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Learn how to make the creamy and delicious London Fog tea. Made with our Colonel Grey, Earl Grey tea, this is the perfect beverage for sitting cozy in front of a rainy window.

How Pan Fired Pine Needle Tea is Made in Mississippi Have you ever experienced a cup of Green tea that is buttery and sweet? Well meet Pine Needle Tea. Does Pine Needle Tea Have Real Pine Needles. No, there are not actual Pine Needles in this tea. The Pine Needle refers to the way the tea leaf is carefully rolled into a shale like a Pine Needle. What makes Pine Needle Tea different? This green tea is hand picked in the field. Then we pan fire it to stop the oxidation process. In the final step, the leaves are placed into the carding machine where it is heated until the leaves roll perfectly into a thin needle shape.   The flavor...

When you purchase tea from us, we think it is important that the quality of that leaf lasts. But how you store your tea, impacts how the tea will taste over time. You will notice that when you purchase a bag of tea from us that it comes in a brown bag, with a foil inside and a sealing strip along the top. These bags are excellent for ensuring the quality of your tea.  The #1 enemy of your tea is moisture and light. Both of these greatly degrade the quality of your tea and will prevent it from lasting for an extended period of time.  We often see teas stored in glass jars. Unfortunately, glass jars (even though they...

This particular tea plant came to us as a donation from a kind tea lover in Hattiesburg. But its roots go even deeper into history. The plant is believed to have originated from Lipton Tea’s experiments here in the United States during the 1950s.

  Should you leave the flowers on your tea plants or take them off? In our most recent blog we share how you should manage tea plant blossoms.