Christine Rillo at TeaMuse by Adagio Teas

May honors mothers: new and veteran, near and far. Offer them peace and serenity with blooming teas, honey, and curated Masters oolongs and Chinese blacks. Enjoy organic anTEAdote iced teas for summer. Earth Day saplings grow on, while Roots Campaign purchases directly support farmers nurturing your favorite cup.

Spring showers usher in fresh 2010 harvest teas and the joy of tasting new crops for our devoted customers. Rainy days pair perfectly with a pot of tea and two new books: Sarah Rose’s thrilling tea history and the Heisses’ pocket guide for buying, storing, and brewing the world’s best teas.

Spring invites you to plant an instant tisane garden alongside vegetables: chamomile, lavender, mint, lemongrass, lemon verbena, rosemary, lemon balm. Start seeds in containers, tend, water, prune, harvest after dew, before noon. Steep fresh herbs generously, experiment with rooibos, honeybush, traditional teas, spices, fruits—endless, economical, delicious herbal possibilities.

March brings St. Patrick’s Day, a global celebration of Irish fare, tradition, and, above all, tea. Ireland’s love of brisk black blends meets a playful “going green” twist: pairing green teas with corned beef, stews, breads, and even Irish whiskey cocktails—plus Adagio’s lucky green-tea sale and soothing post-celebration remedies.

February invites tea lovers to renew resolutions by tasting a new tea daily and logging notes. Explore Adagio’s new iPhone-friendly mobile site, support farmer Masuda Yoshio via Genmai Cha, and discover effortless Valentine’s gifting—especially the chocolate-strawberry Valentines tea, a bright Ceylon blend sure to charm any cherished sweetheart.

Transform Valentine’s Day into an intimate tea-and-food tasting: polish the table, splurge on ingredients, and build small courses around Fujian Baroque, Keemun Encore, Darjeeling, Ali Shan, and Gyokuro. Finish with chocolate-kissed Golden Monkey, citrus-loving Darjeeling, creamy Keemun, or strawberry-chocolate Valentines tea—for lovers or for yourself.

Happy New Year, tea lovers! As we sip into 2010, Adagio celebrates a decade’s growth, unveils fresh packaging, revives tea cookies and chocolates, and prepares its first Chicago retail shop. Enjoy TeaV highlights, tea-fueled resolutions, and support farmers through our Roots Campaign. Here’s to a healthy, tea-filled year ahead!

Hello, tea lovers! Thanksgiving kicks off our holiday and shopping season, with new Adagio website features for gift givers. Discover Savannah Bee’s delicate Tea Honey, perfect with any cup. Enjoy AC Cargill’s Traveling Teacup escape, then stock up on Gingerbread, Candy Cane, Chestnut, and timeless Christmas tea.

Holiday tea shopping is now effortless with Adagio’s revamped site. Prepare addresses, preferences, and payment, then use Holiday Quick Order to ship gifts, add notes, wrap, and delay delivery. Manage orders, track, review teas, and send certificates via your account. Explore stocking stuffers, teaware, new tins, and fast shipping.

Holiday hustle meets fresh harvest at Adagio: new Chinese greens like sweet-bun Dongshan Dolce and floral Anji Duet, Phoenix Mountain’s Dancong Aria, graceful Huang Jin Bolero, and fragrant Jasmine Needle. Adventurous savory teas debut, while Roots highlights Sri Lankan grower Archiemuthu; Ceylon and rooibos purchases directly support dedicated tea farmers.

From Massachusetts misfit to Sausalito tea alchemist, Jeff Axelrod brewed a life as richly layered as his canvases. Gas stations, Greenwich Village, Grateful Dead tees, then westward: silk‑screens sold, wanderlust spent. Now, steeped jars of rooibos, matcha, berries become luminous washes beneath assemblaged relics—sun‑baked, fog‑kissed, eternally steeping story.

