On May 6th our tea farm got the blend we never wanted. We were struck with one long track E3 Tornado in Brookhaven, MS. The tea farm would be heavily impacted. Image Credit: Storm Chaser Aaron Rigsby In the early evening our phones started to blow up with Tornado alerts to take cover. The Tea Shack is the most secure building on site so we loaded up all 6 of the dogs and all three humans and headed to the Tea Shack to wait it out. The storm could be felt and heard. We thought the windows were being blown out. After it all ended, we stepped out of the Tea Shack to what looked like a disaster zone from...
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.
In 2014, as we faced a learning curve with our tea plants, we experienced an outbreak of yellowing leaves. Yellow leaves is such a difficult problem to get to the foot cause on as it can be so many different things. Incorrect pH, Mineral deficiency or even frost/sun damage. So for us to battle this issue it was time for an experiment. This meant testing was required. We ran two tests which would tell us if the last probability was viable or not. Our first test, we ran a slow release fertilizer/nitrogen trial on a small section of plants to determine if it is a mineral deficiency. Trying to be very careful that we are not waking them from dormancy...