Loose-leaf tea may seem a little out of the ordinary if you’re used to making your favourite cuppa with a teabag, but the popularity of loose-leaf tea is on the rise.

Here’s why:

Did you know that the tea leaves most commonly used in teabags are usually dust and fannings from broken tea leaves?

Birchall Tea have done it again! Following their huge success at the Great Taste Awards last year, they’ve scooped an impressive 7 more awards this year!

The Great Taste Awards are the world’s most coveted blind-tasted food awards and so it’s a truly impressive achievement that Birchall have now added 7 more gold accolades, taking their total, since first entering in 2011, to 39 prestigious awards.