Perfect Teaspoon

As much as we’d like it to be true, tea didn’t start growing in our backyard in Toronto—we had to get it here somehow! Ok, so we didn’t really pay attention in seventh-grade geography, but when there’s tea involved, we’re interested. Sit back with a cup of green and read a little history with us….

It’s apple season! It’s a truly delicious time of hot apple cider, warm apple crumble and freshly baked apple pies.

Give the gift of enticing aromas and awe-inspiring flavors with 5 teas that will spoil mom on her very special day.

Matcha is wonderfully smooth, creamy, slightly sweet and grassy. It’s delicious in its pure form (with water) and it makes a stellar, even creamier tea latte.

Drinking loose-leaf tea has a multitude of benefits that have a profound impact on your mind and body.

Enjoyed throughout the day, Turkish tea brings people together for lively conversations and friendly gatherings.

On a meditative fall morning, there is nothing better than to haul out a big bag of pears, fresh-picked from the backyard or the overly prolific tree down the street, and wash, peel, core and chop them for an entire vat of pear sauce. Or, sometimes even more gratifying, to press them into cider or turn them into a delicious pie or crumble. If you’re the type of person who delights in this sometimes humble fruit, then our organic Fujian Pear tea is sure to be a hit.

According to legend, the very first dragon appeared to the mythical emperor Fu-Shi in order to right several wrongs that had occurred at the hands of the monster Kung Kung. He was said to have rent a huge hole in the sky, and was a terrible presence who had to be stopped. Luckily the dragon filled in the hole and set the tone for how the world would function for the rest of time. The rhythms by which it lived its life – sleeping, waking, breathing, eating, flying – resulted in the creation of day and night, seasons and weather, and all the familiar patterns we recognize today.