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Taylors of Harrogate

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Description

Taylors of Harrogate is a Yorkshire family tea and coffee business founded in 1886 by Charles Edward Taylor, now part of the Bettys and Taylors Group alongside Bettys Cafe Tea Rooms and Yorkshire Tea. Winning a Gold Medal at the London Grocery Exhibition in 1896 and the Queens Award for Enterprise for Sustainable Development in 2001, Taylors offers exceptional loose leaf teas, fruit and herbal infusions, and slow-roasted ground and bean coffees. With Yorkshire Tea becoming the UK’s best-selling tea brand in 2019 and over 10 million cups consumed daily, Taylors products are consistent eBay UK and Amazon UK bestsellers backed by 139 years of Yorkshire blending heritage.

Minimum Order Value
£150
Platform
Amazon FBA and eBay
Amazon Approved
Yes
eBay Approved
Yes
Recommended Marketplace
Amazon UK
Parent Company
Bettys & Taylors Group Limited.
Headquarters
1 Parliament Street, Harrogate, HG1 2QU
Wholesale Program
Open
Authentic Distributors
1. Bettys & Taylors Group Direct ✅ (bettysandtaylors.co.uk — confirmed parent company corporate site)
2. Bettys Online Shop ✅ (bettys.co.uk — confirmed official online store for Taylors products)
3. UK Tea and Grocery Wholesale Networks ⚠️ (verify specific named distributor before proceeding)
Professional Notes for FBA Sellers
✅ GENUINELY INDEPENDENT YORKSHIRE FAMILY
BUSINESS — Bettys & Taylors Group remains
fourth-generation Belmont family-owned with
no external conglomerate acquisition — same
refreshing ownership structure as Fellowes,
Fikkerts, and Vitabiotics in this directory

✅ Genuinely compelling founding story — Charles
and Llewellyn Taylor literally founded their
business after being fired for making a "too
risky purchase" — authentic entrepreneurial
comeback story useful for Amazon listing copy

✅ Always request authorization letter LOA
and confirm invoices show your registered
business name for Amazon compliance

✅ Yorkshire Tea became the UK's best-selling
tea brand in 2019 — overtaking both PG Tips
and Tetley, both already confirmed in your
directory — useful competitive context for
understanding current UK tea market dynamics

✅ The founder's original insight about water
chemistry affecting tea taste (1886) —
Yorkshire Tea's "hard and soft" blend
variants continue this tradition today —
genuinely unique, authentic product
differentiation story

✅ Note: Taylors online shop currently redirects
to Bettys (bettys.co.uk) — ensure any
wholesale enquiries go through Bettys &
Taylors Group corporate (bettysandtaylors.
co.uk) rather than the consumer-facing
Bettys retail site
MAP Policy
yes

Location

Address
Taylors of Harrogate, Pagoda House, Plumpton Park, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 7LD, United Kingdom

Features

Yorkshire family tea and coffee business founded 1886 by Charles Edward Taylor | Loose leaf teas fruit and herbal infusions and slow roasted ground and bean coffees | Consistent Amazon UK and eBay bestseller, home of Yorkshire Tea UK number 1 tea brand since 2019 | Bettys and Taylors Group owned, fourth generation Belmont family, independent Yorkshire family business | Gold Medal London Grocery Exhibition 1896 and Queens Award for Enterprise Sustainable Development 2001 | Over 10 million cups of Yorkshire Tea consumed daily across the UK.

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