The Orkney Tea Plantation

06/09/2026

Double whammy culinary treat! Fresh leaves from my Orkney tea plants cooked with equally rare Orkney Boreray mutton in a unique recipe! Created by the amazing Wendy Barrie of the Scottish Food Guide https://scottishfoodguide.com/recipe/18977/

25/08/2026

Process and sip your own Orkney grown green tea within MINUTES! Buy leaves freshly picked while you visit or have them posted next day delivery. Delicious and nutritious! Lovely iced😀

30/07/2026

Another yummy recipe using fresh unprocessed leaves from my Orkney tea plants! Thanks to Wendy Barrie of the Scottish Food Guide!

Tea infused tatties June 9, 2026 No Comments When the new potatoes are in season and there’s no peeling to be done, try lightly infusing them for a dressing with a difference. Read More »

25/07/2026

Make your own green tea, Matcha, smoothies, main meals or deserts with fresh leaves picked from plants at The Orkney Tea Plantation! 50p per gram, next day delivery. Used by Henderson's restaurant in Edinburgh to create two delicious sorbets!

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

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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!