English Tea Store has a rating of 4.7 stars from 3,932 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with English Tea Store most frequently mention customer service, timely manner, and great selection. English Tea Store ranks 1st among Tea sites.
This store us my new bff for UK goodies. The cookies came in tact. The chocolate although I haven't opened and tried it, was NOT melted. They placed a freezer pack which melted but it did its job! I have to admit I was expecting melted shortbread chocolate cookies. However, that was not the case! Ordering was easy. Waiting for delivery and/or ship time was just a few days.
This was my first time ordering from English Tea Store's site and I am totally satisfied! All the goodies were delivered fast and packaged well. Nothing damaged, crushed or crumbled! Cannot wait to place additional orders! I paid extra for the cooling bag and things were packed perfectly in it. Thanks so much!
Had an inconsistent time locating products. Looking forward to getting my goodies and very thankful for free shipping 👍🏽👍🏽 PS. Order arrived in great shape - they are going to make great gifts.
Had an inconsistent time locating products. Looking forward to getting my goodies and very thankful for free shipping 👍🏽👍🏽
This set was perfect for a church tea party. I love the pink roses with the silver trim. I wish the tea pot held 6 cups of water instead of 4 but it worked out. Easy to order and fast to ship.
English Tea Store was the only place I could find that had pink and silver accents for a reasonable price.
I missed the small print about the need to pay/spend more for expedited shipping. Odd that a cream product wasn't already expedited! Arrived in 80F heat with the "cool packs" totally spent.
Advised I should have read the small print.
Mistake, in retrospect.
Order was shipped quickly. Pleased to locate this mustard, which is very hard to find at U.S. stores, I first started to use this product when I lived in England.
One of the few places in the U.S. that I could find this product. I live in Ohio, so the store's location in Pennsylvania made it convenient location for me.
I have yet to get tea or anything for that matter, where the company emails me back asking if I've received the order. The ad was via Facebook I believe. Led me right to the product. I clicked. Came fairly quickly. I'll order again. Just not the sample I got.
Reduced cost sample. Wanted to give another tea store a try.
My buying experience was great. I bought my wife a set for our 18th wedding anniversary. It came promptly and in good condition. The style matched what I had ordered and she loved it.
I liked the selection of products on the website, but my items came damaged. The items came smashed, and leaking. Nothing too severe but it is unappealing to eat.
Dear Aaron, We apologize for the damage of your products in shipping. If you have not done so already, please reach out to our Customer Service team at customerservice@onlinestores.com. You will hear from our Customer Service team as soon as possible and appreciate your patience as we work to resolve this, we are so sorry for this experience!
We're huge fans of Mrs. Tilly's fudge. It was produced for the 2023 holiday season with an expiration date of September 2024. The taste and texture has degraded. I'm not sure why it hasn't gone on clearance with it's lesser than 100% quality.
Only vendor that carries it.
Dear Suzanne, We are very sorry for this experience with our company and understand your frustration. If you have not done so already, please reach out to our Customer Service team at customerservice@onlinestores.com. You will hear from our Customer Service team as soon as possible and appreciate your patience as we work to resolve this, we are so sorry for this experience!
It was easy to find what I needed on the website and easy to go down the rabbit hole with the wide selection of teas, biscuits, honey, and other pantry items. I'll definitely buy from them again. Shipping was fast and they even put a cold pack in the box to keep the chocolate wafers from completely melting.
Found what I needed at the English Tea Store for a reasonable price.
Happy with delivery speed of order. Only drawback was boiled sweets got a little sticky in the bag but that could have been due to 90-degree-plus temps during delivery.
It had the items I was looking for.
I have placed multiple orders with this company and every time the delivery and ordering process as well as the products are excellent. I have had no issues with anything.
Love all things British and they are hard to get in the U.S.
LOVE this store! So glad you offer these items.
I LOVE this store! I have bought here several times and have not been disappointed at any visit.
I've ordered this tea in the past from a different company for medical reasons. Your price and the taste of your tea is by far the best that we have had and I will continue ordering from you.
I order 4 of the two cup teapots and I am extremely pleased with the quality and at the cost. The teas I ordered are some of the best I have used. Thank you
They asked for a photo of the tea warmer that was broken in transport and replied immediately that they would be sending me a new one.
I chose because I found them on line and the cost was in my budget. I am having a tea party with a few of my friends and was looking for individual teapots. They surpassed my expectations.
Timely and good quality
Please note your survey is irritating because of demanding more characters. I usually don't fill these out but like to support your store
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I am enjoying my tea. I was so excited when I received it. Shipment packaging was in great shape. I received what I ordered. I will be ordering again real soon!
The design on FB enticed me to explore your website. I was hooked.
Shopping the clearance section was super easy and quick. I ordered some summer teas for the last few days of summer and some pumpkin spice for the approaching fall.
It was quick and easy to find what I wanted. Shipping was pretty fast too.
Ordering was very easy, prices are more than reasonable, and delivery was fast. My second time ordering from here. I'm very satisfied and will order again.
My fault for buying during a heat wave. However the parcel had minimal insulation and UPS did nothing but emphasize the heat. The parcel was undamaged but the contents were severly shaken to cause the broken biscuits. Mixing jams and biscuits in the same package was probably my mistake and the packaging did nothing to improve the situation.
