
The only thing that really irriated me was how rude the member of staff working there was. I had to stand waiting whilst she chatted away on her mobile phone before she served me and then put up with listening to her plans for Friday night (a chinese meal if you’re interested), while she bagged up my items.
I came away with Coconut Hot Chocolate (which is divine, expecially if you add marshmallows…) and a new found disliking for this particular Whittard.
I can’t fault the products but I would love to see a better service in the future.
Aside from that, the shop looks quite shabby, but not in a chic way

Whittards tea shop in Leeds has only recently come out of administration, and to be fair to this particular city centre branch it is quite popular especially at Christmas time with their deals on specialist tea and coffee and associated accessories. The range of teas especially their instants are nice, I especially like the mulled wine tea which is caffene free and can be consumed hot or cold, for about £7 a tub, which makes about 40 cups. It makes nice presents and their sales in January are worth looking at and putting away for presents throughout the year. By far the nicest shop of its kind in the area.

It’s a brilliant coffee shop where you can get pressies for any hot drinks lovers! The white hot chocolate is amazing, lovely present! It’s a good place to ask for advice on which coffee to get and they have a great range.

Whittard’s of Chelsea, purveyors of some very expensive beverages! I will say that some of them are worth it: their hazelnut coffee and toffee coffee in particular are yummy, and I treat my household to some every Christmas. Their mugs, teapots etc. are also rather nice, and make lovely presents, as some of my friends and relatives will attest. However I am not very keen on their herbal teas: they are far too sweet! There is no need at all to add sugar to a herbal tea: if a sweeter taste is required then honey or sugar can always be added later — but how can you remove it if it’s already there? Their drinking chocolate also is too sweet for my taste. I’m sweet enough already! Still, they have their strengths and will be getting continued, if intermittent, patronage from me.

I love the products they have to offer in this shop. they do herble tea which is great even if you dont like tea as it tastes very sweet. They do samples so yuou can try before you buy and they also sell teacups. it’s a nice shop and they are all over the country.