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Here are 5 great ways to get more tea in your diet.

Impress your guests with your culinary talents, through one simple recipe. Our holiday cheeseball will look impressive on your table and will taste delicious. It is a fantastic way to get more tea into your diet even if you don't drink tea!     Ingredients: 16 ounces cream cheese softened 1/3 cup sour cream 8 ounces medium cheddar cheese shredded 2 tablespoons of Mississippi Sunshine Poultry Rub 1/2 cup green onions sliced 2 tablespoons dried cranberries chopped 1 cup of pecans chopped small Mississippi Sunshine Poultry Rub   Directions: In a large stand mixer, add the cream cheese and whip until smooth. Add sour cream, cheddar cheese, green onions, dried cranberries and Mississippi Sunshine Poultry Rub in increments so that everything incorporates...

This week we welcomed Dr Zhang (UGA) and Dr Bi (MSU) and three students to the farm to work on some tea plant breeding. This is where farming and science come together to help create strains of plants with new capabilities.  Do tea plants need to have a seed? In the wild, yes tea plants would need a seed in order to reproduce. At a tea farm we can certainly make use of tea seeds but once you have all the tea plants you need, you really do not need the seeds. Tea plants can also be reproduced by cuttings as well. For the tea plant to live out its years as a successful producer of harvestable tea leaves it actually...

Our Chai and Pumpkin Spice teas have the perfect seasonal flavor. These two teas are wonderful teas for the fall and holiday season and contain our US grown Black tea. The blend of spices in each tea is comforting and full of aroma. Spiced teas have a way of connecting a taste to a special time. Pumpkin Spice flavors connect you to the beautiful feeling of fall while Chai has a Christmas seasonal feeling.  Let's look closer at each tea: A Chai made with US grown black tea Chai was originated in India and is a very common drink there. Many families will have their own blend. Chai itself means "tea" in many languages. Thus, you do not need to refer...

We collaborating with a very special guest tea maker from Scotland to develop a limited edition new tea.