Debonair Tea Company: FLYING THE NEST

About Us

Debonair Tea Company is run by Kent couple, Phil and Louisa Johnson. Tired of seeing both good and poor quality tea served badly, we believed it was possible to source, create and serve high quality loose leaf teawithout pretence and set upon our mission to make exceptional tea a daily pleasure.

Initially, our plan was to create a pop-up tea bar and personally serve our own teas and blends but we were soon getting requests to retail our products online and supply other food businesses - requiring a prompt re-write of the business plan!

From true start-up beginnings and a limited budget, we have now created and sourced over 20 delicious yet honestly priced unique teas and infusions with more in careful development. Louisa has also proven her craft, knowledge and love of tea with formal tea sommelier accreditation – the first person to achieve this standard with the UK Tea Academy.

Our name is not only inspired by our high-quality teas and infusions but also by our 1968 Bedford Debonair CA van, which we are converting into a mobile tea bar (Still..! One commercial unit, a dog and a baby later...!)

This blog was originally set up for updates on our mobile teabar transformation which it will continue to do when this work resumes in 2018.

www.debonairtea.co.uk

Thursday, 2 October 2014

FLYING THE NEST

It was now time to banish the last of the rust. The dash was in desperate need of some loving, so rotten pieces were cut away and new patches were welded in. It was quickly primed and painted to prevent future corrosion.

Meanwhile, Louisa befriended local motorbike mechanics and all round lovely blokes at Roadstars in Dover, who have become a bit partial to our signature banana bread. They quickly blasted all five wheels. We then opted to powder coat them in white to get them looking like a million dollars...