Episode 079 - Tea Cocktails

In this conversation with Brittany and Joe from Wight Tea Co., we cover a broad range of tea-related topics, including: How a sibling joke in the midst of a recession kicked off a decade-long collaboration to create delicious tea blends for home consumers The agricultural origins of tea, which share many things in common with the way we think about wines and spirits as agricultural and human-processed products. The difference between a tea, a tisane, and a chai Quality indicators to look for when selecting your next tea or matcha at the store How to use teas in cocktails, toddies, and punches with an eye toward pairing a blended herbal product with a distilled spirit And much, much more