Bird & Blend Tea Co. opening in Heart of the City

Located in a characterful unit on the corner of Pinstone Street and Cross Burgess Street, the celebrated retailer is the latest addition to Heart of the City – the major city centre regeneration scheme led by Sheffield City Council and its Strategic Development Partner, Queensberry.

Sheffield is the 20^th retail store in the Bird & Blend Tea Co. portfolio and follows recent openings in Canterbury and Newcastle.

Creating at least six new jobs, the Sheffield shop will showcase its range of teas, and the largest Matcha tea range that can be found in the UK, via its bespoke Tea Wall display, alongside the wide range of tea tools and utensils and its takeaway tea bar.

Inventive tea flavours include Birthday Cake, MojiTEA and Chocolate Digestives, alongside firm favourites like Builders Breakfast Brew and Earl Grey Crème.

The Sheffield team will also host live free Matcha tea demos, offer a tea matching service, showcase new and innovative flavour combinations, run mixology masterclasses, events and so much more. 

Mike Turner, Co-Founder & Managing Director of Bird & Blend Tea Co., said:

“Customer experience is at the heart of everything we do. Alongside the fast growth of the digital side of our business, we’re proudly continuing to invest in local high streets too.  As a brand we seek out locations where we believe we align, the regeneration in Sheffield City Centre is remarkable and we wanted to be a part of that. We see our stores as not just retail spaces, but as community hubs where customers can come to make connections with one another and our team, and enjoy interacting with our teas. For us, there will always be a place for magical in-person experiences and we’re delighted to be arriving in Sheffield.”

Cllr Ben Miskell, Chair of the Transport, Regeneration and Climate Policy Committee at Sheffield City Council, said:

“We are delighted to welcome Bird & Blend to Sheffield. It’s a company that has a strong reputation for attractive, quirky stores and will create a perfect fit for the rustic corner unit in Laycock House.

“It’s fantastic to see so many brilliant businesses choosing to open their stores within our Heart of the City development. All together, we are ensuring that visitors to our city centre, along with residents, are able to enjoy a varied and inspiring experience. It’s clear that our vision to transform the city centre is bringing about more jobs and helping to boost economic growth in the city.”

Andrew Davison, Project Director at Queensberry, continued:

“Bird & Blend is another fantastic addition to Heart of the City, continuing the high-quality mix of national and independent retailers. It’s an entirely new offer for Sheffield city centre and complements the new fashion, homeware, lifestyle and coffee shop brands in the scheme. I’m sure it’s going to be a great success.”

Sustainability is at the forefront of the brand, always with thought behind its product range, stores and they every day running of Bird & Blend. To celebrate the opening of the Sheffield store, Bird & Blend has created its first Sustainability Grant and Mentoring Programme, offering a local business their advice and a cash fund to inject into the improvement of their organisations impact on people and planet.

To apply for the for the £500 Sustainability Grant and Mentoring Programme, please contact Bird & Blend.