Steep It Loose

Ah, holiday beverages. If you’re like me, the season has been full of delicious ciders and nogs, after dinner brandy and rich warm lattés. These hearty flavors seem to mirror the foods they pair with: stuffed birds, the creamy dishes, the nutty dishes, perhaps a few veggie and salad plates squeezed somewhere in there. It has…

Though some places in the world are not looking traditionally wintry right now, colds are in full swing. I’m feeling pretty resilient (knock on wood) as are most of my colleagues, and I’m pretty sure that the copious consumption of tea is preemptively treating a cold or the flu. Warm beverages are favored this time…

Those of us who are tea fanatics, and/or drink tea like our lives depend on it, all have our own little tricks for getting our fix on the road. How many times have TSA guys been all over my “scissor” tea ball… (I now carry my X-ray stealthy TUFFY TEA STEEPER silicone infuser!)… And we…

Today’s blog is an introduction to an incredible Platoon, currently serving in Afghanistan. These tough guys (pictured with their Tuffys) expressed interested in loose leaf tea and we jumped at the chance to make their mission feel a little more comfortable. Sergeant Castaldo specifically spoke of him and his men enjoying Rooibos, Oolong, Pu’erh, and…