Why us?

Choose the school trusted by Katarzyna Bonda, Małgorzata Szumowska, and Dziennik Gazeta Prawna. Our British English courses with native speakers go beyond grammar and vocabulary. They build confidence, lead to success, and provide a passport to top universities and international careers.

Our teachers support students in overcoming challenges and reaching new milestones. Our alumni study at universities such as Stanford, Oxford, and Groningen. Professionals who trust us use English at the highest level — in boardrooms and at international meetings.

Comfort

Learn anywhere, anytime: on Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams.

Excellence

Our tutors are graduates of the UK's leading universities, including Oxford, UCL, and St Andrews.

Tailored for you

Every lesson is tailored to your precise goals, whether that’s university entrance, career success, or everyday fluency.

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Our offer

Lessons for Children

We help children grow into articulate speakers and writers who fall in love with English. Lessons weave stories with purposeful conversation, sparking curiosity and imagination. Along the way, they discover, as the White Queen said to Alice, that it is possible to believe “six impossible things before breakfast.” Our pupils leave not only with advanced fluency and vocabulary, but also with a lifelong delight in learning.

University Applications

We mentor ambitious students on the path towards world-class universities. Our tutors will support you in negotiating every stage of the IB, matura and university admissions process. We advise on IAs, EEs and TOK essays, and provide expert coaching for academic interviews. Our students have successfully gained places at destinations including Oxford, Stanford, and New York’s School of Visual Arts.

Lessons for Adults

Many adults carry a quiet frustration: knowing what they wish to say in English, but not how to say it well. We offer thoughtful, tailored teaching to help you speak and write with clarity and calm authority. Lessons are led by experienced tutors and shaped around your personal goals. The result is an English voice that is truly yours.

Business English

Elite coaching for professionals, where every word and every detail counts. We have worked with the Senior Legal Counsel at Google and the Country Manager at Facebook. Whether pitching to investors or preparing for a career-defining promotion, we will elevate your English for boardroom impact and international credibility. Workshops on CVs, LinkedIn, and interviews are delivered with the editorial precision of our founder: an Oxford graduate and translator of the first English edition of Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.

Price List

English Lessons

  • First 60-minute consultation
    Free

  • Children’s Lessons (1:1)
    175 PLN per 60-minute lesson

  • Adults and Business English (1:1)
    250 PLN per 60-minute lesson

  • Small Groups (3 students)
    150 PLN per 60-minute lesson (per student)

University Applications

  • Tailored programmes and pricing after your free consultation

Translation, Editing, and Proofreading

  • Charged per 1800-character page (with spaces)
    Pricing depends on subject, complexity, and urgency

Meet Our Native Speakers

Anthony Goltz

Anthony Goltz

An Oxford-educated historian, Anthony began teaching English in India in 1994 and founded A Nice Cup of Tea in 2012. His clients have included bestselling author Katarzyna Bonda, as well as Google, the BBC, and the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He drinks Lapsang Souchong tea.

Ruq Jaffry

Ruq Jaffry

Born in Sri Lanka into a native English-speaking community shaped by the British Raj, Ruq brings an international outlook to her teaching. She holds a Distinction-level BA in International Business Management and has lived, worked, and studied across Europe, the UK, the US, and Southeast Asia. She drinks green tea.

Dr Alan Bryson

Dr Alan Bryson

Holding a PhD in History from the University of St Andrews, Alan has taught English and History at several universities, including Oxford and Sheffield. He has contributed to research in archaeology and literature, and curated a British Library exhibition on Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots. He drinks builder’s tea.

Dr Rishi Handa

Dr Rishi Handa

With a degree in Mathematics with Theoretical Physics from UCL and a PhD from SOAS, Rishi currently teaches Sanskrit at St James Independent School for Boys in London. Outside academia, he is also a musician, producer, and filmmaker. He has met the Prime Minister on the steps of Downing Street. Although he doesn’t drink tea, Dr Handa somehow remains both fully awake and professionally British.

Testimonials

Jan Kisielewski

A Nice Cup of Tea offers an approach to the learning and improvement of English at the highest of levels. Classes are not only lessons; they are fascinating, comprehensively educational encounters, not only due to the diverse and interesting teaching materials employed, but also thanks to the unique personality of the founder of the school, Mr Anthony Goltz.

Jan Kisielewski

Marketing Strategy Director
Stratosfera by Deloitte

Dr Joachim Popek

I wholeheartedly recommend working with Anthony. His diligent and professional approach to even the most difficult translations and edits contributed greatly to my success. Both Anthony and his team are the best in their field. They handle matters with competence and integrity. They are fully qualified in terms of expertise and open to new knowledge and opportunities.I recommend them to anyone seeking specialists for the most demanding translations (for example, academic texts) as well as to those who wish to learn English quickly and effectively!

Dr Joachim Popek

University of Rzeszow

Przemysław Kosiński

My acquaintance with Anthony is no accident. I spent many years searching for such an individual. In my profession I require technical translations of the most difficult medical texts. I truly appreciate his enormous commitment, timeliness and incredible diligence. As the Japanese say, “Tea is a work of art and needs a master hand to bring out its noblest qualities”.

Przemysław Kosiński

MD, PhD

Dr Aleksandra Oniszczuk

Accurate translations - received on time, even to the minute. Equally competent whether translating academic texts or editing CVs. Working with this team of professional native speakers, also fluent in Polish, guarantees that translations are more than just a literal sequence of sentences - they take into account the very idiom of the English language.

Dr Aleksandra Oniszczuk

University of Warsaw

The Rc2 team

Rc2, a public relations agency, has cooperated with A Nice Cup of Tea since 2014. They have performed complex translations of documents for various projects, including presentation editing and the translation of corporate materials, including press releases. The team are highly professional and efficient, very flexible in time, and competitively priced.

The Rc2 team

Marek Tejchman

Anthony gave me several ingredients whose mixture is unobtainable in Warsaw (and probably in Poland). This delicious recipe combines spot on, Oxford quality English, with the certainty of error free copy in our newspapers and documents. This competency is enhanced by a journalistic curiosity in world events, voracious intelligence, and a genuine concern for the student. Anthony is the sort of teacher you remember years later because you didn't wish to disillusion them.

Marek Tejchman

Deputy Editor in Chief, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna

Katarzyna Bonda

If you’re searching for the perfect bespoke service – this is the place for you. Zero boredom; translations always on time. The native speaker adapts to your needs and goals, both short and long term. Lessons are tremendously fun, yet at the same time I have never felt so disciplined. A Nice Cup of Tea is probably the best language school in Poland.

Katarzyna Bonda

Writer

Anna Gielewska

Education, motivation, and support – all with a dose of British humour – there is no place quite like it in Poland. Anthony is a wonderfully effective teacher and a passionate conversationalist. His learning and incisive observations on the most pressing current affairs ensure that each lesson is an inspiration, where themes are always tailored to individual need.

Anna Gielewska

Lyle and Corrine Nelson International Fellow, Stanford University Vice president, Reporters Foundation, journalist.

Marta Kielczyk

I enjoy a feeling of safety and confidence, knowing that I am learning that precise flawless English, which for me - passionate that I am for correct Polish - carries great significance. The careful tailoring to my interests and needs is revelatory. Most valuable is the adjustment to my expectations, when I can count on assistance and support at the drop of a hat. And one more thing - trust.

Marta Kielczyk

Journalist

Contact

Słupecka 4
02-309 Warszawa

+48 453 374 984
anthony@anicecupoftea.pl

NIP: 7010235783