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On Labor Day weekend, many towns hold parades and festivals, followed by a bounty of backyard celebrations, recognizing the hard work and achievements of Americans. What better way to celebrate than an end-of-summer tea party for family and friends? With the rise in popularity of British shows like Downton Abbey and Bridgerton, the tea party is having a renaissance in modern culture. A tradition that dates back to the 19th century, tea parties are a great way to cater to many individual needs while making space and time for connection.

Not sure what to buy for your loved ones this holiday season? We have a wide selection of gifts for tea drinkers! Follow along with us as we help you build your own tea gift basket with loose-leaf tea and accessories.

The art of tea blending has been around for thousands of years. One of the first mentions of blending fruits and spices with tea leaves was in the 8th century book, The Classic of Tea, by Lu Yu, the famous Chinese Tea Master. From blends of pure leaf to teas with fruit and spices added to herbal tisanes blended for wellness, tea blends come in many forms. There is no standard worldwide formula; each tea company has their own unique blend recipes. Blending allows us to create new and interesting flavors to enhance the base tea or simply to create a specific highly sought-after flavor profile.

Whether enjoyed plain or with a touch of milk, these breakfast blend teas promise a morning tea experience that is both comforting and rich in flavor, making them an essential part of any tea lover's collection. Our vast tea collection boasts 2 dozen unique breakfast blends to wake you up in the morning. In this cupping, we tasted 12 of our favorites.

Sating a sweet tooth with a sweetened cuppa is a time-honored tradition, as old as teatime itself.

Cha-no-yu, the Japanese tea ceremony, is a time-honored and cherished tradition: a ceremony crafted for the optimal enjoyment of the experience of drinking a bowl of tea, arranged with great care and detail to create beauty and harmony in this moment of simplicity. To understand the complexity of Cha-no-yu and its cultural value, let us begin with the history of the tea that inspired the ceremony: a powdered green tea known today as Matcha, prized for its characteristic umami (savory vegetal) flavor.

In October 1851, 16-year-old James Taylor left his native Scotland and stood on the bow of a ship, the Sydney, headed for a new land — the pear-shaped, tropical island of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), located in the Indian Ocean 15 miles off the southeast coast of India. He had just signed a letter of engagement with a Mr. George Pride of Kandy, Ceylon, which committed him to a 3-year contract “to act in the capacity of assistant superintendent” at the Narenghena Estate, a budding coffee plantation. Accompanied by his cousin, Henry Stiven, on the 3-month voyage, the two young kinsmen arrived in Colombo in February 1852.

Royle had a proposition for Fortune. With his previous experience as a plant collector in China, would he be interested in traveling back to China, on behalf of the East India Company, to collect tea seeds and plants for cultivation in the Himalayan mountains of India? His answer changed the world.