
March 21, 2022 | By Christine Parks
Many gardeners are surprised to learn that Camellia sinensis is the most popular camellia in the world. And most tea drinkers in the U.S. have ...

June 7, 2021 | By Maryann Readal
Tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world, after water. Countless books have been written about tea, which is the leaf product of ...

November 16, 2020 | By Matt Millage
It never ceases to amaze me how much tea is consumed daily. An estimated 2.16 billion cups of tea are drunk every day around the world, which ...

February 27, 2019
In February we posted a blog about yaupon tea. It contained a legend about why the holly plant was given a name with negative connotations – ...
February 11, 2019 | By Paris Wolfe
In a small café in St. Augustine, Florida, I was served tea made from yaupon, a caffeine-containing holly shrub that grows wild in southeastern ...
June 25, 2018 | By Paris Wolfe
Tea Time has a new meaning. Mixologists are working with the ancient beverage to craft cool contemporary cocktails. These go beyond mom’s ...

June 11, 2018 | By Paris Wolfe
You know that gap year between high school and university that judgy people frown upon? Sometimes it turns out well. Consider Joe Howard. In ...
May 15, 2017 | By Paris Wolfe
I'm becoming a tea snob. The more I learn about the herb the more selective I become about my camellia sinensis brew.