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Both our new Peppermint & Camomile tea and our dark chocolate Neopolitans found in our Mint Chocolate Collection have won a 2022 Great Taste Award, taking our tally to 31 awards!     The judges praised the tea as ‘fresh and uplifting’, with a wonderfully strong peppermint character. The mint flavour is very clean with …

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  To celebrate National Picnic week from 18th – 26th June, we’ve teamed up with Hampshire-based the Homemade Brownie Company to giveaway 5 boxes of their seriously delicious peppermint brownies made with our pure English Black Mitcham peppermint oil and dark chocolate peppermint crisps. The Homemade Brownie Company produces their luxury chocolate brownies using the …

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  This National Gardening Week, we’re delighted to read that the RHS are encouraging gardeners to find the joy in gardening. “Whether it’s sowing seeds together, taking a moment’s break to nurture your houseplants or kicking back with a cup of tea in your favourite green space, there’s so much joy to be found in gardening …

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  We’re delighted to launch our two new restorative herbal teas;  Camomile and Peppermint & Camomile.  Naturally, like our best-selling award-winning peppermint tea, both teas are free from caffeine and 100% plastic free. Our teas aren’t like other herbal teas; that’s because our teas are made entirely from herbs grown on our Hampshire farm, giving …

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We asked Consultant Clinical Aromatherapist to Summerdown, Shelley Baker, for some wise words on how to look after ourselves. Shelley says “It’s fair to say life has become stressful over the past two years and when we are stressed our body goes into the so-called “fight or flight” or response. When we lived in caves …

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Friday 19th March marks World Sleep Day and after such a tumultuous year, we need sleep more than ever. We caught up with Clinical Aromatherapist Shelley Baker who shares our passion for essential oils and believes that sleep and relaxation are key to wellbeing. “Sleep is essential to let the mind and body repair each …

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As the weather turns warmer, the bulbs come out and the sun shines for longer, we start to get a spring in our step and seek to shed winter from our homes, have a good old spring clean and refresh our homes for the new season. One way to do this is to bring the [...] More  →

  We’re so very proud to announce that Summerdown is now a certified B Corporation (B Corp), joining a global community of businesses measuring our social and environmental impact. Certifying as a B Corp (only one of two UK farms to do so) is confirmation of what we’ve always worked hard to achieve on the farm –putting people and planet before profit.

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  For the eleventh year, Fine Food Digest magazine has surveyed independent retailers to uncover what the best-selling products are in the speciality food sector. We’re thrilled to have been crowned runner up in the ‘chocolate and confectionery’ category in this recent Best Brands survey. Farm shops, delis and food halls up and down the …

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It’s beginning to look lot like Christmas, and that means it is the season of the wonderful Christmas hamper. Below is a selection of just some of the delicious hampers you’ll find Summerdown in this Christmas, all available for nationwide delivery. The Hampshire Hamper, £69.99 from Newlyns farm shop Chalkstream hampers, from £60 The Hungry …

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    To help you celebrate with family and friends, we’ve teamed up with fellow Hampshire foodies and winemakers, the Hampshire Cheese Company and Coates and Seely to give one lucky winner a fantastic Christmas entertaining prize.   This prize draw is now closed.    

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  We’ve won a Great British Food Award for our Peppermint tea. Great British Food magazine editor Dani Redd gave the following review “The best mint tea I have tried to date! It’s very refreshing and has a strong peppermint flavour which only intensifies the more you drink. The tea bags are also great quality, …

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