Flying to Boulder for my dear friend’s birthday, I escaped East Coast fatigue and thin mountain air to discover Dushanbe Tea House: a hand-painted, airy Tajik jewel. Amid roses, the Fountain of the Seven Beauties, tiered savories and sweets, and shared pots of tea, we savored restorative, artful, perfectly unhurried afternoon tea.

Adagio Teas readies for the holidays with new packaging, web specials, Twitter promotions, and a fragrant holiday sampler of festive blends. Christine recounts tea adventures in Boulder—Ku Cha House of Tea, Celestial Seasonings’ factory—and highlights October’s Roots Campaign rooibos farmer, Niklaas Jakobus Slinger, inviting support for his South African farm.

Tea’s communal ritual meets the web in Steepster, an online tea‑log dreamed up over countless cups by Jack Cheng, Mike Potter, and Jason Roos. Part journal, part IMDB-for-tea, its growing user‑generated database, reviews, and recommendations help novices and connoisseurs discover, track, and share teas—slowing down with technology’s help.

As summer gently fades, Adagio welcomes tea lovers with new Chinese greens and Black Dragon Pearls, a fresher Gunpowder, and soon-arriving 2009 Japanese harvests. Our Roots Campaign highlights dedicated farmers and shares profits from their teas. We also celebrate Anastasia K., studious winner of our summer Tea Pictures contest.

It began with Adagio’s Signature Blends: hunger birthed a Thai-inspired ginger–lemongrass–coconut tea, nostalgia for my Lolo’s Philippine plantation created mango–coconut–smoky “Lolo’s Tea.” Browsing others’ blends—stories, photos, inside jokes—reveals tea as memory and play. Experiment, embellish with spices, and craft a personal cup that’s entirely your own.

TeaChat.com, Adagio’s bustling tea message board, invites enthusiasts to explore discussions on pu erh, teaware, vendors, brewing, and more on its newly redesigned site. Flavored green teas should return by mid‑August. Read about connoisseur Jason Walker’s online tastings, and email your summer photos for a chance to win iced tea gift sets.

Coffee devotee turned white-tea obsessive, Mithun Jayaram transforms Infinitea’s discarded leaves into meditative, ephemeral art. Trained in Singapore, shaped by travels, he documents drying leaves’ colors, textures, and bodily effects, favoring process over product. Tea refuse becomes material, record, and quiet ecology—looping from cup to notebook, artwork, and garden.

Steamy summer calls for cool sips: stock up on zero-calorie organic anTEAdote iced teas with sizzling discounts and free shipping, or brew your own Ginger Peach, Apricot Green, or White Blueberry bliss. Share sun-drenched iced tea photos for a chance at favorite tins, TeaMuse features, and Adagio’s ongoing online tea fun.

Father’s Day doesn’t need ties or gadgets; celebrate Dad with tea. Go beyond Ceylon and Earl Grey to smoky Lapsang, bold Assam, luxurious Ali Shan, wine-like Keemun, chocolatey Yunnan, and soothing rooibos. Pair thoughtful teaware, brew together, talk long, and share tea’s rich, comforting ritual as a universal gift.

Hi Tea Lovers! We’ve tidied up adagio.com with a fresh layout, expanded menus, blooming teas upfront, and favorites streamlined. Explore the new Pantry for sugar crystals and upcoming tea treats, plus fresh Spring Darjeeling, Nepal First Flush, and returning flavored greens. anTEAdote continues—more giveaways and goodies await.

Between hurried greetings and familiar arguments, I steal a day with my mother for high tea in Yardley. Among lace, clotted cream, apricot decaf and Lily’s Delight, we gossip, shop for teacups, and grow plumper, softer, closer—ending at home, sharing pots, explanations, and an unspoken, steeped-in-time affection.

Spring brings fresh Adagio delights: six inspired chai blends, from classic Masala and chocolate-kissed to Thai, Spiced Apple, and caffeine-free Rooibos Vanilla. Brew them traditionally with milk, water, sugar, and strong leaf. Email “I WANT CHAI” to win a sampler, or chill with discounted organic anTEAdote iced teas.

