Have you tasted our anniversary tea?

Alex Probyn of Blends for Friends specialises in creating tea blends as bespoke gifts, with unique recipes inspired by the tastes and personality of the recipient. Earlier this year this is exactly what he did for Oxford Brookes, and the resulting blends are available for everyone to purchase, in our shop and now online.

The two celebration teas were created to reflect the character of Oxford Brookes, as expressed in our guiding principles of confidence, connectedness, creative entrepreneurship and generosity of spirit. Following initial development, the final blends were chosen with the help of our resident tea experts at the Oxford Brookes Tea Society.

The teas are two classics with a Brookes twist. Brookes Breakfast is a blend of Assam, Ceylon Orange Pekoe, First Flush Darjeeling and Yunnan black tea. Brookes Grey contains Vanilla black and Rose Congou with rose petals, red cornflowers and lime leaves.   

These special tea blends were launched in the spring with a Mad Hatter’s tea party on our Headington campus:

The Brookes teas are just one of the anniversary products you can buy. The John Henry celebration ale, based on a 150-year-old recipe, is still in stock at the Colonnade shop, as is our full product range, which includes mugs, key rings, pin badges, memory sticks, notebooks and postcards, all available online.

These special products are not just a way to celebrate and commemorate our 150 years. All profits from sales go towards supporting our students.

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