Front page of Nilgiri, India newspaper – US has big plans for Nilgiris Tea

Front page picture featuring us at the opening celebration.

by Danielle Beaudette (pages 22-23) A tea ceremony is a communion of feeling, when good friends come together at the right moment, under the best conditions.~Yasunari Kawabata With winter months comes cooler weather and we find ourselves reaching for that hot cup of tea to warm us. People often refer to the ‘way of tea,’…

by Katrina Avila MunichielloTwo years ago, Danielle Beaudette was operating her tea shop from a retail space connected to her home. Deep in a residential section of her southern New Hampshire community, her outstanding collection of teas, deep tea knowledge and customer loyalty kept people coming through the door for eight years, stocking up on…

by Anne O’Connor TOWNSEND — Tea is much more than a bag of leaves. The Townsend United Methodist Church and tea specialist Danielle Beaudette aim to educate local drinkers about just what goes into that soothing beverage. Beaudette is a certified tea specialist. She was one of the first 15 people to earn this distinction…

by Danielle Beaudette (pages 22-24) Ayubowan (hello, long life) is how I was warmly greeted in Sri Lanka as we pass by the local walking in the streets; they smile and wave at us, happy to see Americans. The crisp white, colorful dresses of the women carrying brightly colored umbrellas are picturesque. We drive through…

by Maria Noel Groves In the land of tea, leaves represent the masses, but the royalty of flowers brings rich texture to loose blends and infuses a little something special into your teacup. From the simple floral focus of a lightly brewed chamomile tisane to a jasmine-kissed delicate green, you can celebrate the season by…

The first teas brought into this country were whole leaf teas and we continued to consume it until 1904. This is when Thomas Sullivan, a thrifty tea merchant, created the tea bag as a means to send smaller samples of loose tea to his customers. It was intended for the customer to take the tea…

The Cozy Tea Cart’s owner Danielle Beaudette talks about whole leaf tea on WMUR’s Cook’s Corner. See the video here.

by Danielle Beaudette Christmas tea dates as far back as the 1860s, when Royal tea parties were common throughout the season. Looking into the history of Christmas tea, you will find it almost always consists of a cup of hearty Indian black tea blended with a variety of seasonal spices such as ginger, cinnamon, cardamom,…