Gurkhatea
gurkhatea.com
Gurkha Tea Ltd is a UK-based specialty tea retailer that sells single-origin Nepal tea directly from its farms. The store offers a range of tea varieties including green tea, black tea, white tea, and blended flavoured options available in multiple formats such as tea pouches, kraft boxes, tins, and caddies, with free UK delivery on orders over £15.
Performance Needs Attention
This store scores 48/100 on PageSpeed, which is below the recommended threshold of 50. Consider optimizing images, reducing JavaScript, and enabling better caching.
Products
47
Collections
13
Pages
16
Blog Posts
4
CommerceRank Score
Overall store health assessment based on 5 key factors
47/100
Top Recommendations
- Critical: PageSpeed below 50 is hurting conversions
- Add a reviews platform to build customer trust
PageSpeed Performance Analysis
Mobile performance from Google PageSpeed • 22 Feb 2026
Overall Ranking
#12247 / 16375
Faster than 25% of stores
Food & Drink Ranking
#997 / 1334
Top 75% in category
Category Avg Performance
56
-8 below avg
Category Avg LCP
1.7s
Performance
Accessibility
SEO
Core Web Vitals
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Largest Contentful Paint
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Cumulative Layout Shift
—
Interaction to Next Paint
Additional Metrics
—
First Contentful Paint
—
Time to First Byte
4.5s
Speed Index
Store Audit
Actionable insights compared to 1794 Food & Drink stores
#680 in Food & Drink
Above average (top 38%)
80% below average
47 products vs 235 avg
Slower than 75% of Food & Drink stores
PageSpeed score: 48/100
Category Benchmarks
Compared to 1794 stores in Food & Drink
80% below average
avg
62% below average
avg
11% below average
avg
91% below average
avg
Theme & Design
Theme Name
BespokeType
Custom / Bespoke
Tech Stack
Platform
shopify
Payment / Finance
Business Profile
Store maturity and operational indicators
Stable
NaN+ year
Since Invalid Date
Above average catalog size
Top 38% by catalog size
low
Basic content (16 pages)
Tech Stack Maturity
Developing stack
Business Sophistication
Emerging
Store Timeline & History
Feb 2026
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About Gurkhatea
Gurkhatea is a food & drink ecommerce store built on shopify and operating in US. The store currently offers 47 products organized across 13 collections, making it comparable in size for the food & drink category.
Theme and Design
Gurkhatea uses the Bespoke theme, a custom-built solution tailored specifically for this store. This theme choice provides the foundation for their online presence.
Performance Analysis
Based on Google PageSpeed Insights, Gurkhatea achieves a performance score of 48/100 on mobile devices. This score indicates significant opportunities for performance optimization, which could improve conversions and search rankings. The store also scores 85/100 for accessibility and 85/100 for SEO optimization.
Tech Stack
Beyond the core Shopify platform, Gurkhatea has not implemented a third-party review platform and offers PayPal for payment flexibility.
Competitive Positioning
Within the Food & Drink category, Gurkhatea ranks #680 out of 1794 stores we track. This places them in the top 38% of food & drink stores by product catalog size.
Last scanned
Feb 19, 2026
