Silver Tips Tea Blog

January – a time for new beginnings, a fresh healthy start – perfect for National Hot Tea Month. It’s cold outside and a hot cup of tea can warm up your resolve and your body.  Here are some ways you can celebrate the versatility of Tea:

BE MINDFUL WITH TEA
Make this the year you pause and take a moment to steep loose leaf tea.  Discard that teabag once and for all and enjoy the wide diversity and world of Tea.  The purposeful act of heating the water, measuring out the tea leaves, pouring the water over the leaves and waiting the few minutes for that perfect steep is a respite in the day. Be in the moment, focus on the simplicity of the task and then...

If Tea immediately conjures up images of chintz, lace, pinkies up and ladies who lunch, you will need to update your thinking. Gone are the days when Tea was reserved only for the feminine persuasion. Or for when you got sick. Or enjoyed in a drawing room with dainty sandwiches. It is often said that Image Lags. So true. The world of Tea has changed a while ago and it may need a little time for perception to catch up with reality. 

Let's set the stage. Tea is more widely consumed in the world than coffee and is second only to water in popularity as a beverage worldwide. The revered Japanese Tea Ceremonies were conducted by men. Wars were...

Longer days, more light – that means it’s time to brush away those cobwebs, de-clutter and clean up.  Not only is this daunting, we put it off as much as we can.  De-cluttering is overwhelming and where does one start.  While you’re thinking about Spring Cleaning and tidying up, we don’t want you to overlook your Tea Cupboard.  You know that space – the one drawer where you’ve been tucking away all those bags of tea,...

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Though other stores think the Holidays begin the day after Labor Day, we contain our excitement until Cyber Monday (it isn't easy, but we manage!). That's when we kicked off the Holiday season with a 20% off coupon that applied to ALL Teas site-wide, and that's only the beginning. We have a lot more in store for you this December.

To accommodate both our regular, repeat customers as well as newcomers, we picked our favorite ideas from the many we brainstormed.  Our Holiday Checklist page has them all:

• Our Holiday Gifts collection has Gift Boxes, big and small. Or select a Tea...
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