We Are Based in Bucks
Single origin & bespoke blends
Loose leaf teas & infusions
Premium quality hand packed with
earth friendly packaging
Welcome To Holy Cow Tea
Poonam started serving festive spiced chai tea to customers as an alternative to mulled wine on cold winter days. At that time, our selection of handmade and ethically-sourced goods didn’t include premium tea. When customers started enquiring about tea suppliers, a spark was lit.
Creating chai blends is part of my culture. Across India, families mix black tea with spices such as cardamom, ginger, cloves, cinnamon, fennel seeds, turmeric and peppercorns to create blends tailored to their preferred tastes. I was excited to learn more about the history, cultures and processes surrounding tea in all its forms.
Becoming a Tea Champion/Tea Sommelier
With the idea of creating Holy Cow Tea, I enrolled on a course with the UK Tea Academy. It was fascinating to discover so much about black, green, white and oolong teas. I can now appreciate the subtle changes in flavour that occur depending on the variety, blend and brewing time, as well as the cup you drink from.
Qualifying as a Tea Champion gave me the confidence to go forward and create bespoke tea blend recipes for Holy Cow. It also made me realise that there is so much more to learn. I continue to seek out opportunities to further expand my tea knowledge. I am delighted to share the learning is a life long journey, in 2024 I became a Tea Sommelier – with aspirations of becoming a tea master in the future
Providing Tea Experiences
We launched our range of straight and bespoke blend teas in 2020. We love to provide a unique shopping experience for customers, so began offering tea tasting experiences in our shop. These events gave shoppers a chance to sample our blends and we welcomed their feedback.
In 2017, I launched the Festival of Lights in Aylesbury. This community event brings together people of all ages and faiths in a celebration of colour, dance, music and food. In the Holy Cow Tea launch year 2020 , we had to adapt and create a virtual festival. As one of the many events, I created a Chai Tea Experience.
This proved popular and as we received requests to offer corporate tea tasting experiences, it became clear that this would add to our tea offer. We have plans to further expand our tea tasting experiences, so keep an eye out for updates!
“How I love my tea, tea in the afternoon, I can’t do without it, so I think I’ll have another cup very, very soon”
– Sam Brown, Singer
Why We Are Your Best Choice
Poonam is extremely passionate about good quality loose leaf tea, she also is very passionate about tea education as well as raising awareness of the many facets of why loose leaf tea is the better choice. The benefits of loose leaf tea on our environment by ditching the “Tea Bag” to the mindfulness and well being. Most important for her is both trade and retail customers receive the best experience when enjoying this golden elixir called Tea
Tea Talks
Why not invite Poonam to visit your place of work, charity, club, networking event or group to share some interesting insights into the world of teas. Sessions can range from short talk, talk and tastings, hands on. She can also tailor to a theme.
Tea Masterclass
£30 per person
In this 2-hour masterclass, you’ll uncover the secrets of why tea is UK’s national drink, in fact it is the world’s favourite drink.
The leaf to cup journey, the six classifications of tea and understanding, and appreciating what makes this beverage so popular
Contact us to discuss your needs email: info@holycowtea.com
Events
Are you organising an event, we can facilitate a pop up afternoon tea, tea stall at a festival, family fun day, mela. bazaar, school or summer fete or indeed any gathering in Buckinghamshire or surrounding counties