Welcome to the Saratoga Tea & Honey blog. Learn about tea and honey - and how to use them! On our blogs, we explore topics like tea production, the health benefits of honey, and the latest news from Saratoga Tea & Honey.
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Whether you are brewing raw or ripe aged tea, you will follow many of the same basic principles. Aged teas may come in many forms, including loose tea, large cakes, or small nests called touchas. For loose teas and the small cakes, you can add your tea directly to the...
Brewing Scented Tea may seem complicated at first glance. Usually when you brew an Herbal Tisane full of fruits, flowers, herbs or spices, you brew just off the boil to extract all the delicious flavors and health benefits from your tisane. But what do you do when you have a...
Herbal Tisanes (a.k.a Herbal Teas) are some of our favorite brews for tea newbees because they are extremely forgiving and easy to brew - hot or iced! Though often referred to as Herbal Teas, tisanes do not actually contain any tea (leaf from the camellia sinensis plant), and are instead blends...
As discussed in our What is White Tea blog, White Teas are often perceived as the most enigmatic of the tea types. Hailed as delicate, yet comprised of sturdy, frost-resisting downy buds, it's no wonder that White Tea as a category can feel somewhat ambiguous. That's why we like to liken...
Though the side-by-side stimulating and calming effects of tea have been appreciated anecdotally for centuries (many an old wife has been known to prescribe strong, sweet, hot tea for its restorative properties), modern science allows us to isolate and study the components of tea leaf that cause this anecdotal evidence...
Wondering how much caffeine is really in your favorite pot of tea? Learn about caffeine levels in tea and how your steeping method might affect how much caffeine is really in your cup.
It’s back to school time and whether you’re doing your classes in person or virtually, you’ll probably need a little mental pick-me-up! To help you out with this, we’re featuring Focus Pocus as our Wellness Tea of the Month! Our brain-fog busting blend of powerful organic adaptogenic herbs; Ashwaganda, Tulsi,...
Put simply, matcha is green tea powder that is whisked in water to create a frothy, delicious, and healthful drink. This simple explanation misses much of the nuance that makes matcha special, however, so we hope you will keep reading to learn more about how matcha is produced, why matcha is...
Before we get into the sweet details, we want to start this article with a resounding: YES! Honeycomb is 100% edible and actually quite good for you! Now, on to the science! Using honeycomb at home: try a beautiful bowl of yogurt with berries and glistening Acacia honeycomb. What is...
Tea and honey is such a natural pairing (especially in the Tea & Honey store) that it's very easy for us to get in a rut of thinking about our honeys solely in relation to our teas. But honey is beautiful and marvelously diverse in both its flavor and its applications...
You most likely have heard of Tupelo honey. This famous honey has made its way into multiple pop culture references, including the 1997 movie Ulee’s Gold, a film that follows a beekeeper and his family troubles. Both the famous 1971 Van Morrison album and title track, Tupelo Honey, written in...
In the summertime, there's nothing better than a slushy drink to cool you down, whether you're spending an afternoon by the pool, at the track, or having a backyard BBQ with friends. This slushy, alcoholic drink is inspired by our popular summertime special: Iced Tea Lemonade! You can easily make...
Afternoon tea is a quintessentially British event and meal that has made its way across the pond through novels and cinema. It remains a favorite pastime for mothers and young daughters thanks to more novels and movies - and thanks to boutique experiences at various tea shops and hotels around the...
Earl Grey Tea Lattes - The Origins of the London Fog Similar to the history of boba, it is often hard to pinpoint when and where a beverage was first developed. According to Vancouver is Awesome, despite the name, this beverage was perhaps invented on the Western Coast of Canada....
We've been casually recommending in-store customers try creating shrubs or tinctures out of our herbal tisanes for years now, but we thought it was time to share our Immune-Boosting Cranberry & Pine Tea Shrub recipe with all of you in a more official way! If you just want to skip to the...
We believe in getting straight to the recipe, so if you'd like to hear about the trials and tribulations of figuring out how to make my husband's favorite childhood cake (Zwetchgenkuchen, aka German Plum Cake) with honey instead of sugar, please click here. Otherwise, read on for ingredients and directions,...
With the weather turning cooler - especially in the mornings! - we're looking forward to warm breakfast bowls full of whole grains, nut butters, fall fruits, and - of course! - Pumpkin Pie Spice Honey. How to Assemble Your Honey Power Bowl The beautiful thing about breakfast bowls is that they...
Growing up, it wasn't a summer cookout without my mom's barbecue beans. Today we're sharing her recipe with our CommuniTEA with a Saratoga Tea & Honey twist! The original recipe calls for molasses, but why use molasses when you can use Buckwheat Honey? In case you haven't noticed, subbing honey...
One of our favorite recommendations in our Honey Room is to encourage guests to experiment with honey simple syrups in cocktails because it's a fun, easy way to use honey in a way that's both special and part of everyday life. So, as soon as we tasted our new sweet-tart Elderberry...
Bonjour Bébé Postpartum Tea About Our Powerhouse Herbal Tisane for New Mothers There's a lot of advice out there about what to eat (and what not to eat) or what to drink (and what not to drink) while pregnant or breastfeeding - and a lot of it is contradictory or...
Health Potion Herbal Tisane About Our Anti-Inflammatory, Pain Relief Tea There's an old adage that goes something like "there's nothing a cup of tea can't fix". And while we absolutely believe it's true that there's nothing a good cup of tea can't make at least a tiny bit better, we also...
A Quiet Mind About Our Anti-Anxiety Herbal Tea It probably comes as no surprise that an unofficial study of the herbal teas that sell most quickly from our Saratoga Springs store reveals a lot of people are having trouble coping with stress, anxiety, and insomnia in our post-COVID world. While we already...
Tea and honey are remarkable superfoods that seem almost too good to be true. On our wellness blog, we explore specific health benefits of drinking tea, brewing herbal tisanes, and eating raw honey. If you come to this page curious about caffeine in certain teas, check out our Tea Education articles on...
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