A sparkling middle-grade tale steeped in tea, friendship, and entrepreneurship, The Teashop Girls follows Annie and her friends as they scramble to save beloved tearoom The Steeping Leaf. Schaefer blends relatable tween drama, real-world business challenges, charming tea lore, recipes, vintage ads, and whimsical art into one warmly satisfying literary brew.

At an anti-Valentine’s Astoria party, three funky tins reveal Andrews & Dunham’s Damn Fine Tea: Ceylon, Nepal Black, and Dragonwell. Born from tea-obsessed bloggers, paired with hip Aesthetic Apparatus designs, these limited-edition, online-only, full-leaf teas blend serious flavor, witty branding, and collector-style scarcity—pure, stylish simplicity for design-savvy tea junkies.

Honey, ancient sweetener and medicine, shines in tea, offering floral nuances shaped by local blooms. Tropical Blossom’s orange blossom, palmetto, galberry, and rare tupelo honeys pair beautifully with Green Anji, honeybush, jasmine pearls, and White Peony. Naturally antibacterial, virtually eternal, and richly varied, honey invites gentle, exploratory sweetening.

March tiptoes between frost and thaw, promising fresh buds, new harvests, and incoming parcels of tea to taste and select. Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a Yunnan Gold giveaway, sip along with Zack’s weekly AdagioTeaV and Signature Blend samplers, and dream of tea-infused treats like Chocolate Earl Grey ice cream.

Tea isn’t just comfort; it’s everyday luxury and subtle romance. Host candlelit tastings, compare nuanced infusions, and enjoy fluoride-fueled kisses without coffee breath. Let theanine calm, gentle caffeine energize, ginseng and chocolate tease the senses, and antioxidants love your heart—because sharing a thoughtfully made pot might be the most seductive act.

Collections swell, then stagnate. Tea is no different: forgotten tins, stray bags, shoebox treasures. Drag everything out, sort by type, confront what you truly drink. Dump the stale, gift the excess, store favorites airtight and accessible. Curate teaware, keep a journal, and begin a leaner, brighter tea year.

Happy New Year, tea lovers! As festivities fade, sip rooibos, relax, and tame overflowing stashes with simple organization. Adagio readies TeaCritic.com for blind tastings and dreams up new savory, floral, and chai delights. Signature Blends top three thousand creations. For 2009, embrace one resolution: even more tea.

Cyber Monday buzz fills Adagio HQ as orders fly and holiday cheer steeps. Follow our Twitter for insider sips and surprise treats. Discover the swift GraviTEA pitcher, cozy Gingerbread Tea, and elegant glass teapot—perfect gifts. Take a reflective pause, savor your cup, and enjoy a beauTEAful holiday season.

Holiday entertaining gets a modern twist as tea leaves the pot and dives into cocktails. From Zen’s sweet green elegance to Qi’s floral whites and smoky blacks, Firefly’s Southern charm, and Golden Star’s sparkling jasmine for teetotalers, tea spirits inspire toddies, ’tinis, bellinis and beyond—steep, shake, sip, repeat.

A sudden Halloween cold snap sends us tea lovers indoors, where Adagio’s newest Chinese treasures await: Golden Spring, Fujian Baroque, Keemun Rhapsody, Yunnan Noir, Emerald Needle, and White Symphony. Pair these premium sips with our wooden Tea Chest—stocked in Gourmet or Premium selections—for gifting, sharing, or savoring solo.

Skip generic tea samplers this gift season and create a Signature Blend instead. Choose up to three compatible teas, test ratios, respect steeping temperatures, then add a striking horizontal label image. Finish with creative packaging, perhaps a themed family blend, and delight your tea-lover with something uniquely, thoughtfully personalized.

Fall is here, blankets are calling, and Adagio is brimming with new comforts: pie‑evoking Rhubarb Green, zen White Cucumber, cozy hazelnut black and honeybush, and sun-chasing Guanabana and Coconut Pouchong. Holiday prep brings restocked classics plus graviTEA pitchers, Concert Teapots, and handsome wooden tea chests for proudly displayed teabags.

