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.
Explore the latest posts on our blogs below and dive deeper into the world of Tea & Honey!
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...
O
Learn about culinary and ceremonial matcha, and which matcha is the right matcha for your favorite at home matcha ceremony!
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...
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...
Try this refreshing mocktail for a summer pick-me-up!
Smokey and delicious without all the nitrates from smoking, this cured salmon recipe uses cedar-smoked Lapsang Souchong to cure fresh Atlantic salmon for eggs benedict, salads, charcuterie and more. Learn how to make a tea cure for salmon and your other favorite fishes and meats!
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...
This beautiful collaboration with Saratoga Olive Oil Company is a lovely way to celebrate the harvest season and explore using honey in savory dishes!
We make two exceptions to the tea at the tea bar rule here at Saratoga Tea & Honey Co. - delicious, decadent single-origin sipping chocolate and fresh-squeezed lemonade. Over the years our lemonade has become a town staple in the summer thanks to its perfect balance of tart lemon and...
Honey is a fantastic addition to marinades and vinaigrettes instead of sugar. Which honey will you choose?
S
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...
