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Drought has hit our Mississippi tea farm. The hot and dry weather has been relentless. We have had 11 days above 100F and not had measurable rain since July 1st. We have had 63 days above 90F this summer. In other words, it has been hot and dry and now to the point of brutal and dangerous. Tea grows between 50F and 100F. It is also a poor conductor of water through the bush. We are currently running the irrigation over 7.5 acres of land on a daily basis. We pumped 655,200 gallons of water onto the crop last week. We are also watering at night to help evaporation stay to a minimum but with night time temps in the...

Delicious Cranberry Cream Cheese Scones recipe to pair with Black Magnolia, Black tea.

Tea and milk have a long history of going together. Learn all about the combination in our latest blog update.

International Women's Day recognizes the strides made towards equality for woman. Although we are a male owned tea farm, we understand greatly the importance of equality.

We are on a mission to learn does our fertilizer have an impact on tea taste and leaf production. We welcomed Dr. Bi and her grad students recently as part of a 2 year USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant Program.