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English Tea Store

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4.6 / 5
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4.5 / 5
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Overview

English Tea Store has a rating of 4.7 stars from 3,942 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.

  • Service
    115
  • Value
    99
  • Shipping
    102
  • Quality
    100

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Positive reviews (last 12 months): 91.8%
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Business's Favorite Review

“English Tea Store my new bff”

Sharon O.
9/30/20

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.

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Top Positive Review

“Great!”

Lynn G.
10/11/20

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!

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shopping experience (300) quality products (88) tea pot (135) customer service (208)
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January 27th, 2024
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I purchased this item online. I didn't have any problem with ordering.

Reason I chose this business:

The box was what I had been searching for. Also the price was reasonable.

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November 4th, 2018

Love being able to purchase great English teas made by a variety of companies. Great selections and variety of flavors offered.

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December 18th, 2023
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My family loves the Taylors of Harrogate teas, so I was delighted to find it at the English Tea Store site to give as a gift.

Reason I chose this business:

Found the specific tea I was looking for.

Very fine thank you
September 22nd, 2021
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January 8th, 2024
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The storefront is always easy to use and the prices are great for high quality tea.

Reason I chose this business:

The flavors and ease of checkout/delivery.

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March 28th, 2017

My friend just loved her tea for one and the box of tea I bought her. I thought it was beautiful and it arrived very quikley!

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September 2nd, 2021

Thise is very good site and I will be in the future of fashion technology and services industry and services

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October 31st, 2022
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I love my tea of the month subscription. I get new flavors, from new locations, and when they get low I mix them together and get my own blends!

Reason I chose this business:

Not so much hype, just good tea.

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February 12th, 2023
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Excellent product selection! Able to find teas I wasn't able to find in person or on any other websites.

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September 10th, 2023
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The tea wasn't what I expected. I am familiar with that tea from years ago. It wasn't as good as the original.

Reason I chose this business:

It had what I thought was Night of the Iguana chai. The ingredients looked close enough for me to give it a try.

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January 26th, 2023
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Easy Breazy so far.
Food was delicious & the delivery was fast.
Also, the ordering experience was straightforward.

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January 15th, 2019

Love it... tea set is perfect. Great size for 2 cups of tea. The tea I ordered is amazing. Great flavors!

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June 13th, 2017

My order was very well packed and nothing was missing from the order. Will continue to order from English TeaStore.

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January 27th, 2024
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Easy find, easy ordering and quick delivery as always.

Quick and easy as always
July 2nd, 2023
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Been shopping here for years
November 4th, 2021
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Been shopping here for years. Easy and quick as always

Easy to order
October 10th, 2020
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January 23rd, 2024
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Ordering was easy, Scottish Breakfast was a very good blend; the English Breakfast was more powdery than I expected and I would not order that again.

Reason I chose this business:

Good selection, prompt efficient service, good value, high quality--with one recent unexpected exception.

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Jacob Y. – English Tea Store Rep

Dear John, Thank you for your great review! We appreciate you taking the time to share your experience with us. We’d like to invite you to save 15% OFF our Featured Teas here-( https://www.englishteastore.com/teas-of-the-month.html).

Great selection, easy process
January 9th, 2024
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September 2nd, 2023
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Ordered various green teas and matcha from your store for a friend who's just "discovered" the beverage. Rave reviews!

Reason I chose this business:

I have ordered from you before, and like your selection and customer service.

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February 26th, 2023
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I LOVE your peach rooibos tea! Please don't ever discontinue it! I'll be buying more each time my supply dwindles.

Reason I chose this business:

Found when Googling “peach rooibos tea.”

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February 11th, 2023
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Absolutely love your selection... Very good shipping time... No complaints about the one tea I've tried so far... BBS... $CBK$

Reason I chose this business:

Good Selection...

Absolutely love your selection...
January 20th, 2023
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Absolutely love your selection... to navigate your website is kind of jinky

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February 24th, 2019

Item arrived so quickly and the quality it superb. Will definetly use this store again. I cannot wait to host afternoon tea.

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February 5th, 2023
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Good but didn't receive a product and wasn't informed it was out of stock till other items were shipped

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Jacob Y. – English Tea Store Rep

Dear Mary, We are very sorry for this experience with our company and understand your frustration. Our Shipping Department is working overtime to process your order and get it shipped out of our facility as promptly as possible and we apologize for the delay. If you've received an Order Confirmation with a tracking number, and that has not resolved your question, then please contact our Customer Service Department at customerservice@onlinestores.com and we will respond as soon as possible. Again, we deeply apologize for this inconvenience and appreciate you bringing this to our attention.

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January 25th, 2024
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Easy to order great product and good customer service. Ordered again

Reason I chose this business:

Thy had what I wanted

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January 4th, 2024
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Very easy shopping, and some very quality products. I will be returning to this online shop!

Reason I chose this business:

It looked Ike a nice site, had interesting teas and other items. Most importantly the Cumberland sauce I were looking for!

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February 5th, 2023
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Well being English living in the USA the is nothing to compere to this product as far as i am concerned.

Happy New Year.

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January 24th, 2024
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. Hope to get more in the future. Great product; better than the raisin biscuits we used to get!

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January 12th, 2024
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Everything went well with my order. The teas are delicious! Will order from them again!

Reason I chose this business:

They have such a wide variety of different teas and flavors than any other company I’ve ordered from. The order comes quickly and is packaged well.

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January 12th, 2024
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Good experience, I found the products I was looking for. Delivered on time. God prices

Reason I chose this business:

For the type of tea I was looking for

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From the business

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.

Business History

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

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