My concern was with the default application of sales taxes applied to food. the email replies were prompt and acceptable. The reulting delay in applying the correct total with Visa was slow and confusing. Pending charges were dragging on for days until corrected by English Tea Store.
To check out the service. I will give you another try this winter.
Dear Martin, We apologize for the damage of your products in shipping. If you have not done so already, please reach out to our Customer Service team at customerservice@onlinestores.com. You will hear from our Customer Service team as soon as possible and appreciate your patience as we work to resolve this, we are so sorry for this experience!
My biggest item has been Brown Betty's. Now i can not serve a tea without using "her' Even gave one as a gift and they were over the moon. Tea in a Betty is like no other.
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As always, I received my order on time and in great condition. It was exactly as described. Only 1 time I received a damaged item, I called, and the problem was rectified immediately. It was NOT how it was packaged...it was the shipper's fault. Even though it wasn't the English Tea Store's fault, they replaced the damaged item AT NO CHARGE to me.
I found the English Tea Store online a few years ago. I bought a tea set for a gift. My sister to this day can't stop raving about how she loves it. I bought myself a tea set, and I too love the product! The merchandise is outstanding and so is the customer service!
I bought an Irish tea mug & a Scottish tea mug along with Gingerbread tea and a teaspoon for Christmas gifts for my sister. I'm sure that she will love them as much as the tea pot and cream & sugar bowl. The quality is excellent. Lots of products to choose from. The delivery is always on time and well packaged!
Because I love the variety of products. I find things I can't find anywhere else. The quality is wonderful. And if there is any kind of problem The English Tea Store takes care of it right away.
I love the merchandise! And the website is easy to navigate. Thank You English Tea Store
Great timing and well packaged except for the chocolates were melted because the ice bag was not big enough for our summer heat. I will try again after it cools down in our area.
Wanted authentic Irish and English products.
We had tea service at the Empress hotel in Victoria, British Columbia and loved the Market Fresh tea. I was so happy to see that English Tea Store carried the blend for a reasonable price. The bag arrived on time and was exactly what I ordered.
Where I live, supermarket tea is fairly limited in choices; I have to drive about 2 hours and endure horrendous traffic to shop for anything special. The English Tea store not only has a wonderful variety of teas, it has them in a variety of quantities and forms. It was easy to place an order, and the order arrived swiftly!
I saw something I really liked on the site!
There's no way to search for herbal teas that don't contain hibiscus and/or rose hips because the majority of them do. Have to click on each one and read the ingredients.
Lots of variety at English Tea Store but not all teas list ingredients. Lots of shoppers don't like hibiscus and rose hips that are in so many herbal teas. A search by flavor notes would be nice.
I enjoy the different food, candy, tea, scones and all the other things. There are so many I could not list them all. You could have the occasional breakage but for the most part everything comes good. I just find their products no where else.
I chose the English Tea store for the variety of product's and teas.
Fairly easy to check out, love looking at sales. Very good tea selection, a great variety, some have become my favorite.
Wish had some more items I had ordered in past, other than that it was awesome.
English Tea Store is one of the largest online vendors of tea, teapots, British food, and tea gifts. Choose from thousands of gourmet teas at everyday low prices.
The English Tea Store is an online retailer that specializes in the retail niche market of tea, tea products, snacks and foods imported from the United Kingdom and other parts of the world. The English Tea Store is a subsidiary of Online Stores Inc., an e-commerce conglomerate with seven other sites and companies under its umbrella. Among the Online Stores Inc. family joining The English Tea Store are the United States Flag Store, Discount Safety Gear Store, Construction Gear Store, the Safety Girl Store, Lightup and its most recent addition, Northline Express. Online Stores Inc. is an A+ rated member of the Better Business Bureau of Westmoreland County.
The English Tea Store offers well-known brands of tea from the United Kingdom, chocolate, cookies, biscuits, Christmas cakes, candies, teapots, tea sets and tea accessories, gift baskets and a wide assortment of packaged foods.
The English Tea Store is a privately owned family business that has its own proprietary brand of product which comes in a variety of flavors and blends known simply as English Tea Store. The company also brings in PG Tips brand tea, one of the most popular brands of tea in the United Kingdom for the last 75 years.
The site and all of its products imported are overseen by founder and CEO Kevin Hickey, a native from England to offer as legitimate experience as possible in all the goods offered. The company offers over 100 different kinds of tea, popular British snacks and food, tea-making appliances and accessories from the United Kingdom and different parts of the world.
Online Stores Inc. along with the English Tea Store and its brother and sister companies have seen positive recognition in their respected markets.
The English Tea Store currently has a 4.5-star rating on Trustpilot based off of just over 23k customer reviews as of June of 2022.
History
The English Tea Store was founded in 2003 by Kevin Hickey. Hickey, originally from the United Kingdom wanted to offer a service providing and importing popular brands of English tea and correlating British snacks, bringing the traditional English pastime to an American and worldwide audience. His involvement with the company and oversight of products offers an authentic experience to this retail niche market.
Recognition
2021:
• English Tea Store was ranked #25 in Best Online Shops in "Food," category by Newsweek
Dear Michael, We are very sorry for this experience with our company and understand your frustration. If you have not done so already, please reach out to our Customer Service team at customerservice@onlinestores.com. You will hear from our Customer Service team as soon as possible and appreciate your patience as we work to resolve this, we are so sorry for this experience!