ABOUT YUMTEA
What began as a speciality tea idea has grown into something more complete. Today, Yumtea brings together East Asian flavours, soft handmade bakes, carefully prepared drinks and comforting lunch favourites — all made with the same quiet attention to detail.
We are not just a matcha bar. We are not just a cake shop. We are a place for everyday indulgence: calm, considered, and made to fit real London life.
OUR STORY
Yumtea began with a simple idea: to create a speciality tea shop in Canary Wharf — a calm place for people to pause in the middle of a busy day.
But very quickly, we learned that tea alone was not enough. Our customers wanted more than a drink. They wanted something to go with it, something beautiful, something comforting, something they could return to every day.
So Yumtea evolved.
We added coffee for the morning crowd. We brought pastry into the kitchen and began making cakes with a lighter, softer style. Matcha became one of our most loved drinks, and soon our matcha cakes and desserts became part of the Yumtea identity. Over time, our cakes became what many customers knew us for.
Then came lunch. Our chicken katsu sando gave office workers something more distinctive than the usual sandwich, and our kimbap quickly became a weekday favourite. As we began baking shokupan, our soft Japanese-style milk bread became another foundation for the menu — from toast and breakfast ideas to sandos and bakery products.
Today, Yumtea is shaped by the people who visit us. We listen, we adapt, and we keep making the things our customers come back for: matcha, coffee, cakes, birthday cakes, shokupan, kimbap, sandos and soft serve.
It may have grown one idea at a time, but the purpose has stayed the same: to make everyday moments feel quietly indulgent.
OUR ethos
At Yumtea, we believe good food does not have to be loud.
Our style is soft, balanced and thoughtful. We care about light textures, clean flavours, careful sourcing and the small details that make something feel special.
We are customer-led, but craft-grounded. That means we listen to what people actually want — a stronger lunch, a better matcha, a cake that feels lighter, a breakfast worth coming in for — and then build it with care.
Yumtea is for daily rituals and small celebrations. A drink before work. A cake after lunch. A sando between meetings. A birthday cake collected on the way home.
Simple moments, made better.
Yumtea grows by listening. Our menu has evolved because our customers showed us what they love — cakes, matcha, kimbap, sandos, shokupan, coffee and soft serve. We follow demand, but we build every product with care.
Our food and drinks are comforting, but not heavy. We like balance: gentle sweetness, soft textures, clean flavours and beautiful details.
A matcha before work. A coffee on the way in. A kimbap at lunch. A cake after a long day. Yumtea is made for repeatable little moments.
We care about where our ingredients come from and how they taste in real products. Our matcha is sourced directly from organic-certified farms in China and selected for balance, consistency and everyday enjoyment.