Inside our Fairtrade hot drinks

Did you know, tea is the world’s second most popular drink next to water? For 40 years, we’ve worked with a single, expert supplier to responsibly source the best-tasting, best-quality tea. Our supplier sources from tea gardens in the best-known tea growing countries on our behalf, then blends the teas for our stores and M&S Café ranges.

We take our tea seriously – after all, we sell the equivalent of 400 million cups each year, from our Remarksable Value Everyday Tea to award-winning Luxury Gold blend and single-origin teabags. Our tea is always 100% Fairtrade, hand-picked by growers who only choose the top two, youngest leaves and a bud for superior flavour and fragrance, then foil-packed for freshness. We are so proud of our Luxury Gold tea that it’s used in our lemon and peach iced tea soft drinks and served every day in all M&S Cafés.

We care about coffee a latte. We're proud of our coffee range, with rich, dark and smooth blends from across the globe. Our specialist team makes sure you’re getting the very best flavour in every cup, every time. All our beans, ground coffee, bags and pods are Fairtrade, arabica and premium-grade. Like our Roast & Ritual blend - hand-picked in Brazil, Ethiopia and Peru - which contains aromatic flavours of candied nuts and dried fruit. Between professional tasters at origin and in the UK, coffee for M&S products is taste-checked for quality at least five times.

From our Luxury Gold teabags – vacuum-packed at source to keep the freshness and preserve the naturally sweet flavour – to our Shortbread Tea, which gives you all the flavour of a biscuit with none of the crumbs, we love a good cuppa. Our range is bigger than ever, so whether you like to keep it classic, are thinking about treating yourself to something a little more indulgent with our Collection range, love a loose leaf or fancy a fruit infusion, you’ll find your cup of tea in the Foodhall or at an M&S Café.