indigenous tea — Articles — Larissa Zimberoff

Brewing up a Local, Sustainable Cup of Tea

Your morning tea—Matcha, Darjeeling, English Breakfast—most likely comes from far away. While there are a few dozen tea growers in the United States, the harvested leaves, many of which come from an evergreen shrub called Camellia sinensis, are not native to this country.

Civil EatsLarissa ZimberoffOctober 4, 2016Asi Yaupon, CatSpring Yaupon Tea, civil eats, holly, indigenous tea, native tea, tea, yaupon