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On our countries birthday, July 4,  American will drink Iced Tea and perhaps other drinks (hint beer), but did you know that America is the only country that drinks Iced Tea?  Sure its summer and nothing is nicer than a cold beverage, but which ingenious American invented it? >>> Why Do Americans Drink Iced Tea? <<< As with most tea tales, there is more myth than fact. But one thing is sure, iced tea needs ice and ice was not a common commodity before modern refrigerators. Ice was harvested in the winter and stored till summer.  Harvesting ice occurred where...

June is the beginning of the jasmine flower season.  Therefore, it feels like the appropriate time to talk about Jasmine Dragon Pearls Tea.   First, the tea leaves themselves are picked.  These leaves need to be picked in the early spring, but then are dried, and stored until summer, when the jasmine flowers are ready.  The jasmine flowers themselves are picked in the morning, when they are still tightly closed.  In the evening, the tea leaves are piled onto the flowers.  Then, when these night-blooming flowers open, they release their scent into the tea.  This process takes roughly four hours....

In one word its delicious. Its a medium black tea from Sri Lanks ( formerly known as Ceylon) that has a strong cinnamon aroma and a hint of citrus and a natural sweetness to balance the savory spice. Its a wonderful fall/winter tea that warms you from the second you smell it.  Its pure warmth like sitting by the fireplace with a nice blanket.  Its bliss in a cup - a totally indulgent tea. But seriously whats in it?  We get this question all the time.   Its a medium black tea which is perfectly paired with cinnamon, sweet cloves...

We are both a bricks and mortar store and an online store.  Visit our store at 181 S.Main St in beautiful Canandaigua NY - the gateway to the Finger Lakes.  Our Main St store has  over 80 teas to choose from.  Our selection grew from 40 teas to over 80 because our customers wanted us to stock their hard to find teas.  If you have any requests we will try to fill them for you.   In addition to the teas we carry a wide assortment of tea ware.  Everything from mugs to cups to infusers to modern teaware to...