Though New to Some Tea Drinkers, Yaupon Is Steeped in History – Texas Monthly
More than a thousand years after Indigenous Texans began brewing yaupon, the tea—and its aggressive holly plant—is everywhere.
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More than a thousand years after Indigenous Texans began brewing yaupon, the tea—and its aggressive holly plant—is everywhere.
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...
COVID-19 updates: South Carolina health officials reported 641 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, with 345 probable cases on Monday, with 7 additional confirmed deaths. With 22,454 tests reported Monday, 4.4% were positive. As of 1:41 p.m., April 5 via S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control: Confirmed cases in S.C.: 467,750 (+641)Total positive cases in Charleston County: 40,971 […] The College of Charleston School of the Arts has its first in-person live event in over a year coming up this weekend. The school is presenting Arts Under the Oaks, a two-day festival featuring ...