Silver Tips Tea Blog

The glorious season of Autumn brings with it two immensely popular flavors – Pumpkin and Cranberry Orange. In recent years, popular chains have begun introducing their Pumpkin Spice beverages earlier and earlier, some even launching their drinks in August.  In our view, this is way too early!  October seems to be the perfect month for Pumpkin and we think November is Cranberry Orange season.

As early as 1683, The Compleat Cook’s Guide included a reference to cranberry juice.  Harvard University even served cranberries at their commencement dinner in 1702.  This evergreen shrub with trailing vines producing a tart berry is now welcomed into homes as a holiday tradition.  Where did the name Cranberry come from?  In the 17^th century, German and Dutch colonists in New England thought the flower, stem and petals...

Despite the growing popularity of Tea, coffee continues to reign supreme.  And it is still easier to buy coffee as a gift rather than Tea.  Why?  First, coffee is more readily available.  Second, there are fewer choices when buying coffee.  And lastly, it seems familiar.  Not so with Tea.  Often, even a habitual tea drinker knows the tea they enjoy but not much beyond their own category.  The Black tea drinker is confounded by Greens and Oolongs and the Ginger Peach Iced Tea customer knows only a tall glass of iced bliss.  As for those that fancy herbal teas – they swear by hibiscus or lemongrass but know very little about real tea.

With all this in mind, we designed our Tea Gifts to address these problems plus a few others. Ask yourself...

This year is almost gone. Soon it will be 2018.  That's baffling to me. It sounds so much like a far-off future date from a science fiction movie, but it's real, and it's coming, whether we like it or not. And if it's anything like 2017, it will be over in no time at all.

So let's slow things down and reflect on this past year. We've selected some of our favorite blog stories from 2017 and in case you missed them, here they are: 

• Customer Resolutions We Love! - In January we asked you to share your New Year's Resolution, and how Tea was going to help you reach it. We included some of our favorites here. The question now is...did you follow through?

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The Holidays only come once a year, but that doesn't mean you can't give gifts all year long. The perfect solution is our Tea-of-the-Month plans. Ours was rated as one of the Top 10 this year.  Every month the recipient receives a different Tea, allowing them to try a variety of options. We have a total of 7 Plans to suit every taste - those who enjoy straight Black Teas should select the Varietal Plan, while Green and Oolong fans will prefer Essential. There's even Tranquil, a Decaf/Non-Caffeinated option.