Heaven of Tea

When the weather warms and the first, tentative flowers poke through their leafy hosts, tea time changes altogether. Instead of reaching for a steaming mug of Earl Grey, tea lovers gravitate to icy brews with a fruity or sweet twist. Iced teas are no longer a Southern specialty! Here are some of our favorites.

As we become more aware of the incredible health benefits that tea has to offer, it’s hard to resist steeping cup after cup to sip throughout the day. This super drink is making waves across the medical community and recently appeared in the October issue of Harvard Women’s Health Watch.

While all types of tea [...]

Over the past few weeks, a new study has been circulating through the health and tea world noting that bottled tea may contain far less antioxidants (polyphenols) than tea brewed at home. Officially presented in Boston at the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society, this study is one of the first to take [...]

Over the past few weeks we have shared our passion for TeavanaCARES, a program that we founded to create social change and assist women and children who are so deeply involved in the tea growing communities. We had asked you to submit statements of empowerment for our TeavanaCARES.com contest, and we were so amazed and [...]

To make room for new teas, some of our older teas are moving on. This is a list of discontinued teas along with recommended replacements.

CNN’s food blog, Eatocracy, shared information about the rising tea prices in China via their video report, All that tea in China? It might be getting a lot pricier. Asia Business Editor, Eunice Yoon, noted that bad weather and growing labor costs are the cause of increased tea costs.
Prices for premium tea, like Silver Needle [...]

More than 70 percent of the poorest people on the planet are women and children. We have the power to help change their world. By lending us your voice, you will join thousands of others who are speaking out for policies that help break the cycle of poverty.
Enter our TeavanaCARES.com contest by submitting your statement [...]

In last week’s post, we brought attention to our CARE® in Every Tea Leaf/ EquaTradeTM Program that we founded in order to create social change and assist women and children who are so deeply involved in the tea growing communities. We donate 1% of our annual sales to fund education, access to safe drinking water, [...]

South Africa is home of the hardy Red Bush plant that is used to make Rooibos tea, or African Red Tea. This delicious sip has been deeply rooted in South Africa’s history for centuries, and was exposed to the rest of the world in 1772 when Swedish botanist, Carl Thunberg, discovered that South Africans were [...]

Tea drinkers are familiar with many of the health benefits associated with each sip, although, it seems that the list of positive effects continues to grow with each steep. At this year’s Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, one new study reported that regular tea drinking could reduce the risk of brain decline.
The study tracked and studied [...]