A Summer Soiree a magically enchanting get-together ✨✨✨ A Night To Remember Summer nights are when the stars glitter extra bright in the navy sky, when the crickets chirp their tunes, and the warm breezes whisper through the willows. Sounds like a pretty perfect night for a mid-summer get together with the girls, or friends and family. Plan your charming soiree in the backyard with these OBTC recipes and tools. ⬇︎⬇︎⬇︎ ICED TEA SEASON There's nothing better than gulping down a refreshing glass of iced tea when it's hot out. Make these teas iced to pair with your evening's meal, or make some tea-cocktails to enjoy under the moonlight! Strawberry Mojito TASTING NOTES: refreshing mint ∙ fruit-forward ∙ subtle tanginess ...
Menopause Tea citrus ∙ earthy ∙ herbaceous ∙ refreshing AGING IN GRACE Growing older (and wiser) comes with many changes in our lives and bodies. We love, accept, and celebrate all bodies of all ages and types because our bodies tell the stories of our lives. They are the vessels that allow us to experience the life we do, and for that, they deserve all the appreciation and kindness. Aging in grace means we are able to accept, adapt to, and accommodate the changes that come with aging and tea is an excellent resource to assist you in these ways. Read more on our Menopause tea blend ⬇ THE NATURAL HORMONE REGULATOR Maca root, one of the main ingredients in...
Summerville Sweet Tea the best glass of sweet tea is always the one you drink on the porch A History of Sweet Tea & Porch Sittin' In the late 1700's, the tea plant, Camellia sinensis, traveled all the way from China and ended up being successfully cultivated in South Carolina, which also became the birthplace of sweet tea a few years later. Porches and sweet tea = a match made in heaven. Sweet tea was born in Summerville, South Carolina, in the late 1800's, around the same time when the concept of porches emerged in an effort to keep homes cool during the hot summer heat. Coincidentally, it turns out that sipping a sweetened iced tea while rocking on a...
Celebrating 4 Years In Mesilla, New Mexico 🌵 get the scoop on our story 🌵 customer favorites and more inside 🌵 SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY. IT'S WHAT WE DO This week marks a special occasion for our little tea company - it's our 4 year anniversary of sipping (usually iced) tea down south in the warm, yet completely enchanting desert. When you walk into the Old Barrel Tea Co. in Mesilla you are pleasantly greeted with bursts of vibrant color - the thing that the Mesilla store is known for, as their community is rich in diversity, flavor and culture. Our team in Mesilla is composed of some of the most relatable, hospitable, and hard working people who are tea obsessed and always ready...
GINGER: One of the first spices traded on the Silk Road soothes nausea ∙ boosts digestion ∙ promotes metabolism Chinese have grown and used ginger as both a medicine and food dating back all the way to the Confucius time period. Ginger's value holds strong to this day, as it was one of the first roots traded on the Silk Road, a network of trade routes connecting the East and West. The Silk Road was the bridge of economic, cultural, political, and religious interactions between these regions from the 2nd century BCE to the 18th century. A MEDICINE AND FOOD As ginger found its way around the world, everyone knew one thing for sure about it - it is food...
