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Proper British brews, instant coffee, hot chocolate and tea-time favourites.
Some people are fiercely loyal to one tea brand and will explain why at unnecessary length. Others quietly throw in a jar of Beanies or a tub of Cadbury Drinking Chocolate and pretend the order was always meant to be balanced. Both approaches are entirely understood here.
This is the hot drinks section for real life: tea for the morning, coffee for getting through the rest of it, and hot chocolate for when the day has earned something less sensible. Worth keeping a few favourites in, because running out tends to feel far more dramatic than it should.
Yorkshire Tea, Yorkshire Gold and decaf are different commitments to the kettle. The same goes for loose leaf and tea bags. British tea loyalty is often described as a preference, usually by someone who has never been handed the wrong mugful.
Some people come looking for a proper box of tea bags and leave with hot chocolate, flavoured coffee and a few very firm opinions. This collection covers the British hot drinks customers actually shop for, from everyday black tea and decaf favourites to instant coffee, drinking chocolate and the sort of extras that somehow become part of the routine. At The Great British Shop, you will find well-known names like Yorkshire Tea, PG Tips, Twinings and Barry’s, alongside Cadbury Drinking Chocolate and Beanies flavoured instant coffee.
If the tea matters, this page does the job properly. Yorkshire Tea leads with the original blend, Yorkshire Gold and Yorkshire Decaf, while PG Tips brings Gold and decaf options for those loyal to their own camp. Twinings adds a slightly more polished end of the shelf with Assam, Lady Grey and Earl Grey, and Barry’s covers the stronger side with Gold Blend, Master Blend and Irish Breakfast. There is everyday tea here, but not the forgettable sort.
This collection is not pretending the kettle only gets used for tea. You will also find Beanies instant coffee in flavours like Irish Cream, Caramel Popcorn, Double Chocolate, Gingerbread and Very Vanilla, plus Cadbury Drinking Chocolate for evenings when tea feels a bit too upright. It is a useful mix for households where one person wants a proper brew, another wants something sweet, and nobody can be bothered making a separate order.
Orders go out from Halifax and Dartmouth to Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Victoria, Bedford, Charlottetown, Saint John and Kitchener. Whether you are restocking your usual tea bags or adding a few jars of coffee and hot chocolate while you are there, this collection makes it easy to buy British tea, coffee and hot chocolate in Canada without digging through the whole shop. It is the shelf people come back to when the mug cupboard starts looking a bit optimistic.
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View full detailsIf your morning cup requires a tea that means business, M&S Fairtrade Extra Strong Tea is the kind of British brew that does not mess about. Th...
View full detailsM&S tea is the sort of thing British expats in Canada find themselves thinking about more than they probably expected to. Not in a dramatic way...
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View full detailsAll the pleasure of a slice of cake, none of the washing up. Yorkshire Tea Victoria Sponge Brew puts Britain's favourite tea-time pairing into a si...
View full detailsSticky toffee pudding, except it comes in a mug and nobody judges you for having it at eleven in the morning. Yorkshire Tea Sticky Toffee Brew take...
View full detailsSomeone will say that tea is tea. They can make their own, then. The rest of us know which box we reach for, how we like it brewed and precisely how much discussion we want before the kettle has boiled.
Our tea and hot drinks range brings Yorkshire Tea, Irish blends, decaf choices and a few less conventional brews to Canada. There is also drinking chocolate and flavoured coffee for the people sharing the kitchen. Start with your usual cup, or find a new reason to take a break.
Yorkshire Tea and Bewley’s Original are starting points for the familiar cup you make without a ceremony. Keep the tea you like within reach and the rest of the morning can look after itself.
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View full detailsBuy Bewley’s Tea Original - 80 Teabags in Canada Bewley’s Tea Original - 80 Teabags is a classic black tea blend from Bewley’s, freshly packed in D...
View full detailsYorkshire Tea Cherry Bakewell Brew takes the biscuit-and-tea idea in another direction. For a conventional cup without the usual caffeine, Yorkshire Tea Decaf keeps a separate place in the tea cupboard.
Buy Yorkshire Tea Cherry Bakewell Brew 40 Teabags in Canada Yorkshire Tea Cherry Bakewell Brew 40 Teabags is a black tea with natural flavouring, m...
View full detailsBuy Yorkshire Tea Decaf - 80 Tea Bags in Canada Yorkshire Tea Decaf - 80 Tea Bags is for people who want a proper brew without the late-night conse...
View full detailsGalaxy hot chocolate and Beanies Salted Caramel coffee give other drinkers a reason to visit the cupboard. Useful when the tea debate is still going on and somebody would simply like a hot drink.
Indulge in the rich, velvety taste of Galaxy Instant Hot Chocolate. This 250g tin delivers smooth, creamy chocolate flavor in every spoonful—simply...
View full detailsFlavoured instant coffee in Canada tends to be a bit hit or miss, but Beanies Salted Caramel Flavour Instant Coffee is the UK version that has quie...
View full detailsYes, in boxes of 80 that go out from our Halifax shop across Canada. Yorkshire Tea, Yorkshire Gold and Decaf cover the daily mug, while Cherry Bakewell, Victoria Sponge and Bedtime Brew come in 40s for the days the kettle wants a bit of excitement.
We do, and plenty of it. Bewley’s brings Irish Afternoon, Gold and Original, while Barry’s adds Master Blend, Orange Pekoe and a Gold Blend loose tea, so an Irish kitchen in Canada has no reason to run short.
The one your family drinks, and you will not change their minds. For a great many kitchens that means Yorkshire Tea, with Yorkshire Gold for more backbone, PG Tips Gold for a fuller cup and Typhoo One Cup for those who like it simple.
Black tea, brewed strong in a mug and usually finished with a splash of milk. Yorkshire Tea is a fine example, the everyday box that keeps a house moving, and Cherry Bakewell Brew is there for anyone who fancies a flavoured cup.
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The Christmas range lands from the UK in early November.
The day it arrives we unpack it, pack your order and send it on its way. Advent calendars go first, and everything reaches you within a few days wherever you are in Canada.
Order now and it has your name on it. The favourites go early every year. The people who leave it until December are the ones who miss out.
