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Introduction to the team
Our tasters undergo a 7-year training process and they never stop learning, so they know exactly how to craft the perfect blend. Find out more about them here.
Joyce Muendo African Tea Buyer My name is Joyce Muendo and I look after African Tea Buying. That means I get to speak to people in hot , exotic places like Mombasa, Limbe, Kericho, Dar Es Salaam, South Africa among others.
Monica Antoine I am Monica Antoine, I joined Tetley September 2006, and am presently managing the administration for the Tea Buyers and Blenders.
Jo Rowland I'm Jo Rowland and I look after the blends for Australia, Poland and Russia. This involves tasting teas and choosing the right combinations for each blend as each of these countries prefer different types of tea.
Giles Oakley Tea buyer My name is Giles Oakley and I am a Tea Buyer at Tetley. I'd be lying if I said my burning ambition as a child was to be a tea taster, in fact it wasn't until I saw the advert nearly 9 years ago that I realised such a role existed.
Nigel Adams Having started with Tetley in 1973 it should not have come as a great surprise to discover that the team now referred to me as Uncle Nige, or that my office was known as UNHQ! -I think it's a compliment?
Mark Lawson I started as a tea taster sometime ago in the last millennium - 1989 to be precise! That means I've slurped more than a million teas over the years to get the right quality.
Tarsam Guru Tasting Sale Room co-ordinator I am Tarsam Guru and I am the Tasting Sale Room co-ordinator. I look after the staff in the Tasting room as well as the Buyers and Blenders requirements; preparing tea to be tasted. The work is very interesting there is never a dull moment.
Katy Tubb Tea taster I am Katy Tubb and I started as a tea taster here at Tetley over 20 years ago. In that time I have learnt to taste tea, to buy the teas our business requires and to create tea blends that you will want to try.
Philippa Worsfold Herbal Buyer & Blender
I am Tetley's herbal tea buyer and blender - so that means anything that's not from the Camellia sinensis tea plant.
Gemma Holloway Trainee Tea Taster Hi, I'm Gemma. I started in Tea Buying in February '07.
Zoe King Trainee Tea Taster
Hi I'm Zoë and I started as a Trainee Tea Taster here in November 2007...
