The Orkney Tea Plantation

23/02/2026

Another fabulous recipe using freshly picked Orkney tea leaf from Wendy Barrie - cook and Director of The Scottish Food Guide https://scottishfoodguide.com/recipe/orkney-tea-infused-shortbread/ Get creative in the kitchen with this unique ingredient!

NORSE PILGRIM TEA Scotland’s most northerly tea crop on a smallholding on the Orkney archipelago. The leaves on sale are freshly picked camellia sinensis leaves to use for culinary purposes or for making small quantities of your own Matcha.

22/01/2026

Delighted that Wendy Barrie of the award-winning Scottish Food Guide is pioneering some exciting recipes with my Orkney fresh leaf!

In the far north of Scotland lies the Orkney archipelago and the island of Shapinsay, home to Scotland’s most northerly tea crop. The freshly picked Camelia Sinensis leaves are picked in perfect condition and dispatched for next-day delivery. Scientists have carried out research on berry and potat...

13/07/2025

A privatized, individualized belief system is not what Jesus had in mind.

May we break out of the individualism that is such a part of our western mindset today and seek interconnectedness with community.

We were never intended to live out our faith alone.

02/06/2025

Be one of the first people in Orkney to make your own Matcha from leaf freshly picked at the Orkney Tea Plantation in Shapinsay! Now available to buy. Have fun processing it for yourself easy to do. Drink it, cook or bake with it. Thanks to Chimene Taylor for these photos of her successful first attempt!🥳

10/04/2025

A welcome sight 💕Orkney grown tea plants basking in the April sunshine in Shapinsay!

21/03/2025

What started in 2018 as a crazy sounding idea has become reality! A tea plantation thriving
at 59 degrees north with several types of weather in one day and high winds to severe storms in winter it's been an exciting journey. With no previous horticultural experience it's been a steep learning curve for me but worth it and many more tea adventures to come - watch this space!