At HumaniTea we are delighTEAd to be able to officially call ourselves an award-winning brand! Check out some of the amazing awards HumaniTea or our Chief Tea Officer Tina Chen has won over the years below in this blog post…
Awards HumaniTea drinks has won
From the delicious taste of our drinks to our great brand to our Founder Tina’s hard work, awards HumaniTea has won have been varied, numerous and all humbly yet also excitedly welcomed!
Best Vegan Beverage Brand 2025 (UK) at the 12th Business Excellence Awards

The latest award we are honoured to have won is Best Vegan Beverage Brand at the 12th Business Excellence Awards by Acquisition International! The Business Excellence Awards 2025 proudly honours outstanding enterprises and individuals worldwide, celebrating excellence, resilience, and achievement across diverse industries. As a proud vegan beverage we are very exciTEAd to be announced as a winner this year.
Best 100 at the 10th AA Taste Awards
In early 2025 we were proud to announce that our Earl Grey lattes have made the Best 100 list at the 10th AA TASTE AWARDS! These awards were established to recognise food and beverage manufacturers dedicated to providing an additive-free food supply. This is the second time we have been awarded this honour after the previous year!
Natural Energy Drink Brand of the Year 2024 at Greater London Enterprise Awards
In 2024 we were one of the winners of the SME Greater London Enterprise Awards, winning Natural Energy Drink Brand of the Year. This is one of the most special awards HumaniTea has won because we always pride ourselves on the slow, natural boost of energy our drinks give consumers without the usual caffeine crash, the ethically-sourced ingredients we use and the many amazing health benefits of them.
Awards and recognitions we have won as a business
As a small, young start-up business, being recognised and awarded is an incredible achievement. Over the years we have:
- Been included in the Small Business Britain #SmallBiz100 2022 List
- Been named one of The Times x Lloyds Bank Small Business of 2021
Awards and recognitions won by Tina
Our Founder and Chief Tea Officer Tina Chen has proven her prowess as a female and solo entrepreneur since starting HumaniTea with these wins:
- Shortlisted for the Asian Women of Achievement 2021 Entrepreneur Award (Highly Commended)
- Listed in f:Entrepreneur #iAlso100 2022
- Been shortlisted in Food & Drink Businesswoman of the Year category at the Great British Businesswoman Awards Food and Drink Businesswoman 2023
- Named as one of 100 Female Entrepreneurs to Watch by The Telegraph

Awards are not the be all end all of business, but they help prove that hard work, persistence and an amazing and well-received product, brand, person or team can pay off with such positive recognition, especially for such prestigious awards with tough competition from peers and contemporaries. We are extremely grateful for each and every award, nomination, recognition and mention and we hope to only continue adding to this list!



