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A shout out for our awesome tea lineup

teamenu.jpgCoffee tends to dominate the discussion here, but it’s time we take a minute to review the great lineup of teas we feature every day.  All of our teas are organic and steeped to order by the cup.  Each cup of tea starts with the correct measurement of loose tea.  Then each tea is steeped in the proper time and at the proper temperature.

I’m a coffee drinker, but every now and then I enjoy a cup of the Earl Grey with it’s classic bergamot flavor.  Customers have also been enjoying the Raspberry Green Tea, the 2007 Celebration Tea, and the Orchid Oolong.  Currently our menu has nearly a dozen different teas for you to choose from.  We have caffeine free teas as well- featuring our most popular herbal, the Blend 333, and the new Blue Crane Blend.

This time of year is great to enjoy a nice hot tea- but keep in mind that we can also brew iced tea to order.  We simply use a little more tea and a little less water to make a concentrated brew, then pour it over ice (lemon optional).  The Iced English Breakfast is what most people would expect from an iced tea, but the Raspberry Green is probably just as popular iced as it is hot.

The current tea menu can be found on the “Coffee & Tea” page, where we also have, ahem, coffee… where we also do that whole “by the cup” thing, maybe you’ve heard of it.  I’m sure it will come up one of these days if not.

Cheers!

Direct Trade and Organic Certification

Geoff Watts of Intelligentsia discusses how Organic Certification factors in to the Direct Trade model.

“It is most definitely true that there is a lot of coffee grown in situations where zero chemical fertilizer, fungacide, herbacide, or pesticides are applied, but where the coffee carries no certifications of any kind. Most of the time these are “organic by default” coffees where the farmer cannot access or afford chemicals, so it’s not a choice to be organic, but simple necessity.”