Darjeelings are grown in the Himalayan foothills of northern India in the state of West Bengal, where high altitudes, steep hillsides and dramatic shifts in the weather compel the tea bushes to thrust deep into the soil for nutrients to survive. This struggle produces some of the finest teas in the world.
There are many ways to steep tea and here at Smith Teamaker, we tried them all. Or at the very least, the top twenty. Once spring and summer hit, infusing...
Jessica Braasch, a bartender at the newly opened Scotch Lodge in Portland, Oregon, passed along her recipe for a Mint Tea Julep just in time for Kentucky Derby Day on...
