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Old Florida Brew Boasts Caffeinated Comeback

Old Florida Brew Boasts Caffeinated Comeback

Orlando Sentinel - October 16, 2016 Joy Wallace Dickinson Florida Flashback   I recently saw a humorous birthday card depicting a woman of a certain age, wrapped in a fuzzy bathrobe, who appears poised to pour an entire pot of coffee directly into her mouth. As a shameless caffeine addict, I could relate. And I loved learning about the revival of a caffeine-rich drink with roots deep in Florida's history: yaupon holly tea. "It's the only caffeinated plant native to North America," says Bryon White, who with his brother, Kyle, reintroduced centuries-old yaupon tea into Florida commerce in 2012 for...

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