Stokes Tea & Coffee

Stokes Tea & Coffee is an award-winning family business with almost 120 years’ experience (Est. 1902), in sourcing, roasting, blending and supplying the freshest coffees and finest of teas, and, delivering top notch customer service too.

Today, they operate some of the busiest cafés and supply the highest quality wholesale and retail coffees, teas, equipment and training to customers all over the UK.

“While our history is enormously important and has helped to define us - we're always looking to the future. We are always exploring how can we make the best even better because we're passionate about our people, customers and communities, and constantly evolving to meet the challenges of a changing world ethically, sustainably and responsibly.”
Their current MD is Nick Peel the great-grandson of the company’s founder Robert William Stokes and the fourth generation to take the helm. The business which is based in the city of Lincoln, has grown significantly and now

employs around 65 people. Every week, their eco-friendly coffee roaster produces around 3 tonnes of coffee at our Lawn based operations in the heart of Lincoln with more than 18 different blends of coffee.