teapigs Reviews 

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TrustScore 2.5 out of 5

2.4

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Considering 84 reviews, most reviewers were unhappy with their experience overall. Many people encountered significant problems with their orders, frequently reporting items not arriving, being incorrect, or experiencing long delays without updates. Customers widely criticized the customer service, describing it as unhelpful, unresponsive, and difficult to contact, often receiving generic replies or no resolution. Product quality also drew dissatisfaction, with some noting weak or bland flavors or concerns about microplastics. Conversely, a small portion of people felt satisfied, praising customer service for being helpful, responsive, and providing quick solutions. Some reviewers also highlighted the excellent quality and taste of certain teas, describing them as superior and delightful, with others appreciating fast delivery.

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Customer service

People report ambiguous experiences with customer service, with many expressing significant frustration.... See more

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Their chamomile tea, or is it a potpourri? - consists solely of dried flower heads, and it lacks any Starmereque sleep inducing qualities. I also bought a pack of redbush, which is meant to taste smok... See more

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Have had a regular (fortnightly)subscription for a long time. My husband and I drink copious amounts of green tea. Our last order (14th July) has yet to arrive and the fortnightly subscription is d... See more

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

I've used Teapigs Camomile temples for long time. However, last 2 boxes seemed different. Taste was weak, temples definately smaller and more dust and scum. So I wrote to them explaining with pictur... See more

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Chai tastes weak, doesn't have correct flavour profile. I'm impressed by the plant based tea bags, as usually being a coffee drinker the last thing I want is microplastics in my cuppa. 'Ethical'... See more


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  1. Coffee Store

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Back in 2006 the world of whole-leaf tea was boring, stuffy and outdated. Meanwhile, cool things were happening in the world of coffee. We saw the opportunity to get everyone drinking real tea again! And by real we mean big leaf and big on flavour. So, in November 2006 teapigs was born. Our mission today is the same as it was back in 2006: to get everyone drinking top quality, whole-leaf, great tasting tea - and to do business a bit differently while we're at it. All natural. No nasties. BIG leaf = BIG flavour. Simple!


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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Chai tastes weak

Chai tastes weak, doesn't have correct flavour profile. I'm impressed by the plant based tea bags, as usually being a coffee drinker the last thing I want is microplastics in my cuppa.

'Ethical' is meaningless advertising jargon because it's a comparative adjective not a noun.

I'm not Indian, but I have spent over a year living in India and Nepal, but to me the flavour profile of their chai doesn't seem like anything I've ever tried, likely they didn't include enough tea and maybe missed out a more expensive spice or two. Also shows what a race to the bottom the 'taste' awards are becoming.

26 November 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Tea with microplastic

Wish your business well and happy to delete this review when make changes, but selling tea in the plastic bag in the modern world is simply unacceptable. Do you understand that we breath with microplastic everyday because people where polyester. You also want us to drink it in large quantities? Tea quality is great, but how healthy it could be with micro-plastic?

2 November 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service from Teapigs

Excellent service from Teapigs. Postman delivered order to the wrong address. Teapigs kindly sent a replacement order that has been safely received. Thank you!

20 October 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service and tea!

Absolutely fantastic service ordered Wednesday morning and it came Thursday! I ordered a personalised selection box it's brilliant quality and the teas I tried that I ordered for myself are so good. Yes it's a bit more expensive but I have them as a treat and they are worth the money

23 October 2025
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Sent the wrong tea in large quantity

First time ordering and trying their tea. Ordered a range of individual tea envelopes totalling 11 tea bags to use in gift bags. Instead, they sent me 5 CASES (250 individually wrapped teabags) in 2 flavours. 1 of the flavours was past it's best before date, so that's 2 cases that can't be used. The others are dated for March 2026.

I emailed the team to explain the error and requested them to send my original order, and offered to send back the unopened cases. They responded with a very basic reply about returns and refunds, not addressing my request for them to send my original order. The AI auto-response that acknowledged my support email was more personal than the actual support team's response.

I'm going to see if the local foodbank or a community cafe would like the 2 unopened, in date cases. Thankfully I wasn't charged for them. I just don't understand how the packing team messed up like this.

19 September 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Great tasting tea

Being able to order simply is a challenge and finding a way through special offers and packages is a challenge. Sending marketing offers of 3 for 2 after I have ordered is irritating. Tea is great and delivery swift

22 September 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Going well online.

My online journey with TeaPigs is going great! Access to more tea's, I very much appreciate the extra surprise in my delivery this month too! THANK YOU!

I switched from Pukka, and the difference is huge! TeaPigs is superior in every way, from the quality of the temples to actually putting real tea buds in, and not the dust so often found with others.

Do I feel the little bit of string is necessary? No, I chop them off! Perhaps an idea for larger packs would be without the little strings, but I understand all the other competing brands have little strings too so it must be the majority of customers preference.

10/10 for TeaPigs, I previously found customer services really helpful and engaging, and this month received a little treat in my parcel, visiting friends have noticed the huge difference too and two of my friends have also moved from Pukka to TeaPigs....

It's the way to go! And try the Makuna Honey one's, they are AWESOME!!! (And Caffeine Free)

3 September 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Resolved my issue

Two of my tea bags broke open and I reached out to the Teapigs team to see if I was being too rough or perhaps got an odd batch. Kira responded to my email very quickly and was very helpful I sent her the pack details and the team sent me a replacement, great tea and even better customer service, thanks Kira!

11 August 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

£9 in tesco per box so I waited for the…

£9 in tesco per box so I waited for the club card price to kick in.After 2 weeks it did ,down to £7 per box .These were hardly flying off the shelf ,but being a tea addict needed to try
I made a cup first using 1 bag and 4.5min brewing with 1 sugar and then after a pot with 3 to 10 mins brewing.
My finds were PG gold are still unbeatable compared to this trendy crap ,for the price and taste I'd rather have aldi basic brand .
Not worth 3 quid let alone 9

7 August 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Fantastic tea let down by expensive…

Fantastic tea let down by expensive delivery and long order completion - 7 days to seems crazy when there's plenty of businesses offering free next day delivery.

Also, subscription not fulfilled due to no stock. I assume this is because of a recent sale but surely a stock management system should recognise what should be held on subscription and what shouldn't.

Just a bit disappointing as the tea is amazing.

4 August 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Disappointed as I ended up paying £4…

Disappointed as I ended up paying £4 for postage after the discount was applied for an order over £25. Also I’ve just seen Waitrose have a discount on the same box at £7.30 against your discounted price of £12. My mistake I should have checked first. I won’t order direct again.

1 August 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

teapigs - yes, a pig of a service

I ordered some tea over 10 days ago - nothing received from them, and zero response from Teapigs to my questions on their website as to what's happening with the order, they have also disabled the info @ teapigs email address, which sounds ominous - you now can only contact them via their website... of course they don't provide a telephone number - very shoddy

18 June 2025
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