When Are Tea Seeds Ready for Harvest? Growing tea isn’t just about the leaves—we can also learn a lot from the seeds. Tea seeds are the starting point for the next generation of tea plants, and knowing when they’re ready to harvest is key for anyone interested in propagation or understanding the full life cycle of Camellia sinensis. The Life of a Tea Seed Tea plants typically begin producing seeds once they’ve reached maturity, often around 3–5 years old. In late summer through fall, small white flowers bloom across the bushes. After pollination, these flowers develop into seed pods that slowly ripen over the next several months. By late fall into early winter, the pods mature and are ready to...
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.
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Pairing tea with Southern dishes is about finding balance, matching the bold with bold, the fresh with delicate, and the sweet with sweet. Our Mississippi-grown teas are versatile enough to complement savory mains, desserts, and even cocktails. Here is a list of recipes and teas to get you started.
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.
