5 Tea Tips From a Barista’s Notebook

To brew a perfect cup of tea, follow these basic tips from the barista’s notebook.

5 Teas to Celebrate Spring Equinox

Today is the first day of spring and thus, the day of the vernal equinox, an astronomical event in which the Earth’s equator passes through the Sun’s ‘equator’ making both day and night (pretty much)...

8 Earth-Friendly Habits to Adopt This Spring

Spring: it’s the perfect time to adopt new habits. Everything is coming alive, and there’s a sense of newness and rebirth that inspires us to start fresh with our best intentions. With Earth Day quickly...

4 Lessons We Can Learn From Honey Bees

So, when I suggest that we can learn something from the bees, I follow in a long line of people enraptured by these industrious insects.

Spring Cleaning – Without Adding to the Landfill

The Spring season is as good a time as any to minimize the excess in our lives, freshen up our living spaces and get things organized; there’s something about that fresh spring air that tends...

Zero Waste Picnic Tips

We did a little waste-free picnic in the park across the street from our house with some of our favorite things to eat, a few friends and the sun.

How Tea Saved A Village

Blogger Hannah Theisen takes a journey to the largest Fair Trade tea estate in India, where Numi black teas are sourced, to learn about how one big risk, combined with fair trade practices, saved this...

To The People Who Make My Tea

Have you ever wondered who makes your tea? To answer this question, blogger Hannah Theisen travels to Assam, India to see inside the country’s largest Fair Trade tea estate where Numi black tea is sourced. This is...

Why I Choose Organic

As a consumer, you might wonder if there’s really a big difference between purchasing organic tea rather than non-organic. After all, non-organic tea is cheaper and more readily available than organic tea. As a former...