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Anaheim, Calif. The growing American Yaupon tea industry will be featured at the 2022 Natural Products Expo West as part of the ‘Hot Products’ lineup and will be represented by the American Yaupon Association (AYA) and its affiliated brands, which include Yaupon producing companies as well as other beverage companies that incorporate Yaupon in their products or sell Yaupon. Brands represented by AYA that will be on hand at Expo West include Yaupon tea producers CatSpring Yaupon based in Cat Spring, Texas; Yaupon Brothers based in Edgewater, Florida; Yaupon Teahouse based in Savannah, Georgia; and Yazoo Yaupon based in
By Matt Stirn 24 February 2021
What if you were surrounded by tea and didn’t know it? In an age where tea is the most consumed drink on the planet after water and is expected to become an $81.6bn global industry by 2026, the possibility of living among an endless supply of ready-to-be-picked, wild tea might seem like a far-fetched dream. But across large swaths of the southern United States, such a reality exists.
For those who know what to look for, what was once the most widely consumed caffeinated beverage in the Americas comes from a plant growing in plain sight, ignored by most, but deeply rooted deep in history and intrigue.