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WHEN OSCAR WOOLLEY
and business partner,
Anne Rooney, first set up Suki Tea in 2005, they both
had full-time jobs and would spend every evening
filling paper bags with their amazing tea blends.
“We’d both lived in Asia and had independently
developed a love of good tea, so setting up a tea
business seemed a natural thing to do,” recalls Woolley.
The hard work was all in preparation for weekend
trading at Belfast’s St George’s Market, which has long
been the heartbeat of the city’s food scene – and it
remains an important part of the business today, even
though Suki now exports to nine countries.
Teas such as Fairtrade organic Earl Grey with blue
cornflower petals are hand blended at the company’s
unit, with leaves from a Tanzanian farm that Woolley
has visited, although it’s their signature Belfast Brew
that goes down best with locals at the market stall.
St George’s Market, 12-20 East Bridge Street, Belfast;
belfastcity.gov.uk/stgeorgesmarket. Suki Tea, Unit
6, Curran House, Twin Spires Centre 6, Belfast; tel:
+44 (0)28 9033 0938, suki-tea.com
THE EXOTIC TRADER
Oscar Woolley, Suki Tea
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