Tea Blending and Tasting Classes, what to expect
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.
What to Expect:
🍹 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!)
Who can attend?
Hosted in our Leeds 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!
The store is wheelchair accessible and we cater to those with accessibility needs. Just let us know before booking onto an event. Please note, there is no customer toilet available in store.
Please note that you must be over 18 to attend the class alone, or be over 14 if accompanied by an adult.
When?
We run our Leeds workshops most Friday evenings and Sunday mornings.
Something Extra Special
If you're celebrating something special 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 copy of our brand new tea recipe book, Brew, Bake, Sip & Savour along with a 20g pouch of our local store blend, Yorkshire Rose Tea.
Or, add a gift voucher for them to spend on the night!
Booking & Changing Dates
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 325523.
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!).
