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Everything you need to know about Earl Grey Tea
Increase your tea expertise with some knowledge on Earl Grey tea.
How to make a London Fog or Earl Grey Latte
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.
The relentless summer of heat on the tea farm
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...