Join us for a fun, hands-on Tea Blending & Tasting Workshop, where you'll sniff, swirl and sip your way through the world of tea! From fascinating history to bold flavours, this interactive session will level up your tea knowledge, fine-tune your taste buds, and spark your creativity as you craft your own custom blends.
🍹 Welcome Drink - Kick things off with a seasonal cocktail or mocktail - because every great tea adventure starts with a little sip of something special!
🙋♀️ Break The Ice - Get to know your fellow tea lovers with a fun, interactive tea matching game - a little friendly competition never hurt, right?
📜 Tea Origins & History - Travel back in time (no time machine needed!) as we uncover the fascinating journey of tea - from ancient traditions to your modern-day cuppa.
🍵 Guided Tea Tasting - Prepare your taste buds! You'll sample nine unique teas, each showcasing a different blending style to spark inspiration for your own creations.
🫖 Group Blending Activity - Team up and put your tea blending skills to the test as we create a one-of-a-kind signature blend together - then sip and see how we did!
☕ Sticky Chai & Personal Blending - Get cosy with a warming sticky chai while crafting three personalised blends to take home and enjoy.
🍵 Matcha Demo & Tasting - Watch and learn as we whisk up the perfect matcha - then taste both a classic and a flavoured matcha to see which one steals your heart.
🛍️ Goody Bag & Shopping Time - Take home a tea tasting journal to jot down your flavour discoveries, plus time to browse and treat yourself to more tea goodies with an exclusive 10% off!
Whether you're a total tea nerd or just dipping your toes into the world of blending, this workshop is all about fun, flavour, and hands-on tea magic! Get ready for an interactive, inspiring experience that’ll leave you steeped in knowledge (and plenty of tasty sips!)
Hosted in our Manchester store, come along alone or with a group, all are welcome. A perfect gift for a friend who wants to learn all about tea blending, as corporate entertainment or with your team at work and unique hen parties too!
Unfortunately our store is not wheelchair accessible, but does have on site customer toilets. There is no parking outside the store but there is a pay & display multi storey on Tib Street (M4 1PD) 2 mins walk away.
Please note that you must be over 18 to attend the class alone, or be over 14 if accompanied by an adult.
We run our Manchester workshops most Sunday evenings.
If you're celebrating something, or giving a gift experience why not select one of our wonderful gifting upgrades. A deluxe goodie bag includes all of the items in our complimentary goodie bag plus a Perfect Teaspoon, Loose Leaf Tea Infuser Basket, Brew, Bake, Sip & Savour Recipe Book and a 20g pouch of our, Champagne Supernova Tea.
Or, add a gift voucher for them to spend on the night!
If you are gifting this experience, please choose a date that you think will work, but don't worry if your recipient wants to change the date they can do this easily by contacting our customer experience team via info@birdandblendtea.com or on 01273 092413.
Please Note:
Once booked you will receive an email confirmation and will not receive a ticket through the post.
Due to the popularity of the workshop and the fact they sell out, any changes to your booking must be made 14 days prior to the workshop date.
Unfortunately, if you don’t show up to your workshop and fail to contact us in the 14 days before, we will be unable to re-book you for another date and you will lose your workshop space and your pennies! (Which we really don’t want!).
Overall rating: 4.74359 / 5 from 39 reviews.
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"There were only 4 of us at the workshop which was great. Mitchell and his colleague (sorry, I cannot remember her name) were terrific. Knowledgeable, personable, funny and welcoming. Nothing was rushed and we very much enjoyed the evening. Only negative. Too much peppermint!"
"Absolutely love the chocolate digestive tea - bought a few different flavours and so far so good. Mint Rooibos is also a firm favourite so far. May have converted an avid coffee drinker into a flavoured tea connisuer !!"
"Both colleagues were friendly and created a nice atmosphere, Thorough knowledge of all teas and shared personal experiences and tips. Making own tea mixes was fun and great interactive activity . Barista was lovely and very skilled at his job! Received a lovely tote bag with a journal and took home x3 pouches of the tea we made. Would 100% recommend!!"
"Graham & Eve were absolutely lovely and all the teas we tried were amazing!"
"In 2 hours we had a lot of information, about tea's and herbal infusion. Sadly we had already overspend our energy for the day, and by the end,one of us couldn't keep up. The staff was great and allowed us to skip the last tasting, and we got to blending straight away. Staff is very kind and enthusiastic."
"My partner and I decided to try the workshop last weekend and we were pleasantly surprised by the team's knowledge and good vibes all around. We had lots of fun trying out new tea, understanding how to brew them properly, and see all the delicious blends Bird and Blend have in store. Would definitely recommend as a nice date or group activity. Thank you Beth and Thunsara for a memorable evening, you are stars :)"
"What a lovely experience, staff were so friendly and knowledgeable. lilli was really helpful in guiding us and offering tips. We walked away very happy and bought one of the tea pots! I’ve been recommending this experience to everyone I have had a chance to talk to!"
"Frankie and Emily led such a lovely workshop and were so friendly, welcoming and accommodating. This was such a fun activity to do with my friend, we both love tea and creating our own blends and learning about tea was so fun!"
"Everyone is so helpful and enthusiastic it's always a dangerous pleasure spending too much money here. Thank you x"
"I treated myself and my 16yr old daughter to a workshop after debating for ages. Lauren and Sarah were our hosts and we couldn’t have asked for a more welcoming and friendly pair. We had a great time tasting lots of different tea samples and making our own blends. We discovered new favourites and learned so much. Thanks for a great evening !!"
If you aren't 100% happy, we'll replace your blend.
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