
Travel
Travelogue: Nepal
I’m not entirely sure what I expected on my sourcing trip to Nepal. Prior to this trip my exposure to Nepalese teas was limited. After a mild encounter with the Indian Border Patrol (Note to self, ...

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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...
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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...
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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.
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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
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...
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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...
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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 ...

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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...
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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...

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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...

Recipes
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...

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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
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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

Tea 101
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...

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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
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...

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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...

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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. ...
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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 ...

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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...
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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...
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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 ...
Tea Traditions
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...