🐝 Pollinators on Duty 🐝 The bees are starting to pollinate. Here's what happens: The Earth is thawing, the weather is warming and Spring buds are popping up from the ground, ready to be pollinated! Spring is a vital time for all pollinators, but we are partial to bees, as it marks the beginning of the growth of a new healthy colony that will soon produce honey. The bees are our besties, so we want to shine the spotlight on them and tell you about why we love them so much, and how the hive works. Did you know that an average beehive can hold around 50,000 bees and that bees have inhabited Earth for about 100 million years? So really,...
SPRING TEA CLUB blends for the season 🌸 🌱 🌸 Spring is officially here! That means we whipped up new tea blends and curated a tea-box that captures the spirit of the season with ingredients that energize, refresh, and boost our spirits! These shareable blends are perfect for sunny afternoon walks, brunch dates, or sipping while barefoot in the garden and will inspire you to dive energetically into the Spring season! You may have miss out on the Spring Tea Club shipment but you can still order the blends we shared online or get them from your local OBTC! Here are the blends we included in the Spring Tea Club box. ⬇︎⬇︎⬇︎ SPRING TEA CLUB RECAP The blends and the inspo behind the Spring shipment....
EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION DAY 🌸 Our MVPs 🌸 Today we are celebrating Old Barrel Tea Company's team! If you've ever visited one of our stores and sampled one of our teas, you know that the OBTC experience relies heavily on our team members being educated and passionate about all things tea and wellness! It is our team members that make our shops feel like home and make the OBTC experience feel so inspiring and magical. We spend so much of our lives at work in today's society. We spend almost as much time working as we do with our families, and as we do sleeping. Therefore, our jobs should be chosen as thoughtfully as our life companions and our mattress! At the...
A Month Of Love & Unity Tea Brings People Together Black iced tea was sweetened, decorated with lemons and enjoyed on breezy afternoons from the front porch! February is often associated with romantic love, but this month we celebrated love in all its beautiful forms: loving your partner, your children, your friends, your neighbors, and yourself! Something we LOVE about tea is that it is unifying - it is something we share with those we love to elevate our wellness, soothe our minds, and strengthen our bonds. Check out how tea has been unifying us throughout history. ⬇︎⬇︎⬇︎ People consume tea irrespective of class, race, creed or religion all over the world. In the social setting of drinking tea together...
Marigold: The Flower That Bonds Love 🌞 skin healing ∙ antioxidant rich ∙ immune boosting 🌞 Marigold flowers are tied to a romantic ancient Aztec folklore story about two lovers, Xótchitl and Huitzilin. According to the legend, the lovers would often hike to the top of a mountain to leave marigold flower offerings for the sun-god Tonatiuh, and to swear their love and commitment to one another. When Xótchitl's lover dies unexpectedly, she prays to the sun-god to reunite them on Earth, as he was her other half. The sun-god was moved by her display of loyalty and love and grants her wish by shining a ray of sunshine on her that transforms her into a flower as golden as the sun...