September tastes like apples, even for one who can’t bite them fresh. I envy that crisp, juicy crunch, settling instead for pies and crumbles. Tea rescues me: Rooibos Cinnamon Apple becomes instant apple pie in a cup, perfect hot or iced, tucked into lunchboxes or gifted to beloved teachers.

Dear Tea Drinkers, August turns up the heat, sending many of you searching for the perfect iced tea—recipe linked, of course. While summer slows sales, we’re busy sampling, dreaming up new blends, and celebrating your love of our fiercer Masala Chai. Meanwhile, enjoy these sips of quirky tea news.

Every four years, the Olympic flame ignites not just stadiums, but culture. In Beijing, tea steps forward: Pu-Erh cakes from Yunnan, Indian Assam and Darjeeling gifts, yixing-like pots, mascot-splashed mugs, and ceremonial infusions in Olympic villages—sports, steam, and shared cups weaving a brief, fragrant global community.

Summer’s heat calls for creative cool-downs: pitchers of loose-leaf iced tea, Arnold Palmers with bright citrus, and grab-and-go bottles like Adagio’s organic, unsweetened anTEAdote. Explore kombucha, yerba mate, and sweet, caffeine-free honeybush for icy refreshment. Finish with jasmine anTEAdote “ice cream,” drizzled with honey, crowned with mint.

TeaMuse returns from a whirlwind World Tea Expo in Las Vegas, brimming with community, familiar faces, and inspired sips. From Smile Chocolatiers’ watercolor-wrapped, tea-infused chocolates to Golden Star’s elegant Sparkling White Jasmine “champagne,” plus a contemplative film and Vancouver tearoom tales, this belated issue toasts tea’s joyful, shared ritual.

Tea House Productions transforms tea into traveling ritual and archive. From DUMBO push-cart to copper-pipe teahouse, Michele Brody brews global blends, gathers strangers, records conversations, and inscribes them onto stained filters as fragile walls. Immigrant histories, slow ceremony, and fleeting street encounters steep together, honoring hospitality amid hurried, to-go culture.

Spring has sprung, tea lovers! Office cups brim with fresh first flush Darjeeling and playful Tea Gummie Bears—Blueberry Acai, White Tea Pomegranate, Green Tea Spiced Peach—delighting grownups and kids. After April’s festival fun, May’s World Tea Expo in Las Vegas beckons. Expect a full recap, new products, and endless sipping.

March marks my first anniversary with Adagio Teas, shared with colleague Cynthia. A year of learning, hard work, and discovering tea’s tasty complexity, plus the vibrant TeaChat community. Highlights include events like World Tea Expo and Dustin’s “Cup of Humanity” campus program. I’m eager for more collaborations—happy sipping!

Whether you’re swooning, sulking, or stuck in the mushy middle, skip cliché candy boxes and let tea rescue Valentine’s Day. Pair dark chocolates with nuanced Assams, Darjeelings, and oolongs, host irreverent tea parties, gift discerning blends and luxe truffles—or lovingly brew a solitary pot and toast everyone else’s overcrowded dinner reservations.

February’s chill calls for cozy indoor rituals: steaming mugs, books, baking, and a dash of creativity. Adagio’s Signature Blends let you design personal teas—name, story, art and all—perfect for gifting. For Valentine’s Day bliss or brooding, sip chocolate‑strawberry Valentines Tea, sweetened with Sugar Crystals. Sip passionately, lovelies.

As the year slips away, I savor how tea has shaped it and eagerly await new projects—teachef videos, teacritic, fresh blends. My tea-resolutions: master my gaiwan, delve into Chinese tea history, explore Darjeeling flushes, embrace pu-erh, craft a signature tisane, drink more oolong. Happy, tea-filled New Year!

Year’s end in tea: gimmicky “Be Well” rooibos and an absurd electric matcha whisk; serious China safety worries and tragic, ignored deaths in Darjeeling gardens. Brighter notes: playful yet tasty TNT discs, vivid Green Kiss chocolates, kid‑friendly sweet matcha powders, and anTEAdote’s organic iced teas. Debate welcome, holidays steeped happily.

