The makers behind the brew
Small makers. Proper products.
Everything on this site is made by someone, not somewhere. Local, heritage and family-run makers, each one doing things the slow way.
Wild Steep started on a market stall, so we know a good maker when we meet one. Every brand we stock is one we would happily buy from across a stall table — family businesses, heritage names and small workshops where the people making the product are the same people who answer the phone.
No white-label ranges. No anonymous factories. Just makers we believe in.
01
The house blend
Wild Steep.
Every Wild Steep blend is weighed, mixed and packed by hand in small batches at our base in Abram, Greater Manchester. No factory line, no outsourced blending — a set of scales, a stack of jars and a notebook of scribbles.
Each new blend is brewed and tasted before it earns a place in the range, and it gets its first real test on our market stall, poured for people who will tell you honestly if it isn't right.
At a glance
- Made by
- Wild Steep
- Where
- Abram, Greater Manchester
- How
- Hand-blended in small batches
- What we stock
- our blends
02
Heritage design
William Morris.
Few names carry as much weight in British design. William Morris's botanical patterns have decorated homes since the Victorian era, and they look every bit as at home on a teapot, a mug or a tea caddy as they do on wallpaper.
Our teaware carries those Arts & Crafts designs onto the table — heritage pattern, made for a proper brew.
At a glance
- Made by
- William Morris
- Where
- Arts & Crafts heritage
- How
- Iconic botanical patterns
- What we stock
- teaware
03
Est. 2012 · Ripon, North Yorkshire
Sawley Kitchen.
Robin and Nicky Jaques spent years working in Yorkshire hospitality before they bought a commercial oven — named Bridgitte — and threw open the doors of the Sawley Kitchen in October 2012. They baked to vintage family recipes, by hand, and never compromised on the ingredients.
The bakery is still family run — their son Dan joined in 2017 — and the biscuits have since found their way into farm shops, delis and five-star hotel rooms, including The Ritz in London. Everything is baked fresh, and every batch is tested for flavour.
At a glance
- Made by
- Sawley Kitchen
- Where
- Ripon, North Yorkshire
- How
- Family bakery · vintage recipes
- What we stock
- biscuits
04
Est. 1902 · Fifth generation
J Hall & Son Bakers.
Established in 1902, J Hall & Son Bakers are a fifth generation family-run bakery. Over a century of baking, passed down through the family, shows up in the Slice To Go squares we stock — tiffin, cherry almond brownie and battenburg, each cut thick enough to share a plate with your cup.
A proper slice from a proper bakery. Nothing more complicated than that.
At a glance
- Made by
- J Hall & Son Bakers
- Where
- Fifth generation family bakery
- How
- Established 1902
- What we stock
- slices
05
Beccles, Suffolk
Harris & James.
Harris & James is a family-run chocolate and coffee house in the market town of Beccles, on the Suffolk border. It began over twenty years ago with a family café, grew into small-batch coffee roasting in 2013, and turned to bean-to-bar chocolate making in 2015.
The chocolate is crafted by hand in small batches, from cacao sourced directly from growers and cooperatives — full traceability from bean to box. Their selection boxes pair that chocolate with their own hand-roasted Arabica.
At a glance
- Made by
- Harris & James
- Where
- Beccles, Suffolk
- How
- Bean-to-bar · hand crafted
- What we stock
- chocolate
06
Handmade in the UK · Founded 2014
The Naked Marshmallow Company.
Founded in 2014, The Naked Marshmallow Company makes gourmet marshmallows by hand in the UK — 100% natural, with no artificial colours, flavours or preservatives. That's the naked part: nothing hiding in the list.
Their flavours read like a tuck shop dream — Jammie Dodger, cinnamon churro, honeycomb and choc — and they were the first to put marshmallows in a toasting gift set. Made for melting into a mug or dunking straight in.
At a glance
- Made by
- The Naked Marshmallow Company
- Where
- Founded 2014, handmade in the UK
- How
- 100% natural · no artificial anything
- What we stock
- marshmallows
07
Handmade in Scotland
Naturally Soapful.
Naturally Soapful is an artisan, independent skincare maker from Scotland. Their soaps are made the slow way — traditionally cold-processed, in small batches, with natural oils, botanicals and essential oils doing the work.
Vegan, cruelty-free and plastic-free, and made to sit beside a candle and a cup, not in a chemist's aisle. Beautifully simple, everyday things.
At a glance
- Made by
- Naturally Soapful
- Where
- Scotland
- How
- Cold-processed · small batches
- What we stock
- soaps
08
Botanical skincare & aromatherapy
Fizzy Wishes.
Fizzy Wishes makes botanical skincare and aromatherapy with a playful streak — best known for their bath salt test tubes, little glass tubes of fragrant salts that turn an evening bath into the last act of a slow night in.
Hand finished and made to be given: a small, joyful addition to a hamper, or a treat for the end of your own shelf.
At a glance
- Made by
- Fizzy Wishes
- Where
- Botanical skincare & aromatherapy
- How
- Hand finished · bath salts
- What we stock
- bath salts
09
Hand-poured candle studio
Candle Drop.
Candle Drop began with one person's obsession with pouring the perfect candle, and it shows: natural soy wax, cotton wicks and amber glass jars with black lids, every candle hand-poured in small batches. They are the makers' maker — a studio that pours for other brands as well as its own shelves.
We choose the fragrances and the label; Candle Drop do the pouring. Apple crumble, cinnamon bun, pumpkin spice and the rest of the range — each one made to sit on the table while the kettle boils, a low warm glow for the late afternoon and the wind-down after.
At a glance
- Made by
- Candle Drop
- Where
- Independent candle studio
- How
- Hand-poured · natural soy wax
- What we stock
- candles
Everything here passes one test.
Would we buy it at our own stall, and would we give it as a gift with our name on the box? If the answer is no, it doesn't make the site.