Tea Tasting London: Learn to taste like a professional

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Two Hours, Six Teas, 300 Years of Blending Secrets

You spend two hours at Twinings' London flagship tasting six tea types with a guide who explains the plant's journey from field to cup and teaches you how professionals taste. Welcome tea is included, and you leave understanding what makes one tea different from another—and why that matters.

Step-by-step itinerary

Twinings 2-hour tea tasting masterclass

Arrive at Twinings flagship store
Learn tea history and origins
Discover tea plant journey
Taste six categories of tea
Learn professional tea slurping

The Experience

"So where exactly does this leaf come from?" That's the question the Twinings masterclass answers in the first ten minutes, and it changes how you'll drink tea forever. You're at 216 Strand in central London, the flagship store, and the session runs two hours straight through—no rushing, no cramming. The guide walks you through the tea plant's actual journey: from the gardens where it grows to the moment it hits your cup, and all the decisions that happen in between.

The tasting itself is methodical. You'll work through six categories—white, yellow, green, oolong, black, and pu'erh—and the guide teaches you how professionals actually taste, which involves a technique called slurping that feels awkward until you understand why it works. Each tea tastes completely different, and you're not just sipping; you're learning what "quality" means in tea, why origin matters, how oxidation changes everything. A welcome tea opens the session, and then the real tasting begins. The store's been doing this for 300 years, and that expertise shows in how the guide explains the difference between, say, a Darjeeling and an Assam—it's not flowery language, it's actual chemistry and geography.

The location matters too. Being at the actual Twinings flagship on Strand puts you in the middle of London's West End, so you can walk straight out afterward to the Thames, Covent Garden, or anywhere else. Public transport is right there if you need it. The whole thing is designed as a gift experience—people book it for tea lovers, foodies, anyone who wants to understand what they're drinking instead of just going through the motions.

What’s included

Your two hours include a welcome tea when you arrive, tasting samples of white, yellow, green, oolong, black, and pu'erh teas, and instruction from a guide who walks you through the tea plant's journey from garden to cup and teaches you how professionals taste.

Good to know

Pets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by R Twinings Ltd.

Is this one for you?Right for tea drinkers who want to understand what they're tasting instead of just enjoying it by habit, or for anyone looking for a focused gift experience in London. Two hours is enough time to move through all six teas without feeling rushed, which is what makes the learning stick.