Harney Tea Party: Laura Jung
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Harney Tea Party: Laura Jung

Laura Jung, the face behind @cityfoodie on Instagram, is a natural born food-grammer dedicated to sharing stories with her fellow city foodies. Her Instagram posts go beyond the mouth-watering clo...
Afternoon Tea at the Dorchester
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Afternoon Tea at the Dorchester

It is such an honor to assist the famous Dorchester Hotel in London with their teas. So we had to have tea there with all of our new tea friends. And what better place than their historic Penthouse...
John Harney would be happy
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John Harney would be happy

My father and our Founder: John Harney was always proud that our teas were served in The UK, especially the Royal Palaces. Here I am a Kensington Palace with our teas.
With the queen of tea
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With the queen of tea

Saturday we spent the whole day with Jane Pettigrew. We have worked with Jane for more than 20 years. Jane now runs the UK Tea Academy. All of us had great fun and learnt about tea.   Jane is the s...
Teafluencers: Warren Adler, The Man Behind the Books
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Teafluencers: Warren Adler, The Man Behind the Books

Warren Adler is a bestselling author of over 50 novels and hundreds of short stories and plays. This professional storyteller is well known for his iconic, novel-turned-box-office hit, “The War of...
Fueling up
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Fueling up

It was the first morning of our tour and we started by enjoying the best of British pastries at Newen's Original Maids of Honour. Turns out that Maids of Honour are a traditional pastry from the ti...
Off To London
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Off To London

Brigitte & I are excited to meet our travel mates in London. Our first stop is at Kew Gardens outside of London. We will have a lovely breakfast at Newens maid of Honor. And then we will get a ...
Harney Tea Party: Alex Kate Knight
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Harney Tea Party: Alex Kate Knight

Alexandra of AlexKateKnight.com is a Melbournian fashionista, fitness model, and health/wellness advocate residing in Manhattan, NY. She’s also a pilates instructor, running addict, and holistic n...
Teafluencers: Sophie of Tracking is the New Black
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Teafluencers: Sophie of Tracking is the New Black

Meet Sophie of Tracking is the New Black. She’s a proud Weight Watchers Lifetime Member focused on living a healthy life for her and her family. In 2015, Sophie changed her perspective on food and...
Harney Tea Party: Skyler of NYC Dining
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Harney Tea Party: Skyler of NYC Dining

As a Food Network host and personality behind the popular Instagram account @nycdining, Skyler is the queen of NYC wining and dining. She’s a tried-and-true definition of the term “foodie” and her...
Chai Dark and Stormtea Cocktail Recipe
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Chai Dark and Stormtea Cocktail Recipe

Dark and Stormtea  This is our take on the classic dark and stormy. Instead of spiced rum, we let the chai deliver the body and spice of the drink. As with the Paris cocktail, the key here is a s...
Paris Sweet Tea Bourbon Cocktail Recipe
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Paris Sweet Tea Bourbon Cocktail Recipe

Paris Sweet Tea Bourbon  This cocktail recipe is one we developed for our late summer wedding nearly three years ago. With a bartender friend of ours, we concocted "his" and "hers" cocktails. For ...
Teafluencers: Meet Artist Sophia Bastian
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Teafluencers: Meet Artist Sophia Bastian

Sophia Bastian’s love for the spotlight started at a young age as a classical ballerina. In her teens, the New Yorker switched to expressing herself through musical performance, and her singer-son...
Cooking With Tea: Tea rub and BBQ sauce
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Cooking With Tea: Tea rub and BBQ sauce

The days are getting longer which means that barbecue season is upon us! Each year grill-masters around the country are making their mark on barbecue sauces, and while we are more often tea masters...
Teafluencers: Taylor Camp of The Tie Guy
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Teafluencers: Taylor Camp of The Tie Guy

Meet Taylor. He’s the well-groomed face behind The Tie Guy, a popular menswear blog that discusses everything from skincare to, you guessed it, ties. Harney & Sons had the chance to sit down w...
Rosé Rooibos Sangria Recipe
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Rosé Rooibos Sangria Recipe

It's the time of year when the temperatures rise and finding a new, refreshing summer cocktail is on the mind. In years past, the trend may have led you to a crisp Rosé, but this year you'll want t...
Join the Harney Tea Party #ThisIsTea
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Join the Harney Tea Party #ThisIsTea

At Harney & Sons, we welcome everyone—no matter their mood, background, preference, or personality—to love and embrace tea. Because around here every day’s a tea party, and that’s exactly how ...
How to Brew Black Tea
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How to Brew Black Tea

Tea is deeply personal, so it’s no surprise everyone likes to enjoy it in their own particular way. Watch the video below or read on to learn how to make the perfect cup of black tea! Black tea br...
Milano
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Milano

Yesterday, I had some English Breakfast at Centrale train station. There is a nice chain of caffes called Pan Brioche that use our teas in Milano. I was quite impressed by the city and its attracti...
2nd Flush in Assam
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2nd Flush in Assam

We visited a newly acquired estate today by a group called Tea Promoters International, a group that makes some of our most favorite Darjeelings. They've built a brand new processing facility and a...
Teafluencers: Candace Moore of YogaByCandace
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Teafluencers: Candace Moore of YogaByCandace

Meet Candace. She’s an international yoga instructor, entrepreneur, author, health blogger, and social media maven who fell in love with yoga at the age of 15. Ever since, her passion for the pract...
Venice
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Venice

I found evidence of tea while at Bauer Palazzo on the Grand Canal. Such fun to be able to drink our tea while the gondolas go by. The Bauers (they have several properties here) have used our teas f...
Estate visiting in Assam
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Estate visiting in Assam

After a brief visit to Kolkata (a city where large tea auctions take place), Robert & I flew into Guhawati, the largest city in the Assam region.  From there, we drove 5 hours to our first es...
Struggles of a tea man
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Struggles of a tea man

Where do people in Europe drink the least amount of tea. I was always told it was Italy. The love of espresso and cappuccino was too strong. So I said let's visit Italy and encourage tea drinkers. ...
The wonder of tea
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The wonder of tea

As a guy that wrote a book about how plants and people combine to make the great tastes that we find in tea: Harney & Sons Guide to Tea, I am always looking out for interesting articles. There ...
And now, now it is over
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And now, now it is over

We had a fun, but hectic trip  In China & Taiwan, we went to some new gardens to find nice green and oolong teas. At the same time, we made sure that some of the basic teas used for flavored bl...
Wild Woman plucking Wild Tea
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Wild Woman plucking Wild Tea

We found a very special lot ( only 2 kilos) of Wild black tea from mountains of central Hunan. It tasted so sweet and smooth, that we had to see where it came from. My tasting buddy, Elvira Cardena...
Taiwanese Oolongs
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Taiwanese Oolongs

We went up into the clouds the other day to see some high Mountain oolongs. We were about a mile above the sea.  Unfortunately the season has been delayed by the cool weather. However soon we will ...
Traditions of tea
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Traditions of tea

We visited Pingling outside of Taipei in Taiwan. Our hosts were 3 generations of tea growers and merchants of Wenshan Baozhong Oolong. Also we were with George Shu our tea exporter whose family als...
Mr. Zhao in Meijia Wu
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Hands of a Tea Man

We visited our Lung Ching tea maker. Mr. Zhao works in a very hot wok making our best Lung Ching. He puts the fresh leaves into the wok and presses the tiny leaves down in a complex manner.  He wor...