January is National Hot Tea Month

Celebrate National Hot Tea Month with your favorite cuppa. Warm, soothing, and full of wonderful health benefits. Tea is second to water in worldwide consumption.

Visit Tantalizing Tea at Tavares Light-Up Celebration

Come visit our booth and enjoy tea and sweets in historical downtown, "America's Seaplane City",  Tavares, Florida in their annual Light-Up Celebration on beautiful Lake Dora.

Date: December 3, 2011
Time: 5:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: Parade - Main & Ruby Streets; Events & Entertainment at Wooton Park, 100 E. Ruby Street, Downtown

This year's theme is "Twas the Flight Before Christmas". The parade starts down Main Street at 5:30 pm. Activities at nearby Wooton Park will follow and include Santa arriving by seaplane (of course!), falling snow, ice skating, horse drawn wagon rides, S'mores Pit, Photo booth, Face painting, Bounce House, Kids DJ, Library Book Giveaway, Rock Climbing Wall, great food & more food, as well as a variety of seasonal entertainment. A not-to-be-missed event, fun for the entire family.

Look forward to seeing you there!

June is National Iced Tea Month

Iced tea was first introduced at the St. Louis World's Fair in June 1904. Credit is given to Englishman, Richard Blechynden, who was representing the tea growers from India. On this hot, sultry day, Mr. Blechynden and staff were having a difficult time sampling their hot tea to fair attendees. Desperately trying to figure out what to do next, he saw a block of ice and was struck with an idea. They used an ice pick, chipped away at the ice block, & dropped the ice in the cup. The rest is history!

Iced tea is a refreshing way to enjoy some of your favorite teas that you usually serve hot. Steep your tea like you usually do, let it cool, and pour it over ice.

Be adventurous! Many teas that you never considered as iced teas are delightful iced!

Ban on Exports of Tea Leaves

According to an article in the Thai Indian News the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) announced a ban on the exports of tea leaves which will unfortunately affect the Darjeeling region.

Darjeeling tea is considered the "Champagne of Teas", and produces around 8 million kilograms of tea annually.

This is a huge concern for the locals whose only source of income is from working as a laborer in the tea gardens.

To read more:  http://tinyurl.com/4dm3onr