Lancashire Tea is an English brand of tea based in

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. The Lancashire Tea Company was formed by Paul Needham and business partner Lynn Hitchen in 2006 to give

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its own brand and as a rival to Yorkshire Tea.

Products

Including the classic

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blend, the company blends 12 teas from Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, and Sumatra and has extended production into

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, Green Tea, and Coffee. In 2009, the company relaunched the brand, having produced four new designs for the packaging, which were voted on by members of their

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group to decide which one would be their new look. The packaging of the tea features a map of the historic county of Lancashire.

Popular culture

On 13 November 2008, the Lancashire Tea Company broke two

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for making the World's Largest Teabag and The World's Largest Cup of Tea. In February 2015, product sales increased following a tweet by

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admitting to fans Lancashire Tea was her favourite brand. The Harry Potter author who lives in Edinburgh stated she buys it in England and takes it back to Scotland with her.

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* {{teas Tea brands in the United Kingdom Companies based in St Helens Food brands of the United Kingdom