Silver Tips Tea Blog

Here's a look at what goes on behind the scenes, our thoughts on tea, fun facts and customer comments.

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Fair Trade

Today we make our 2nd quarter 2009 payments to each estate from which we purchase Fair Trade teas.  The way it works is that we tally all Fair Trade activities...


Fair Trade

Today we make our 2nd quarter 2009 payments to each estate from which we purchase Fair Trade teas.  The way it works is that we tally all Fair Trade activities...


Darjeeling Update

It's been quite a year in Darjeeling!  Just this evening, the bandh (strike) was lifted and life should limp back to some form of normalcy.  For those of you not...


Darjeeling Update

It's been quite a year in Darjeeling!  Just this evening, the bandh (strike) was lifted and life should limp back to some form of normalcy.  For those of you not...


Chai - The Real Thing

Sometimes a picture does say a thousand words.  However we make Chai here, it just cannot approximate the real thing.  For one thing, there's years of experience.  Look at the...


Chai - The Real Thing

Sometimes a picture does say a thousand words.  However we make Chai here, it just cannot approximate the real thing.  For one thing, there's years of experience.  Look at the...


A visit from one of our favorite customers

A couple of days ago, we had a visit from one of our website customers.  This is always fun - putting a name to the face.  To ensure she completely won...


A visit from one of our favorite customers

A couple of days ago, we had a visit from one of our website customers.  This is always fun - putting a name to the face.  To ensure she completely won...


Leaf Styles

Tea comes in all kinds of styles and shapes.  Black tea is often associated with a grade: OP - orange pekoe (denoting a full leaf tea) FOP - flowery orange...


Leaf Styles

Tea comes in all kinds of styles and shapes.  Black tea is often associated with a grade: OP - orange pekoe (denoting a full leaf tea) FOP - flowery orange...


Quote of the Week

"This is more fabulous than good..." One of our regular customers today had her first taste of our house-made Coffee Almond Ice Cream.  This was her answer to our question,...


Quote of the Week

"This is more fabulous than good..." One of our regular customers today had her first taste of our house-made Coffee Almond Ice Cream.  This was her answer to our question,...