Ho, ho, ho, tea lovers! The holidays are brewing at Adagio with a festive Gift Gallery for every tea drinker, from TriniTEA to IngenuiTEA. Amid shopping stress, cherish traditions, give back, and savor quiet, soothing cups. Treat loved ones—and yourself. Warmest wishes for a joyful, tea-filled season.

Holiday season means armfuls of cooking magazines, bursting menus, and pots of rooibos and Silver Needle to soothe post-feast comas. I’m tempting guests with tea-and-cheese pairings, dreaming of tea-brined turkey, gifting the luminous Story of Tea, and savoring Amai Tea and Bake House’s sweets—scones-as-supper, youthful entrepreneurship, and online-ready stocking stuffers.

Tucked quietly on Third Avenue, Amai Tea and Bake House blends downtown rustic charm with neighborhood warmth, sixty rotating teas, and inventive Greenmarket-driven sweets. Kelli and tea expert Queenie guide newcomers into “serious tea,” while daily-changing pastries—both tea-infused and approachable—turn this cozy, still-evolving room into a beloved local gathering spot.

Cheese plates have evolved from lifeless cubes on crackers to nuanced courses, now delightfully partnered with tea instead of wine. By selecting varied cheeses, tannin-rich black and oolong teas, and experimenting with complementary or contrasting pairings, hosts can offer an elegant, surprising tasting ritual that invites curiosity, conversation, and discovery.

Cool air approaches; kettles call. I trade summer’s scorch for stews, soups, and steaming mugs. Our revamped TeaChef.com brims with your recipes, Green Anji inspires new creations, and a cooking-with-tea short debuts abroad. Holiday blends return soon—serve Pumpkin Spice beside hot cider and savor autumn’s comforting, fragrant, tea-kissed embrace.

Post-college, late nights are rarer, but energy is still essential. Trading jittery coffee for quality teas led to discovering yerba maté: antioxidant-rich, gently caffeinated, steeped in Guarani tradition. Sampling plain, flavored, and bottled varieties revealed satisfying, convenient alternatives to energy drinks—fueling grown-up responsibilities and lingering college-era pizza runs alike.

Dear tea lovers, savor our freshly brewed newsletter makeover: revamped layout, “Between the Leaves” FAQ, returning TeaCasts, Monthly Musings, photos on Flickr, and more. Discover our new flavored greens, the updated utiliTEA kettle, and TNT teas from The Art of Tea. Sip, share, and send us your tea tales.

Delayed flights, frayed nerves, grown‑up clothes: Atlanta’s World Tea Expo began badly. Then a cab ride delivered us to 11:11 Teahouse—mismatched chairs, chalkboard menus, herb jars, Penny’s watermelon juice and “Strong Woman” blend. Backyard light, records, snacks, and strangers‑as‑friends dissolved business‑trip stress into homespun, bohemian calm.

Tea time begs for a sweet companion, and today’s darlings are tea themselves: BISCOTTEA’s subtly scented shortbreads, Amai’s tender, hand-cut Tea Sweets, and Keiko-Tea’s matcha-rich chocolate bars. Each folds leaf and liquor into buttery crumbs or creamy cocoa, turning a simple cup into a small, fragrant celebration.

Vee Tea’s Lindsey “Vee” Goodwin turned a lifelong, rain-on-earth love of tea into New York’s tea tours, blending research, storytelling, and unpretentious education. Guiding custom walks from vegan tastings to “All the Tea in China,” she embraces technology, global travel, and consulting to steep her future ever deeper in tea.

New to Adagio and still a self-proclaimed tea novice, I dive into the New York Coffee and Tea Festival on three hours’ sleep. Between swag, samples, industry chats, flirty blends, tea cookies, and meeting tea-star Chris Cason, my confidence—and professional crush—steeps nicely. Next stop: Atlanta’s World Tea Expo.