29.01.20

The teamoji is coming!

We did it! Tea is finally getting the emoji it deserves – and it’s coming this year. For decades, all us tea drinkers have had to represent our chosen brew is a little picture of green tea and a little picture of coffee. And those just don’t cut the mustard when you’re trying to say: “I’m having a brew.” Where’s the drink we know and love? The proper stuff, the one that’s the colour of He-Man. You know, tea. So we put a formal application together and sent it to the people who decide on new emoji – the Unicode Consortium.

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25.11.19

We've planted 2 million trees!

​Five years ago, we set out on a mission to plant one million trees by 2020. With just over month to go, we're very chuffed to say we've more than doubled that target, planting a grand total of 2,155,067 since 2014.

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23.10.19

A plastic update

We're changing from sealing our bags with oil-based plastic to a compostable plant-based material called PLA.

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12.07.19

National Cricket Week Was Brilliant

​The sixth Yorkshire Tea National Cricket Week saw more than 1,500 schools and community groups take part in a nationwide celebration of cricket in the playground and the classroom.

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09.07.19

What happens to growers when tea prices go down?

​The global price of tea has dropped a bit lately – and that has a knock on effect on tea farmers. We reckon people who buy our brew should know where we stand on stuff like this, so here’s the lowdown

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24.06.19

It's National Cricket Week!

Once a year, thousands of children in England and Wales get stuck into a great big celebration of cricket. Some have never played before whilst others are already absolutely cricket mad. To kick things off with a bang this year, Chance to Shine helped us find seven really special young cricket fans so we could give them a dream day out. A red carpet tour of Headingley stadium, complete with a behind the scenes tour, their own custom cricket kits and a surprise visit and training session from Yorkshire cricket legend Jonny Bairstow.

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