Sitting in Betty's in Harrogate with his wife, Colin Barrell passed comment that 'this would work well in Taunton'. Beware the throw-away line! 3 years later after selling his McDonald's franchise, Colin had found the premises and the right business partner.

Having decided what would work in Taunton, Colin approached the highly regarded local Tea blenders and Coffee Roasters DJ Miles & Co Ltd of Porlock with the idea of opening a Tea Rooms with them.Colin, a Minehead lad, after 27 years serving customers as part of the McDonald's organisation, knew he had the skills to put the operation in place but needed the expertise of Miles to deliver the coffee and tea experience he wanted.

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DJ Miles Ltd Report

My work in London had been tasting teas, inspecting teas and selling tea on the market. But in 1961 I decided to leave the city and buy a small shop in Minehead, which I ran for about twelve months. During that time I had continued my contacts with the Tea Trade, and on one of my visits to my old firm, my ex-employer suggested I could travel to Avonmouth once or twice a week and inspect the teas which were increasingly being landed there.

Parties & Functions Report

Sit back and enjoy a selection of finger sandwiches, savoury nibbles, homemade scones with clotted cream and strawberry jam and homemade cakes and sweets, all served on a three tiered stand with house tea or coffee. We can even cater for specific dietary requirements (vegetarian, gluten free etc) To make it extra special you can even add a bottle of Prosecco.

Gift Shop Report

One word comes to mind when you think about our shop at Mr Miles Tea Rooms - 'Emporium'. Whether it's our amazing range of quality ceramics and fine bone china, tea pots and giftware or our loose leaf teas and coffee beans it just shouts tradition. Very often you will be drawn up Taunton's High Street by the wafting aroma of roasting coffee.

Coffee and Tea Report

We stock a huge array of freshly roasted coffees and skillfully blended teas. Many of our coffees are roasted on our premises in our state of the art roaster. This allows us to roast small amounts of speciality coffees from Kopi Luwak (Civit cat coffee) to Kenya AA and the Champagne of coffee, Jamaica Blue Mountain.

Online Shopping Report

Click and Collect and Pre-Orders can be collected Monday to Sunday between 9.30am and 1.30pm. Payment will be taken on collection. You will be sent a confirmation email when your order is ready to collect. If you cannot see the product you are looking for, please email us at info@mr-miles.co.uk and we will do our best to help.

Reviews (10)

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Chris Alwaysright

Dec 18, 2021

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Very nice venue, but being charged £7.00 for one pot of tea for two, is a bit much.

Dippy Dolittle

Oct 30, 2021

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Had a high tea and enjoyed a lovely view in the upper seating.
The sandwiches where lovely but the cream tea was divine 😍
We actually had to grab a doggy bag for the final cakes.
There was a strawberry compote type desert that was so awesome but doubt it was low calorie 🤣

Chris Bishop

Oct 23, 2021

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Had a cream tea. Reasonable scones but very meager on jam and cream. They provide leaf tea although the quality was unfortuately very mediocre. Filled a gap.

I. Details

Sep 28, 2021

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Quite busy and you can see why. The cakes were in the large size and good quality. Enjoyed the coffee but a shame they just offer the one blend for espresso. Missed opportunity and a disappointment from a roaster.

Denise Clawley

Aug 17, 2021

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Had coffee, tea & hot chocolate which were all really good. Similar prices to large chains but with table service! Also serving afternoon tea which looked amazing!

John Milford

Aug 14, 2021

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Pleasant place to stop for a meal or superb snack and first class tea and coffee.
Staff very friendly, polite and efficient.
Food and beverages all at sensible prices.

Chris Stevens

Aug 08, 2021

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Nice cafe with outside seating as well as indoor. Greeted by young man outside asking where we would like to sit, we chose outside. We had cream tea's which were lovely. Recommend especially on a nice sunny day. Staff friendly.

Mike Butterworth

Jul 20, 2021

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Wasn't sure about eating here but was put at ease when I saw a lovely menu with plenty to eat inc homemade items of food. It will be added to my list of places to visit again. I would definitely give it 6 Stars and not 5.

Jason Organ

Jun 19, 2021

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Just had a great tea and cake. Sat outside, the service was very good, quick and pleasant. The cake was like my gran used to make - very good. The social distancing and hygiene was good.

Kevin Whittingham

Jun 17, 2021

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Had coffee and Welsh Rarebit here along with my wife who had coffee and Painni.
It was the only cafe with a cover outside where we could take our dog to avoid the rain showers.
Service was excellent and the coffees good
Only issue was my Welsh Rarebit was only one slice and I expected two and they added bacon when I asked for none.
Prices are on the high side as well as but they looked after our dog with some water and cuddles so I kind of looked over that.