Bird & Blend Tea Co.
Brighton-based playful specialty tea brand founded in 2012 by Krisi Smith and Mike Turner. Known for flavored-blend innovation, sustainability focus, and a community-driven retail aesthetic.
Bird & Blend Tea Co. occupies a deliberately playful position in UK specialty tea — emphasis on flavored-blend innovation, colorful branding, sustainability commitments, and a community-engaged retail aesthetic. Krisi Smith and Mike Turner founded the brand in 2012 in Brighton; the company has since expanded to 15+ UK locations and a substantial online catalog.
The brand's most distinctive feature is the blend creativity: hundreds of original blends ranging from straightforwardly approachable (Birthday Cake, Sweet Mince Pie) to more editorially serious (Eternal Spring, single-origin Darjeelings). The packaging is plastic-free; the brand has worked toward closed-loop refill systems in retail. For UK drinkers who want a tea brand that doesn't take itself too seriously while still meeting editorial standards above mass market, Bird & Blend is one of the leading options.
Focus areas
Tea types carried
- Black
- Green
- White
- Oolong
- Herbal
- Rooibos
- Flavored
- Matcha
Retail locations
- United Kingdom (15+ stores)