Birchall planted his first tea bushes in early spring of 1872. In 1872 he decided to return to India a land he had grown increasingly fond of over his time spent there, joining his brother Robert Fuller Graham. He cleverly used his savings to make a living by planting tea in Darjeeling.

The seeds of a tea dynasty were planted and subsequently Birchall Graham continued in the tea trade, successfully developing the business and acquiring the knowledge and expertise to create the teas in the world.

A founder member of Darjeeling Tea, he lived in India for many years and is buried in Darjeeling where his gravestone lies in the Tea Estate Cemetery.

We will donate 5p from the proceeds of every pack sold to help save Virunga, Africa’s oldest national park and protect its mountain gorillas and other wildlife. We are also a member of Ethical Tea Partnership and this tea is part of the Rain-Forest Alliance.

BLACK TEA: Birchall English Breakfast Tea is a unique, masterful blend, sourced directly from East Africa's finest tea estates. A delicious caffeinated black tea to kick start your mornings every day. Birchall tea has exceptional brightness, golden colour and strong refreshing flavour.

NO CAFFEINE TEA: Birchall Lemongrass and Ginger Tea is a warming herbal tea made with pure lemongrass and spicy ginger pieces. Birchall tea has soothing properties, making it perfect to revive you anytime wherever you need a boost.

ENGLISH BREAKFAST TEA: Great Rift Breakfast Blend is a unique, breakfast blend, sourced directly from East Africa's finest tea estates. A delicious breakfast tea to kick start your mornings every day. Birchall tea has exceptional brightness, golden colour and strong refreshing flavour.

AFTERNOON TEA: Birchall Virunga Earl Grey tea is a bright and elegant single origin tea, grown in Rwanda, close to the Virunga National Park. A delicious high caffeinated black tea to kick start your mornings every day. Birchall tea has exceptional brightness, yellow gold colour and strong refreshing flavour.

GREEN TEA: Birchall green tea bags contains a purifying and restorative traditional green tea to start your mornings every day. Birchall tea has exceptional brightness, yellow green colour, refreshing flavour and less caffeine as compared to black tea.

GREEN TEA & PEACH: Birchall green tea bags contains a purifying and restorative traditional green tea, blended with real fruit pieces and marigold flowers to start your mornings every day. Birchall tea has exceptional brightness, yellow green colour, refreshing flavour and less caffeine as compared to black tea.