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Yaupon ‘tea’ grows wild in Florida and could help struggling citrus farmers someday By AUSTIN FULLER ORLANDO SENTINEL | SEP 24, 2019 Yaupon Brothers American Tea is now served by Foxtail Coffee Co. throughout Central Florida. The tea company's owners hope Florida farmers will eventually grow the plant and are working with the University of Florida to study it as an alternative crop for Florida farmers. NEW SMYRNA BEACH — Bryon White fought his way through palmettos and brush, pointing out poison ivy as he hiked through a patch of woods with a golf course as its neighbor. The former...

As of mid-September, 2019, Yaupon Brothers will be sourcing all tea offerings at Foxtail Coffee's eleven Central Florida locations. The first roll-out will include five Florida-grown Yaupon blends - Florida Chai, American Green, Fire-Roasted Warrior, Lavender Coconut, and Blue Lagoon. Also offered are two camellia blends, an organic black tea from the Nilgiri Mountains of Southern India, and an organic spring green tea from China. A caffeine-free Raspberry Rosé will also be offered. Yaupon Brothers Eco-Tubes will also be available for purchase at select Foxtail locations.  Foxtail Coffee is a fast-growing presence in Central Florida, founded by entrepreneur, Alex Tchekmeian...

Yaupon is just as delicious iced as it is hot! We've been serving iced Yaupon at our events and markets, and we've been getting lots of requests from sweltering Yaupon fans who are parched and want to know how to do iced Yaupon. 

Author: Bryon White, (386)-566-3826, Bryon@YauponBrothers.com Company: Yaupon Brothers LLC Source: Member Press Releases Categories: Member Press Releases; May 30, 2019, New York, NY – Yaupon Brothers is pleased to announce the premier of two new herbal tea products made from Florida-native Yaupon Holly, at the 2019 Summer Fancy Food Show in New York. Yaupon is North America’s only native caffeinated plant species, and a delicious and healthy alternative to other caffeinated drinks. For thousands of years, Florida’s native people drank tea made from the native Yaupon holly. It was revered as a sacred bringer of good health and mental and...