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Caffeine Without the Drop. Are you a coffee drinker looking to switch over to tea, but who still needs coffee-quantities of caffeine in your life?  Mate  (or Yerba Mate) may be the drink for you.  It’s a caffeinated drink from South America, but it isn’t coffee.  It’s brewed like tea, but it isn’t tea.  It’s a totally separate plant, with a totally separate story.   Order your Organic Roasted Yerba Mate here Mate (pronounced mah-tay, not like the British slang for friend) is the national infusion of Argentina.  It’s a major part of Argentinean and Paraguayan culture, and also popular...

A Brief History of Earl Grey - the Black Tea and the Man Earl Grey is any black tea flavored with bergamot.  This is a traditional British tea, associated with a certain poshness.  It’s flavor is sophisticated, citrusy, and begs to be consumed on a gloomy afternoon, possibly with a book.  Earl Grey people, I’ve found, tend to also be the sort of people who like to know the history of the things  around them.  Earl Grey - The Man This tea is generally accepted to have been named after the British prime minister in the 1830’s, Charles Grey.  Outside of a...

Before your local Starbucks, coffee shop, tea house, and even quiet local diner got in on the chai tea craze, it was already culturally important to the people of India.   Chai tea, if you’ve managed to avoid it thus far, is a black tea (usually Ceylon), with any variety of spices added.  While the mixture of spices can vary wildly, most chais keep to a pallet of cinnamon, cardamom, clove, and pepper.  Some chais, such as our Vanilla Chai, also add sweeter flavor elements.  In spite of their spices, chais should generally come across as savory and sweet, rather...

Rooibos tea, also called red tea, is in fact not a tea at all. This herbal from South Africa is brewed like tea, and tastes similar, but comes from an entirely different plant. This low, grassy shrub is totally caffeine free, and has been making headlines lately for being unusually healthy. The name, by the way, is pronounced Roy-boss. Feel free to practice saying it in your own home. We have a lot of requests for Reebus tea, Ryebus tea, and especially Rubious tea. We understand what you mean, but if you want to impress your friends with how much...