Tea Story

What could be better than authentically made award-winning tea paired with single-origin craft chocolate?

The Tea Makers of London have teamed up with Pump Street Chocolate to bring you a selection of the best pairings.

These two simple luxuries, when paired together, can truly enhance your tasting experience and open up a whole new way to enjoy exceptional teas.

For the best tasting experience, take a small nibble of the chocolate and let it melt in your mouth then slowly sip the tea.

This will allow you to enjoy the texture, aroma, intensity and flavours and you can begin to understand what compliments what.

Do try to refer to the flavour wheel provided and capture your notes for each pairing.

After many rounds of tasting, we have selected the best two teas to pair with each chocolate to fully enhance your tasting experience.

Featured Teas

(1 triune tea bag each)

Featured Chocolate

(1 chocolate bar each)

Vanilla Organic Rooibos

Decaffeinated Ceylon Black

Ecuador 85%: Made from Heirloom Cacao Preservation accredited cocoa beans from Samuel von Rutte's Hacienda Limon farm on the Guantupi River in Ecuador.

Peppermint Leaves

Lemongrass & Ginger

Sourdough & Salt 66%: Sourdough crumbs and a touch of sea salt add crunch and a smooth, malty flavour to the Ecuadorian chocolate.

Assam Breakfast Tea

Supreme Earl Grey

Ecuador Oat Milk 60%: With a pleasingly fudgy bite and scents of cinnamon, mellow nuttiness and flavours of sweet cream and porridge, this bar offers a genuine alternative for a creamy, milk chocolate.

Sensational Bora Bora

Jasmine Silver Needle

Madagascar Milk 58%: Creamy, luxurious whole milk chocolate with notes of caramel and treacle and the zesty finish characteristic of Madagascan beans.

Jasmine Dragon Pearls

Chamomile Blossoms

Rye Crumb 60%: The mellow creaminess of the milk chocolate shows off the nuttiness and acidity of the rye grain.

English Breakfast

Darjeeling House Blend

Jamaica 75%: This dark chocolate is initially rich, then a satisfying melt releases hints of sweet, juicy berries. Serendipitously for a Jamaican bar, it rounds into a distinctive honeyed rum finish.

Each box includes: the featured teas (triune tea bags) and chocolates, and also a flavour wheel to help you capture the flavour notes.

Capture The Flavour Notes

In each tea and chocolate pairings box, we have included a flavour wheel and tasting notes to help you capture the flavours.

The flavour wheel includes all the notes from floral, fruity, caramel, sweet, spicy, nutty, empyreumatic, earthy and vegetal tones.

Share your flavour notes and thoughts by tagging us in on Instagram or Facebook using the hashtag #TheTeaMakers.

About Pump Street Chocolate

Pump Street is an award-winning bakery in the village of Orford on Suffolk’s Heritage Coast.

After mastering naturally-leavened bread, they ventured into making chocolate from beans imported directly from single estates and cooperatives around the world.

They produce the finest craft chocolate, while provenance and process are key to their finished bars. They source cacao from the best growers who ferment and dry the beans at origin, and then tailor their roasting, grinding and conching to yield the best tasting chocolate possible.

You can learn more about their history and view their range of chocolates by checking out their website.